# Dmitry Chepovetsky

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

## Early life and education

Chepovetsky was born in Lviv in modern-day 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. 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 in four episodes of long running detective series Murdoch Mysteries.

## Personal life

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

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1998 | I'll Be Home for Christmas | Angel | |
| 1998 | Saving Grace | Eton | |
| 1999 | Fiona | | |
| 2000 | Chain of Fools | Dr. Welby | |
| 2000 | Cinderella: Single Again | Dashing Prince | |
| 2000 | Mission to Mars | Technician | |
| 2002 | K-19: The Widowmaker | Sergei Maksimov | |
| 2002 | The Chosen Family | Ewin | (short movie) |
| 2002 | The Safety of Objects | Bartender | |
| 2004 | The Last Hit | Doctor | |
| 2006 | Lucky Number Slevin | Bodyguard No. 2 | |
| 2006 | 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

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1995 | Hawkeye | British soldier | "Amnesty" |
| 1995 | Marshall | David Brokerman | "Little Odessa" |
| 1995 | The X-Files | Lt. Richard Harper | "Død Kalm" |
| 1996 | Sweet Dreams | Ben | TV movie |
| 1996 | Madison | Claude | "No Sell Out" |
| 1996 | Strange Luck | "Account Manager" | "Blinded by the Sun" |
| 1996 | The X-Files | "Young Bill Mulder" | Apocrypha |
| 1998 | Cold Squad | Keith Harmon | "Marcey Bennett" |
| 1998 | Max Q | Kaysat controller | TV movie |
| 1998 | F/X: The Series | Sergei | "Evil Eye" |
| 1998 | The X-Files | Supervisor | "Folie a Deux" |
| 1999 | Atomic Train | NEST Man #3 | Miniseries |
| 1999 | You, Me and the Kids | Director | "Hollywood Kids" |
| 1999 | The Net | Cal Hamilton | "Y2K: Total System Failure" |
| 1999 | The Sentinel | Rick Feldman | "Murder 101" |
| 1999 | Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy | Deaver | The Shape of Things to Come |
| 2000 | Higher Ground | Jeff Wilton | 6 episodes |
| 2000 | Hollywood Off-Ramp | | "TKO" |
| 2000 | So Weird | Derrick Larch | "Twin" |
| 2000 | Stargate SG-1 | Boris | "Small Victories" |
| 2001 | My Husband's Double aka The Familiar Stranger | Rob Dusak | TV movie |
| 2001 | Dark Water | Spencer | TV movie |
| 2001 | 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 |
| 2003 | Haven | | TV movie |
| 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" |
| 2010 | Caprica | Transvestite Cabaret Host | "Ghosts in the Machine" |
| 2011 | The Listener | Yuri Volkov | "The Brothers Volkov" |
| 2011 | Good Dog | Sales Clerk | "Gay Sopranos" |
| 2011 | The Kennedys | Kennedy's Translator | "On the Brink of War" |
| 2011 | CHAOS | Albert Boskiv | "Eaten by Wolves" |
| 2011 | Alphas | Gil | "A Short Time in Paradise" |
| 2011 | Supernatural | Nikolai Lishin | "The Mentalists" |
| 2017 | Frankie Drake Mysteries | Mack Sennett | "Out of Focus" (S1:E5) |
| 2021 | Children Ruin Everything | Bo | Series regular |
| 2013 | Air Crash Investigation | Captain Arkadiusz Protasiuk | "Death of the president" (S12:E10) |

### Theater

| 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 | |
| 1996 | 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 |
| 1999 | El Salvador | Skee | Vancouver East Cultural Centre | |
| 2000 | As Bees in Honey Drown | Kaden | Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Western Theatre Conspiracy Production | |
| 2000 | Bodyblood | | Vancouver East Cultural Centre | collaborated as writer/creator |
| 2000 | The Festivities | Kuzma Nikolayevich Heerin | Rushin Productions | |
| 2001 | Unidentified Human Remains… | David | Vancouver Fringe 2001 | |
| 2002 | Slip Knot | Jonathan | Factory Theatre, Toronto | |
| 2002 | The Danish Play, Extra Space | Michael | Tarragon Theatre, Toronto; Nightwood Theatre Production | |
| 2003 | Remnants | Joseph | Tarragon Theatre, Toronto | |
| 2003 | 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) |
| 2007 | Dish | | Factory Theatre, Toronto | |
| 2008 | Beyond Mozambique | Tomas | Factory Theatre, Toronto | |
| 2008 | Room to Panic | | The Annex at La MaMa ETC, New York | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Type | Production | Theatre/Producer |
| 1996 | Jessie Richardson Theatre Award | Best Production | Orphan Muses | Touchstone Theatre |
| 1996 | Jessie Richardson Theatre Award | 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 |
| 2004 | Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination | Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role Musical | Top Gun! The Musical | Nightwood Theatre |
| 2004 | Canadian Comedy Award nomination | Pretty Funny Comedic Play | Top Gun! The Musical | Nightwood Theatre |
| 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 | Shaftesbury Films |