Dmitry Chepovetsky

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Dmitry Chepovetsky
Born1970 (age 53–54)
NationalityCanadian [1]

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

Early life and education[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Chepovetsky enjoys photography, music, movies, theatre and writing.[citation needed]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1998 I'll Be Home for Christmas Angel
Saving Grace Eton
1999 Fiona
2000 Chain of Fools Dr. Welby
Cinderella: Single Again Dashing 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[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Hawkeye British soldier "Amnesty"
Marshall David Brokerman "Little Odessa"
The X-Files Lt. Richard Harper "Død Kalm"
1996 Sweet Dreams Ben TV 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 controller TV movie
F/X: The Series Sergei "Evil Eye"
The X-Files Supervisor "Folie a Deux"
1999 Atomic Train NEST Man #3 Miniseries
You, Me and the Kids Director "Hollywood Kids"
The Net Cal Hamilton "Y2K: Total System Failure"
The Sentinel Rick Feldman "Murder 101"
Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy Deaver The Shape of Things to Come
2000 Higher Ground Jeff Wilton 6 episodes
Hollywood Off-Ramp "TKO"
So Weird Derrick Larch "Twin"
Stargate SG-1 Boris "Small Victories"
2001 My Husband’s Double aka The Familiar Stranger Rob Dusak TV movie
Dark Water Spencer
Blue Murder Graeme Cudmore "Dr. Tara"
2002 Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story Fatelov (as Dmitri Chepovetsky) TV movie
2003 Spinning Boris Courtyard guard TV movie
Haven
2004 Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye Sergei "The Body Shop"
2004–2008 ReGenesis 49 episodes Bob 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 Dog Sales 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 Bo Series regular

Theater[edit]

Year Show Role Theater Notes
1995 FETCH! Men's Fest '95; Arts Club Revue '96, Liesl Lafferty (Co-Writer, One Man Show)
1996 Orphan Muses Brother Luc Firehall Theatre, Burnaby; Touchstone Theatre
Basically Good Kids Carousel Theatre, Vancouver
1997 (Compared to This) Hell Will Be Sweet Factory Theatre, Toronto
1999 Bloodline Papa Foursight Theatre, England; Vancouver East Cultural Centre collaborated as writer/lead performer/producer)
El Salvador Skee Vancouver East Cultural Centre
2000 As Bees in Honey Drown Kaden Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Western Theatre Conspiracy Procution
Bodyblood Vancouver East Cultural Centre collaborated as writer/creator
The Festivities Kuzma Nikolayevich Heerin Rushin Productions
2001 Unidentified Human Remains… David Vancouver Fringe 2001
2002 Slip Knot Jonathan Factory Theatre, Toronto
The Danish Play, Extra Space Michael Tarragon Theatre, Toronto; Nightwood Theatre Procution
2003 Remnants Joseph Tarragon Theatre, Toronto
Top Gun! The Musical Maverick Factory Theatre, Toronto; NY Musical Theatre Festiva
2004 The Trials of John Demjanjuk: A Holocaust Cabaret Ivan the Terrible Theatre Asylum, Studio Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto (title role)
2006 The Catering Queen Caterer Tarragon Theatre, Toronto
2007 Blind Submission: Reliving the Exquisite Corpse Chaos Collective, The Theatre Centre, Toronto (created and performed)
Dish Factory Theatre, Toronto
2008 Beyond Mozambique Tomas
Room to Panic The Annex at La MaMa ETC, New York

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Type Production Theatre/Producer
1996 Jessie Richardson Theatre Award Best Production Orphan Muses Touchstone Theatre
Ensemble Cast Basically Good Kids Green Thumb Theatre
1999 Jessie Richardson Theatre Award nomination Outstanding Original Play Bloodline Kitchen Sink Kollective
2004 Dora Mavor Moore Award Best Production Remnants Tarragon Theatre
Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role Musical Top Gun! The Musical Nightwood Theatre
Canadian Comedy Award nomination Pretty Funny Comedic Play
2005 & 2007 Gemini Award nomination Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series ReGenesis Shaftesbury Films
2008 Gemini Award nomination Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series Murdoch Mysteries: Power

References[edit]

  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

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