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Igor Jijikine
Igor Jijikine in July 2018.
Born
Igor Vitalievich Jijikine

(1965-10-08) 8 October 1965 (age 59)
Citizenship
  • Russia
  • United States
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present
SpouseNatalia (divorced)

Igor Vitalievich Jijikine (Russian: И́горь Вита́льевич Жижи́кин; born 8 October 1965) is a Russian-American actor working in Los Angeles and Moscow.

Early life and career

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Jijikine was born in Moscow. From 1983 to 1988 he studied drama and acrobatics. From 1982 to 1984, Jijikine performed mandatory military service with the Soviet Special Forces unit Spetsnaz. He has performed on stage with the Moscow State Circus,[1] Donn Arden's "Jubilee" and Cirque du Soleil's "Mystere" in Las Vegas.

Film career

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In recent years, Jijikine has worked with such directors as Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood 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, 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 commando team searching for the crystal skull. 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.[2][3]

Computer games

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Jijikine appeared in the real-time strategy games, Emperor: Battle for Dune, Red Alert 2 and its expansion Yuri's Revenge, by Westwood Studios. In addition to appearing in the games' cutscene sequences, he modeled as a Soviet soldier appearing in the front cover of Red Alert 2.[4]

Sports

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Igor is an accomplished sportsman and was honored as Master of Sports in Russia.[citation needed]

Filmography

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Year Film Roles Notes
2002 Alias Chopper
2002 Blood Work Mikhail Bolotov
2002 Robbery Homicide Division Thug #1
2003 Klepto Thug #1
2004 Target Leather Jacket
2004 Smatyvay udochki Rabid - Beshenyy
2005 Muzhskoy sezon. Barkhatnaya revolyutsiya Pike
2008 Montana
2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Colonel Antonin Dovchenko
2009 Driven to Kill Mikhail Abramov
2009 Burn Notice Vlad
2010 Love in the Big City 2 Oleg
2010 Shadows in Paradise Spider
2010 Supreme Champion Caras
2010 The Tourist Virginsky
2011 Chuck Armaund
2011 Slove
2011 8 pervykh svidaniy
2011 True Justice Stefan Sedenui
2012 Safe Chemyakin
2012 Political Animals Victor Porchoff
2012 Solovey-Razboynik
2012 Brigada: Naslednik Vvedensky
2013 The Maul
2014 Love in the Big City 3 Oleg
2014 Viy Dorosh
2014 Ch/B The Head of The District Department of the Interior
2015 Risk for Honor Nikolai
2015 Ierey-san. Ispoved samuraya Yakhontov
2018 Night Shift Korneev
2018 Hunter Killer Lieutenant Tretiak
2019 The Brave (a.k.a. Lazarat) Agim Hoxha
2019 Viy 2: Journey to China Dead Cossack
2019 Polyarny Artur TV-series
2019 Black Stairs (Chernaya lestnica) Melnikov
2022 Kompromat Sagarine
TBA Altered In pre-production[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ Igor Jijikine official website Archived 30 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 December 2013
  2. ^ "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  3. ^ "The Tourist". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  4. ^ Igor Jijikine
  5. ^ Barraclough, Leo (17 May 2024). "'Harry Potter' Star Tom Felton to Topline $15 Million Action/Sci-Fi Film 'Altered' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  6. ^ Biggin, Matthew (20 May 2024). "Harry Potter Star Tom Felton To Star In New Action Sci-Fi Movie". Screen Rant. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
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