Dmitry Chepovetsky (born 1970) is a Canadian actor, best known for his role of Bob Melnikov in the TV series ''
ReGenesis
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''.
Early life and education
Chepovetsky was born in Lviv, Ukraine. His family left in 1976 along with waves of other
Jewish
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olim bound for
Israel
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. Along the way, his family experienced an eight-month stopover in
Italy
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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
Vancouver
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and
Toronto
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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
University of Toronto
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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
The X-Files
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, Lucky Number Slevin and Stargate, Chepovetsky is likely best known for his recurring role on ''
ReGenesis
''ReGenesis'' is a Canadian science-fiction television series produced by The Movie Network and Movie Central in conjunction with Shaftesbury Films. The series, which ran for four seasons from 2004 to 2008, revolves around the scientists ...
Gemini Award
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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
Murdoch Mysteries
''Murdoch Mysteries'' is a Canadian television drama series that premiered on Citytv on January 20, 2008, and currently airs on CBC. The series is based on characters from the ''Detective Murdoch'' novels by Maureen Jennings and stars Yannick ...
.
Personal life
Chepovetsky enjoys photography, music, movies, theatre and writing.