Igor Vitalievich Jijikine (
Russian
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: И́горь Вита́льевич Жижи́кин; born 8 October 1965) is a Russian-American actor working in
Los Angeles
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and
Moscow
Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...
.
Early life and career
Jijikine was born in Moscow. From 1983 to 1988 he studied drama and
acrobatics
Acrobatics () is the performance of human feats of balance (ability), balance, agility, and motor coordination. Acrobatic skills are used in performing arts, sports, sporting events, and martial arts. Extensive use of acrobatic skills are most ...
. From 1982 to 1984, Jijikine performed mandatory military service with the Soviet Special Forces unit
Spetsnaz
SpetsnazThe term is borrowed from rus, спецназ, p=spʲɪtsˈnas; abbreviation for or 'Special Purpose Military Units'; or () are special forces in many post-Soviet states. Historically, this term referred to the Soviet Union's Spet ...
. He has performed on stage with the
Moscow State Circus
The title Moscow State Circus is used for a variety of circuses. Most commonly, it refers to one of the two circus buildings in Moscow, the "Circus Nikulin" (the old circus, featuring animal acts) and the "Bolshoi Circus" (the new circus, featu ...
,
[Igor Jijikine official website]
. Retrieved 28 December 2013 Donn Arden's "Jubilee" and
Cirque du Soleil
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's "Mystere" in Las Vegas.
Film career
In recent years, Jijikine has worked with such directors as
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg ( ; born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, Spielberg is widely regarded as one of the greatest film directors of all time and is ...
,
Clint Eastwood
Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor and film director. After achieving success in the Western (genre), Western TV series ''Rawhide (TV series), Rawhide'', Eastwood rose to international fame with his role as the "Ma ...
and
J. J. Abrams and has appeared in numerous commercial spots for major brands. In Spielberg's ''
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' is a 2008 American action adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by David Koepp, based on a story by George Lucas and Jeff Nathanson. It is the fourth installm ...
'', Igor plays the role of
Colonel Dovchenko (taking over the series' tough guy role held by the late
Pat Roach), the ruthless leader of the
Soviet
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commando team searching for the
crystal skull
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. His commercially most successful films have been ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' which grossed US$786 million and ''
The Tourist'' which grossed US$278 million worldwide.
Computer games
Jijikine appeared in the
real-time strategy
Real-time strategy (RTS) is a Video game genre, subgenre of strategy video games that does not progress incrementally in turn-based game, turns, but allow all players to play simultaneously, in "real time." By contrast, in Turn-based strategy, tur ...
games, ''
Emperor: Battle for Dune'', ''
Red Alert 2
''Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2'' is a real-time strategy video game released for Microsoft Windows on October 25, 2000, as the follow-up to '' Command & Conquer: Red Alert''. ''Red Alert 2'' picks up after the Allied campaign of the first gam ...
'' and its expansion ''
Yuri's Revenge
''Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge'' is an expansion pack to '' Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2'' developed by Westwood Studios. The game was released in North America on October 9, 2001. The game is centered on a shadowy ex-Soviet figure named ...
'', by
Westwood Studios
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. In addition to appearing in the games' cutscene sequences, he modeled as a Soviet soldier appearing in the front cover of ''Red Alert 2''.
Igor Jijikine
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Sports
Igor is an accomplished sportsman and was honored as Master of Sports in Russia.
Filmography
References
External links
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Igor Jijikine on Kino-Teatr.Ru
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1965 births
Living people
Russian male film actors
Russian male television actors
Russian male voice actors
Male actors from Moscow
Cirque du Soleil performers
Russian emigrants to the United States