Dmitry Vadimovich Kharatyan (born 21 January 1960) is a Soviet and Russian actor of Armenian descent,Почему Дмитрий Харатьян согласился стать брюнетом : «Я изумился, но согласился: я же на четверть армянин, и „южный“ имидж мне по крови близок». // 7dn.ru (20 августа 2008 года) People's Artist of Russia.
He was born in Olmaliq, Uzbek SSR, on 21 January 1960. His debut as an actor came in Vladimir Menshov's Practical Joke, in 1977.
In March 2014, he signed a letter in support of the position of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, on the Russian annexation of Crimea. In April and May 2022, Kharatyan participated in a series of concerts organized in order to support the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. In January 2023, Ukraine imposed sanctions on Dmitry for his support of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Selected filmography Practical Joke (1977) as Igor Grushko Fox Hunting (1980) as Kostya Stryzhak Summer Impressions of Planet Z (1986) as Andrei Morkovkin Gardes-Marines, Forward! (1988) as Aleksei Korsak Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation (1989) as Dmitry Puzyrev Viva Gardes-Marines! (1991) as Aleksei Korsak Weather Is Good on Deribasovskaya, It Rains Again on Brighton Beach (1992) as Fyodor Sokolov / One-Eyed Sheik Gardemarines-III (1992) as Aleksei Korsak Black Square (1992) The Secret of Queen Anne or Musketeers Thirty Years After (1993) as Louis XIV / Philip Marchiali Moscow Saga (2004) as Shevchuk Cars (2006; Russian voice) as Lightning McQueen The Return of the Musketeers, or The Treasures of Cardinal Mazarin (2009) as Louis XIV The Cube (Russian version; 2013) as Host
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