Other noteworthy film and television roles include the villains Luis Cali in Toy Soldiers, Cherry Ganz in Another 48 Hrs., Ernesto Mendoza in A Low Down Dirty Shame, Boris Bazylev in Air Force One, M (Mephistopheles) in Faust: Love of the Damned, Ivan Sarnoff in CSI: Miami, Mikhail Bakunin in Lost, and Karakurt in The Blacklist.

[2] Divoff describes himself as having been an introvert and an outsider during his childhood in Caracas, Venezuela, saying that he had experienced near-daily physical fights and bullying from other children.

[6] While in Spain, Divoff tutored English-speaking students in Spanish and attended the University of Barcelona, where he completed a research project on linguistics in The Canterbury Tales.

[3] During his evenings off, Divoff took acting lessons; his teachers included Milton Katselas, director of Butterflies are Free.

Divoff had a falling out with the filmmakers due to what he believed constituted animal abuse: real dead pigeons were used in one of the film's scenes.

[7] Divoff's subsequent TV appearances in the 1980s included bit parts and work as an extra in The A-Team, The Twilight Zone, MacGyver, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, and Matlock.

Wishmaster was directed by special effects artist Robert Kurtzman, and featured cameo appearances by several popular horror actors.

In 1999, Divoff and a friend penned a script for a third film,[2] Wishmaster: The Third Millennium, which had a Y2K theme involving "American warship in Asia and it is hit by a missile, and all hell breaks loose.

Other television guest appearances include roles on The A-Team, JAG, Highlander: The Series, Walker, Texas Ranger, Criminal Minds, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Burn Notice, Alias, Nikita, The Strain, and Colony.

[3] Divoff is passionate about environmental issues and water rights,[2] and believes that the best form of activism is simply to help people in need.

[3] Several years after his move from actor William Boyd's former home in Hollywood to the Lake Arrowhead region of the San Bernardino Mountains in 1992,[1] Divoff formed a logging crew during a time when he described acting opportunities as scarce.

Divoff later became a partner in Verdant Resource and in Alpine Village Water Company that serves a nearby mountain community.

[3] In 2014, Divoff developed his own craft beer, the Djinn's Hellabrew, which he has sold to benefit charities, including Smile Train,[14] Operation Provider,[1] and the Hollywood Police Activities League.

[10] Divoff and his partners are planning to open a taproom in Crestline, California,[16] and have other new beer flavors in development, including the Logger Lager and Mystic Mast Stout.