'DWTS' Star Maksim Chmerkovskiy -- I'm a Skinny-Dipping Cowboy Now

"Dancing with the Stars" isn't always where Hollywood careers go to die -- case in point ... "DWTS" alum Maksim Chmerkovskiy ... who just got his first big acting gig in a brand new country music video ... after quitting the show last year.

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