25 Facts About Andrew Divoff

1.

Andrew Daniel Divoff was born on July 2,1955 and is a Venezuelan actor and producer.

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2.

Andrew Divoff used to speak Romanian but forgot the language when he had no one with whom to speak it.

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3.

Andrew Divoff was born in San Tome, Anzoategui, Venezuela.

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4.

Andrew Divoff's parents worked as wildcatters for Exxon, and met because Divoff's maternal grandfather was his father's supervisor.

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5.

Andrew Divoff describes himself as having been an introvert and an outsider during his childhood in Caracas, Venezuela, stating that he had experienced near-daily physical altercations and bullying from other children.

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6.

Andrew Divoff states that this experience was a catalyst for his obsession with languages.

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7.

Andrew Divoff's mother worked for the State Department, and he moved with her when she was transferred to Spain.

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8.

Andrew Divoff lived five years in Vilassar de Mar, between 1973 and 1977, feeling himself to be Catalan too.

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9.

Andrew Divoff transferred his credits to Georgetown University, where he continued his study of languages and linguistics, and has resided in the United States ever since.

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10.

Andrew Divoff did not graduate from Georgetown University, instead deciding to take a year off to help his father settle in California for retirement.

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11.

Andrew Divoff had a falling out with the filmmakers due to what he believed constituted animal abuse: real dead pigeons were used in one of the film's scenes.

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12.

Andrew Divoff was vacationing in Berlin when he received the call that he won the role.

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13.

Andrew Divoff went out to celebrate at a nearby pub and then attended the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, grabbing a sledgehammer and participating in the Wall's destruction.

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14.

In rare instances, Andrew Divoff portrayed the protagonist or hero, such as in Running Cool and Interceptor.

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15.

Andrew Divoff stated in an interview that he has performed his own stunts so frequently that it is often assumed that he used to be a professional stuntman; however, this is not the case.

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16.

Andrew Divoff simply preferred to perform his own stunts because it gave him complete control over every aspect of his characters.

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17.

Andrew Divoff played the nefarious "Djinn" in the first two films of the Wishmaster series.

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18.

Andrew Divoff reprised the role as the Djinn in Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies, directed by Jack Sholder.

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19.

Andrew Divoff later reunited with Robert Kurtzman for the "grindhouse"- inspired horror film The Rage, and has since appeared in several other horror films, including the Midnight Syndicate's indie horror flick The Dead Matter as the lead villain.

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20.

Andrew Divoff has pursued a number of other business ventures in addition to professional acting, and uses many of these businesses as a springboard for philanthropic and environmentalist efforts.

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21.

Andrew Divoff is passionate about environmental issues and water rights, and believes that the best form of activism is simply to help people in need.

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22.

Several years after his move from actor William Boyd's former home in Hollywood to the Lake Arrowhead region of the San Bernardino Mountains in 1992, Andrew Divoff formed a logging crew during a time when he described acting opportunities as scarce.

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23.

Andrew Divoff later became a partner in Verdant Resource and in Alpine Village Water Company that serves a nearby mountain community.

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24.

In 2014, Andrew Divoff developed his own craft beer, the Djinn's Hellabrew, which he has sold to benefit charities, including Smile Train, Operation Provider, and the Hollywood Police Activities League.

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25.

In 2017, Andrew Divoff formed his own brewing company, Three Marm Brewing, a "marm" being the part of a tree trunk that forks into two or more trunks.

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