Dmitry Chepovetsky

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Dmitry Chepovetsky
Born1970 (age 5253)
NationalityCanadian [1]

Dmitry Chepovetsky (born 1970) is a Canadian actor, best known for his role of Bob Melnikov in the TV series ReGenesis . [2]

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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 olim bound for Israel. Along the way, his family experienced an eight-month stopover in Italy 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 and Toronto, 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 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 and 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, Lucky Number Slevin and Stargate, Chepovetsky is likely best known for his recurring role on ReGenesis as Bob Melnikov, the show’s lead biochemist and a person with Asperger syndrome. The role has garnered him two Gemini Award nominations for best actor in a dramatic series; once in 2005 and another in 2007. [3] 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 Nikola Tesla [4] in four episodes of long running detective series Murdoch Mysteries.

Personal life

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

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 I'll Be Home for Christmas Angel
Saving Grace Eton
1999 Fiona
2000 Chain of Fools Dr. Welby
Cinderella: Single AgainDashing Prince
Mission to Mars Technician
2002 K-19: The Widowmaker Sergei Maksimov
The Chosen Family Ewin(short movie)
The Safety of Objects Bartender
2004 The Last Hit Doctor
2006 Lucky Number Slevin Bodyguard No. 2
Man of the Year Eckhart
2007 Dead Silence Richard Walker
2008 The Baby Formula Larry
2009 Driven to Kill Stephan Abramov
2013 Separation Geoffrey

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 Hawkeye British soldier"Amnesty"
MarshallDavid Brokerman"Little Odessa"
The X-Files Lt. Richard Harper"Død Kalm"
1996 Sweet Dreams BenTV movie
Madison Claude"No Sell Out"
Strange Luck "Account Manager""Blinded by the Sun"
The X-Files "Young Bill Mulder" Apocrypha
1998 Cold Squad Keith Harmon"Marcey Bennett"
Max Q Kaysat controllerTV movie
F/X: The Series Sergei"Evil Eye"
The X-Files Supervisor"Folie a Deux"
1999Atomic TrainNEST Man #3Miniseries
You, Me and the KidsDirector"Hollywood Kids"
The Net Cal Hamilton"Y2K: Total System Failure"
The Sentinel Rick Feldman"Murder 101"
Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy DeaverThe Shape of Things to Come
2000 Higher Ground Jeff Wilton6 episodes
Hollywood Off-Ramp"TKO"
So Weird Derrick Larch"Twin"
Stargate SG-1 Boris"Small Victories"
2001My Husband’s Double aka The Familiar StrangerRob DusakTV movie
Dark WaterSpencer
Blue Murder Graeme Cudmore"Dr. Tara"
2002 Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story Fatelov(as Dmitri Chepovetsky) TV movie
2003 Spinning Boris Courtyard guardTV movie
Haven
2004 Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye Sergei"The Body Shop"
2004–2008 ReGenesis 49 episodesBob Melnikov
2005 Stargate SG-1 Russian soldier"Full Alert"
2008, 2010, 2019 & 2020 Murdoch Mysteries Nikola Tesla "Power", "The Tesla Effect", "Murdoch and the Undetectable Man" & "Staring Blindly into the Future"
2010 Psych James"Death Is in the Air"
Caprica Transvestite Cabaret Host"Ghosts in the Machine"
2011 The Listener Yuri Volkov"The Brothers Volkov"
Good DogSales Clerk"Gay Sopranos"
The Kennedys Kennedy's Translator"On the Brink of War"
CHAOS Albert Boskiv"Eaten by Wolves"
Alphas Gil"A Short Time in Paradise"
Supernatural Nikolai Lishin"The Mentalists"
2017 Frankie Drake Mysteries Mack Sennett "Out of Focus" (S1:E5)
2021 Children Ruin Everything BoSeries regular

Theater

YearShowRoleTheaterNotes
1995FETCH!Men's Fest '95; Arts Club Revue '96, Liesl Lafferty(Co-Writer, One Man Show)
1996Orphan MusesBrother LucFirehall Theatre, Burnaby; Touchstone Theatre
Basically Good Kids Carousel Theatre, Vancouver
1997(Compared to This) Hell Will Be SweetFactory Theatre, Toronto
1999BloodlinePapaFoursight Theatre, England; Vancouver East Cultural Centrecollaborated as writer/lead performer/producer)
El SalvadorSkeeVancouver East Cultural Centre
2000 As Bees in Honey Drown KadenVancouver East Cultural Centre, Western Theatre Conspiracy Procution
BodybloodVancouver East Cultural Centrecollaborated as writer/creator
The Festivities Kuzma Nikolayevich HeerinRushin Productions
2001Unidentified Human Remains…DavidVancouver Fringe 2001
2002Slip KnotJonathanFactory Theatre, Toronto
The Danish Play, Extra SpaceMichaelTarragon Theatre, Toronto; Nightwood Theatre Procution
2003RemnantsJosephTarragon Theatre, Toronto
Top Gun! The MusicalMaverickFactory Theatre, Toronto; NY Musical Theatre Festiva
2004The Trials of John Demjanjuk: A Holocaust Cabaret Ivan the Terrible Theatre Asylum, Studio Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto(title role)
2006The Catering QueenCatererTarragon Theatre, Toronto
2007Blind Submission: Reliving the Exquisite CorpseChaos Collective, The Theatre Centre, Toronto(created and performed)
DishFactory Theatre, Toronto
2008Beyond MozambiqueTomas
Room to PanicThe Annex at La MaMa ETC, New York

Awards and nominations

YearAwardTypeProductionTheatre/Producer
1996 Jessie Richardson Theatre Award Best ProductionOrphan Muses Touchstone Theatre
Ensemble CastBasically Good Kids Green Thumb Theatre
1999 Jessie Richardson Theatre Award nominationOutstanding Original PlayBloodlineKitchen Sink Kollective
2004 Dora Mavor Moore Award Best ProductionRemnants Tarragon Theatre
Dora Mavor Moore Award nominationOutstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role MusicalTop Gun! The Musical Nightwood Theatre
Canadian Comedy Award nominationPretty Funny Comedic Play
2005 & 2007 Gemini Award nominationBest Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series ReGenesis Shaftesbury Films
2008 Gemini Award nominationBest Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role in a Dramatic SeriesMurdoch Mysteries: Power

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References

  1. "Jewish Independent Profile".
  2. ReGenesis synopsis & credits at www.radiotimes.com
  3. "Geminis take dramatic turn with 2008 noms" by Etan Vlessing at www.hollywoodreporter.com
  4. "Preview: Nikola Tesla and Elvis Stojko visit Murdoch Mysteries" by Greg David at www.tv-eh.com