Dmitry Vadimovich Kharatyan (born 21 January 1960) is a Soviet and Russian actor of Armenian descent,

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. Was born in Olmaliq,

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on 21 January 1960. His debut as an actor came in Vladimir Menshov's ''

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'' in 1977. In March 2014, he signed a letter in support of the position of the Russian president,

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, on the Russian annexation of Crimea. In April and May 2022, Kharatyan participated in a series of concerts organized in order to support the

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. In January 2023, Ukraine imposed sanctions on Dmitry for his support of

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1977) as Igor Grushko * ''

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'' (1980) as Kostya Stryzhak * '' Summer Impressions of Planet Z'' (1986) as Andrei Morkovkin * '' Gardes-Marines, Forward!'' (1988) as Aleksei Korsak * '' Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation'' (1989) as Dmitry Puzyrev * ''

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'' (1991) as Aleksei Korsak * '' Weather Is Good on Deribasovskaya, It Rains Again on Brighton Beach'' (1992) as Fyodor Sokolov / One-Eyed Sheik * '' Gardemarines-III'' (1992) as Aleksei Korsak * '' Black Square'' (1992) * ''

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'' (1993) as

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/ Philip Marchiali * '' Moscow Saga'' (2004) as Shevchuk * ''

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'' (2006; Russian voice) as

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* '' The Return of the Musketeers, or The Treasures of Cardinal Mazarin'' (2009) as

* '' The Cube'' (Russian version; 2013) as Host

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* * 1960 births Living people Russian game show hosts Russian male actors Soviet Armenians Russian people of Armenian descent Uzbekistani people of Armenian descent People from Olmaliq Ethnic Armenian male actors People's Artists of Russia Honored Artists of the Russian Federation Russian male voice actors Russian television presenters Soviet male child actors Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics, and Informatics alumni Anti-Ukrainian sentiment in Russia {{Russia-actor-stub