Yuri Rutman

Yuri Rutman is an actor, director, writer, and producer. He is Guest Starring on NBC's "Chicago PD" Season 7, Episode 5. His film "Trained", which he wrote, directed, and starred in premiered in 33 million homes on the Shorts.TV channel (ATT Uverse, DirecTV, US Sonet, Itunes,). "Trained" is also available on Amazon Prime Video and other online streaming channels. Prior to this, he starred in a national tv commercial for letgo.com which was directed by Craig Gillespie ("I Tonya", "Fright Night", "The Finest Hours", "Mr. Woodcock"). Yuri was also an Executive Producer at Spike TV, Fremantle Media, and created the reality TV show "Warsaw Chicago". He has appeared as an actor in several other studio films and television shows. His first film, "Mr. Id", was produced with the help of a venture capital investor he met in a Lions Gate Entertainment Stock message board who wired him the film investment without meeting him, based on his business plan and the screenplay for "Mr. Id". Born in Kiev, Ukraine, he grew up in Chicago, and lives in Los Angeles. He speaks fluent Russian and he is a Blue Belt In Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Rubens "Cobrinha" Charles Maciel, and, he started his BJJ training with Jeff Serafin in Chicago. He competed in the 2017 IBJJF Pan Am Jiu Jitsu Tournament In Irvine, CA. Yuri also holds a Level 2 Muay Thai rank under Rick Sollo & The Aiki Training Hall. Apart from entertainment, he is also a venture advisor and co-founder in a few startups.