Trivia

He was attacked by a wolf in Lake Tahoe when he was three years old. Half his face was hanging from his chin after the attack which was interrupted by his father, Nikolai. The doctor did a pretty good job at putting him back together with 250 stitches. He loved dogs...his favorites are Rottweilers, American Bulldogs and Pitbulls.

Dimitri started studying martial arts and classical guitar at the age of 7. He has black belts in Tae Kwon Do and Kenpo Karate, and has studied boxing and arnis. During the early 1990's he was a national champion heavy weight competitor, winning many medals in full contact fighting, including the US Olympic Festival, the WTF National Championships, The 1991 World Invitational in Miami, Florida, as well as several tough man competitions. He also has won several medals in guitar competitions: The Wurlitzer National Music Competition, The World Championship of Performing Arts, and The Stotsenberg Competition. He still performs, teaches, records and composes. He toured England last year to sold-out audiences as a soloist.

Dimitri Diatchenko had four younger siblings, three sisters and a brother (Noela, Sofia, Athena and Dino).

His father is of Ukrainian descent. His mother is of half Greek and half Swedish ancestry.

Dimitri Diatchenko is in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in which a Nazi is eaten alive by ants. Coincidentally Dimitri is featured in Sons of Anarchy as a Russian Mobster who is being devoured by ants.