Dmitry Chepovetsky (born 1970) is a Soviet-born Canadian actor, best known for his role of

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in the TV series ''

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''.

Early life and education

Chepovetsky was born in

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in modern-day

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. His family left in 1976 along with waves of other

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olim bound for

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. Along the way, his family experienced an eight-month stopover in

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while awaiting their travel visas. They then decided to change course for Regina, where his uncle lived. Since then, Chepovetsky has been splitting his time between

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and

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, where he's been living for the past eight years, close to his older brother and nieces.

Career

Chepovetsky acted in his first musical at the age of 14 while in high school in Regina, then began acting in local community. Thinking briefly about a different career path, he was accepted to the

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on a scholarship for its commerce program. But after three weeks he dropped out to work as an elf at Casa Loma and then worked numerous jobs until he got to Ryerson Theatre School. He also trained with David Rotenberg an
Carol Rosenfeld
as well as Kate Hale at the Foursight Theatre. Aside from his numerous acting credits, among them stints on critically acclaimed TV shows and feature films such as

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, Lucky Number Slevin and Stargate, Chepovetsky is likely best known for his recurring role on ''

'' as

, the show's lead biochemist and a person with

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. The role has garnered him two

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nominations for best actor in a dramatic series; once in 2005 and another in 2007. The show has reached 120 countries in over 18 languages. He also played a role in the video game Outriders as Jakub Dabrowski. Chepovetsky has played historical figure

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by Greg David at www.tv-eh.com in four episodes of long running detective series

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Personal life

Chepovetsky enjoys photography, music, movies, theatre and writing.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theater

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chepovetsky, Dmitry 1970 births Living people Canadian male film actors Canadian people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent Canadian male television actors Male actors from Toronto Soviet emigrants to Canada Canadian Screen Award winning actors