RIP Dimitri Diatchenko

Chernobyl Diaries actor Dimitri Diatchenko is found dead inside his Florida residence at age 52 after his family asks for a wellness check

Daily Mail

By Heidi Parker

April 24, 2020

The actor had not been heard from for several so his family called police

Officers went to his home in Daytona Beach, Florida where they found him dead

The family believes Dimitri died late Monday night or early Tuesday morning

His brother has also said that the star was in good health and doing fine 

Dimitri Diatchenko was found dead at age 52 inside his Florida residence.

The actor had not been heard from for several days so on Wednesday his family asked police to do a wellness check, according to a Friday report from TMZ. The site claims to have talked to his brother.

The star, who was born in San Francisco, is best know for his role in the 2012 movie Chernobyl Diaries. 

The site added that 'the family believes Dimitri died late Monday night or early Tuesday morning.'

His body was found inside his home in Daytona Beach, Florida, after the family had tried many times to contact him.

The star's brother told the site that Dimitri's death was not related to the novel coronavirus. There have been over 800 deaths in Florida from COVID-19.

Dimitri was in good shape and healthy, his brother told the site, so the family is 'blindsided' by his passing.

There also were reportedly no signs of foul play. 

His body is in the coroner's office and the cause of death is 'pending the medical examiner's investigation,' the site also claimed. 

He was born in San Francisco to a Ukranian father and Swedish mother.

The star attended Newton North High School in Massachusetts and graduated from Florida State University in 1996.

His first tole was in the 1997 film GI Jane which starred Demi Moore and was directed by Ridley Scott.

After the film he moved to Los Angeles, landing a role with Jennifer Garner in Alias.

He was also in the films Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Get Smart. 

The 2012 thriller Chernobyl Diaries is what he is best known for. The actor played Yuri, a Ukrainian tour guide.

The movie was about a group of tourists who follow Yuri to the town of Pripyat, Ukraine, once home to workers at the nearby Chernobyl nuclear power plant but abandoned after the 1986 nuclear disaster. 

They then find out that they are not alone in the ghost town.

He also did voice work for the video game Medal of Honor: European Assault. His last on camera acting role was as Janko Kolar on the show Murder In The First with Taye Diggs. 

In 2017 he voiced the character of Vulko on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 

DIATCHENKO, Dimitri

Born: 4/11/1958, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

Died: 4/20/2020, Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.A.

Dimitri Diatchenko’s western – actor:

Walker, Texas Ranger (TV) – 1999 (Robert Jackson)