Rade Šerbedžija
| Rade Šerbedžija | |
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 Šerbedžija at the 12th Annual Satellite Awards, 16 December 2007 |
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| Born | 27 July 1946 Bunić, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Croatian |
| Ethnicity | Serb |
| Occupation | Film and theatre actor |
| Spouse(s) | Ivanka Cerovac (?–1987) Lenka Udovički (1991–present) |
| Awards | Vladimir Nazor Award |
Rade Šerbedžija (born 27 July 1946), occasionally credited as Rade Sherbedgia in some English-language productions, is a Croatian actor, director, and musician, of Serb ancestry. He was one of the most popular Yugoslav actors in the 1970s and 1980s. He is now internationally known mainly for his supporting roles in Hollywood films during the 1990s and 2000s. Recently, Šerbedžija received attention for his recurring role as former Soviet Army General Dmitri Gredenko in the sixth season of TV action series 24.
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Early life and career in Yugoslavia [edit]
Šerbedžija was born in the village of Bunić within Lika region, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia.[1] In 1969, he graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts of the University of Zagreb and then worked as a theatre actor in the City Drama Theatre Gavella and at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb.[2] While still a student, Šerbedžija started to play leading roles in films and theater productions. He is remembered as an outstanding Peer Gynt, Don Juan, Melkior Tresić, Oedipus, Hamlet, Leone Glembay and Richard III. Šerbedžija was among the top actors in the former Yugoslavia, as well as an esteemed acting teacher at the Universities of Zagreb and Novi Sad.[3]
In 1964 he first visited the USA, where he enrolled in drama school. Small parts on stage followed for many years until his 1974 breakthrough performance as "Hamlet" at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival made him a star. Although he continued to appear in theatrical productions (notably, "Peer Gynt" and "Oedipus Rex"), Šerbedžija broke into films around the same time. Although many of the more than 40 features he has made in the 70s and 80s have been little-seen outside of Yugoslavia, a handful have received widespread distribution. His early work included the starring role in "The Republic of Užice" (1974).[3]
He had various notable roles in Yugoslav film, among others in U gori raste zelen bor (1971), Variola Vera (1981), Kiklop (1982), Život je lep (1985). He was also among the leading actors in several TV series, such as in Prosjaci i sinovi (1971), U registraturi (1976), Nikola Tesla (1977), Putovanje u Vučjak (1986).
Rade founded the Ulysses Theater with Borislav Vujčić on the Brijuni islands, where he also directs and acts in most plays. The theater was founded in 2000 and has been very successful so far.
International career [edit]
It was probably not until his turn as the captain interrogating a woman who rescued hundreds of children from the Holocaust in "Hanna's War" (1988) that he was noticed in the West.[3]
In the early 1990s, during the course of the Yugoslav wars, he acted in a few films from various parts of the former Yugoslavia, including the Macedonian film Before the Rain in 1994. With the dissolution of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, he and his family were forced to flee to Belgrade, Serbia.[3] Šerbedžija then also acted in various western European films before he emigrated to the United States.
He is perhaps most often recognized by world audiences for his supporting roles in Hollywood films such as Mission: Impossible II, Mighty Joe Young, The Saint, Eyes Wide Shut, Snatch, EuroTrip, The Quiet American (2002), Shooter and a cameo in Batman Begins, often varying between sinister villains or trusting friends. He was offered to reprise his cameo role in The Dark Knight but opted not to.
In 2001, he starred in an elaborate television production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical South Pacific in the role of the French plantation owner, Emile de Becque. He was also involved in the BBC Television production of the spy-thriller show Spooks for one episode as a villain. In autumn of 2005, Šerbedžija had a supporting role in the NBC science fiction series Surface. His most recent role is in Jeremy Podeswa's feature film adaptation of Anne Michaels' novel Fugitive Pieces, where he plays the character Athos Roussos. His most recent successful role is that of Captain Blake in Rupert Wainwright's remake of The Fog.
He portrayed the part of Dmitri Gredenko on the sixth season of the hit Fox show 24.
On May 26, 2009, Šerbedžija announced that he had been cast in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 as the famous foreign wandmaker Gregorovitch, a 'brief but very important' role. He began filming in November 2009. He announced his casting at a press conference for Fugitive Pieces, and he added that he knew he had the role six months before.
Other work [edit]
Šerbedžija is also known for his poetry readings and has released four albums. On the London stage, he won critical praise for his work in Colin Redgrave's Moving Theatre Company staging of "Brecht in Hollywood" (1994).[3]
Personal life [edit]
Šerbedžija was married to Ivanka Cerovac, but they divorced in 1987. They have a daughter, actress Lucija, born in 1973, and a son, movie director Danilo Šerbedžija. Lucija is married to Serbian actor/director Filip Gajić, and they together have a son, Sergej. Šerbedžija met his second wife, Lenka Udovički, the sister of Serbian politician Kori Udovički, in Subotica in 1990 and they married in 1991.[4]
Together with his current wife, Lenka Šerbedžija, he has three daughters: Nina the oldest, Vanja, the middle child, and Mimi the youngest. Nina is now attending college and the younger two are in high school. The children grew up in London for their early lives, then moved to California because of Rade's acting career.
His parents left Vinkovci for Belgrade in 1991. His mother died in 1997,[5] while his father still lives in Belgrade.
In 1992, while at a club in Belgrade, an intoxicated youth swore at him, calling him "Serb traitor", then shot his gun in the air.[6] The youth himself was from Lika, as was Šerbedžija.[6] He then took his wife and at the time, only daughter Nina, and left Zagreb and Belgrade, and settled in Ljubljana, Slovenia.[5][7]
Šerbedžija is an ethnic Serb from Croatia.[7][8] He has called himself "Yugo-nostalgic",[8] and in 2011, he said that times were better in Socialist Yugoslavia than now.[6]
Among his family's addresses are: London, Hollywood, Zagreb, Belgrade, while he currently lives in Rijeka (as of January 2011).[5]
Filmography [edit]
| Year | Title | Country of filming | Role |
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| 1967 | Iluzija | Yugoslavia - Croatia | |
| 1967 | Black Birds (Crne ptice) | Yugoslavia - Croatia | |
| 1968 | Osveta | Yugoslavia - Croatia | |
| 1968 | Seansa | Yugoslavia - Serbia | |
| 1968 | Maratonci | Yugoslavia - Croatia | |
| 1968 | Gravitacija ili fantastična mladost činovnika Borisa Horvata | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Boris Horvat |
| 1969 | Dio è con noi | Italy/Yugoslavia | |
| 1969 | Sedmina - Pozdravi Marijo | Yugoslavia - Slovenia | Niko |
| 1969 | Meteor | Yugoslavia - Croatia | |
| 1969 | Čamac za kron-princa | Yugoslavia - Croatia | |
| 1970 | Sam čovjek | Yugoslavia - Croatia | |
| 1970 | Papagaj | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Mladić |
| 1970 | Passing Days (Idu dani) | Yugoslavia - Serbia | |
| 1970 | Red Wheat (Rdeče klasje) | Yugoslavia - Slovenia | Južek Hedl |
| 1970 | Kainov znak | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Milan |
| 1971 | The Pine Tree in the Mountain | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Domobran kicoš |
| 1971 | Prosjaci i sinovi | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Matan Potrka |
| 1971 | Putovanje na mjesto nesreće | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Vlatko |
| 1972 | Poslijepodne jednog fazana | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Obijesni mladić |
| 1972 | Rođendan male Mire | Yugoslavia - Croatia | |
| 1972 | Zvezde su oči ratnika | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Učitelj Rade |
| 1973 | Pelikani | Yugoslavia - Serbia | |
| 1973 | Živjeti od ljubavi | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Davor |
| 1973 | Begunec | Yugoslavia - Slovenia | Ivan |
| 1974 | Acting Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Hamlet |
| 1974 | Tojota Korola 1000 | Yugoslavia - Serbia | |
| 1974 | Obešenjak | Yugoslavia - Serbia | |
| 1974 | Nocturno | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Lucio |
| 1974 | Obraz uz obraz | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Himself |
| 1974 | The Republic of Užice | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Četnički oficir Kosta Parac |
| 1974 | U registraturi | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Ivica Kicmanović |
| 1975 | Pesma | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Mića Ranović |
| 1976 | The Republic of Užice (TV Series) | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Četnički oficir Kosta Parac |
| 1977 | Noćna skela | Yugoslavia - Serbia | |
| 1977 | Hajka | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Lado |
| 1977 | Nikola Tesla (TV Series) | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Nikola Tesla |
| 1978 | Bombaški proces | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Josip Broz Tito |
| 1978 | Bravo maestro | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Vitomir Bezjak |
| 1979 | Journalist (Novinar) | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Vlado Kovač |
| 1979 | Živi bili pa vidjeli | Yugoslavia - Croatia | |
| 1979 | Povratak | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Komandir milicije |
| 1979 | Usijanje | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Tomo |
| 1979 | Ivan Goran Kovačić | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Ivan Goran Kovačić |
| 1980 | Sedam plus sedam | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Himself |
| 1980 | Gospodjica | Yugoslavia - Serbia | |
| 1981 | Tuga | Yugoslavia - Serbia | |
| 1981 | Duvanski put | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Tomo |
| 1981 | Banović Strahinja | Yugoslavia - Serbia/West Germany | Abdulah |
| 1982 | Variola Vera | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Doktor Grujić |
| 1982 | Cyclops | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Ugo |
| 1982 | 13. jul | Yugoslavia - Montenegro | Kapetan Mitrović |
| 1982 | Tamburaši | Yugoslavia - Croatia | |
| 1982 | Nepokoreni grad | Yugoslavia - Croatia | |
| 1982 | Život i priča | Yugoslavia - Serbia | |
| 1983 | Zadah tela | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Pančo Vila |
| 1983 | Kiklop (TV series) | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Ugo |
| 1983 | Kvit posao | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Jozo |
| 1983 | Noć poslije smrti | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Lucio Klarić |
| 1984 | In the Jaws of Life | Yugoslavia - Serbia/Croatia | Intelektualac |
| 1984 | Pejzaži u magli | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Lelin otac |
| 1984 | Una | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Professor Mišel Babić |
| 1985 | Život je lep | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Harmonikaš |
| 1985 | Horvatov izbor | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Krešimir Horvat |
| 1986 | San o ruži | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Valent |
| 1986 | Večernja zvona | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Tomislav K. Burbonski |
| 1986 | Putovanje u Vučjak (TV series) | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Krešimir Horvat |
| 1987 | Die Verliebten | West Germany/Yugoslavia | Dušan |
| 1987 | Hudodelci | Yugoslavia - Slovenia | Raka |
| 1988 | Zagrljaj | Yugoslavia - Croatia | |
| 1988 | Tartif | Yugoslavia - Serbia | |
| 1988 | Manifesto | United States | Emile |
| 1988 | Hanna's War | United States | Captain Ivan |
| 1989 | Čovjek koji je volio sprovode | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Hinko |
| 1989 | Seobe II | Yugoslavia/France | De Ronkali |
| 1990 | Karneval, anđeo i prah | Yugoslavia - Croatia | |
| 1990 | Majstori mraka | Yugoslavia - Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 1992 | Dezerter | FRY | Pavle Trušić |
| 1993 | Kontesa Dora | Croatia | Karlo Armano |
| 1994 | Magareće godine | Bosnia and Herzegovina/France | Narrator |
| 1994 | Before the Rain | Macedonia/France/United Kingdom | Alexandar |
| 1995 | Urnebesna tragedija | FRY/Bulgaria/France | Kosta |
| 1995 | Two Deaths | United Kingdom | Colonel George Lapadus |
| 1995 | Belma | Denmark/Sweden | Josip Papac |
| 1996 | Memento | Denmark/Canada | The Officer |
| 1996 | Broken English | New Zealand | Ivan |
| 1997 | Nečista krv | FRY | Gazda Marko |
| 1997 | Balkan Island: The Last Story of the Century | Czech Republic/Germany/Austria/France/Monaco | Rusty |
| 1997 | The Saint | United States | Ivan Tretiak |
| 1997 | The Truce | Italy/France/Germany/Switzerland | Mardenou the Greek |
| 1998 | Mighty Joe Young | United States | Andrei Strasser |
| 1998 | Polish Wedding | United States | Roman |
| 1998 | Prague Duet | United States/Czech Republic/Germany | Jiri Kolmar |
| 1999 | Eyes Wide Shut | United Kingdom/United States | Mr. Milich |
| 1999 | The Sweet Sounds of Life | Italy | Bruno Maier |
| 1999 | Stigmata | United States | Fr. Marion Petrocelli |
| 2000 | Space Cowboys | United States/Australia | General Vostow |
| 2000 | Mission: Impossible II | United States/Germany | Dr. Nekhorvich |
| 2000 | Snatch | United Kingdom/United States | Boris 'The Blade' Yurinov |
| 2000 | Je li jasno prijatelju? | Croatia | Milan Rajić |
| 2001 | South Pacific | United States | Emile De Becque |
| 2002 | The Quiet American | Germany/United States/United Kingdom/Australia/France | Inspector Vigot |
| 2003 | Quicksand | France/United Kingdom/Germany | Oleg Butraskaya |
| 2003 | Ilaria Alpi - Il più crudele dei giorni | Italy | Miran Hrovatin |
| 2003 | Spooks 2.4: Blood and Money | United Kingdom | Viktor Schvitkoy |
| 2004 | EuroTrip | United States | Tibor |
| 2004 | Golemata voda | Macedonia/Czech Republic/United States/Germany | Old Lem |
| 2004 | Rade Šerbedžija Live in Budva | FRY | Himself |
| 2004 | The Fever | United States/United Kingdom | Diplomat |
| 2005 | The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam | United States | Imam Muaffak |
| 2005 | Surface | United States | Dr. Aleksander Cirko |
| 2005 | Batman Begins | United States/United Kingdom | Homeless Man |
| 2005 | The Fog | United States/France | Captain William Blake |
| 2005 | Short Order | Ireland/Germany/United Kingdom | Paulo |
| 2005 | Go West | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Ljubo |
| 2006 | Moscow Zero | United States/Spain/United Kingdom | Sergei |
| 2006 | The Elder Son | United States | Maxim Sarafanov |
| 2007 | Balkanski sindrom | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Old Alen |
| 2007 | Hermano | Italy | Carlos Avileda |
| 2007 | Tesla | Croatia | Narrator |
| 2007 | Shooter | United States | Michailo Sczerbiak |
| 2007 | Fugitive Pieces | Canada/Greece | Athos Roussos |
| 2007 | Battle in Seattle | Canada/United States/Germany | Dr. Marić |
| 2007 | 24 | United States | Dmitri Gredenko |
| 2007 | Say It in Russian | United States/France | Raf Larin |
| 2007 | Pravo čudo | Croatia | Toma |
| 2007 | L... Kot ljubezen | Slovenia | Big Daddy |
| 2007 | Fallen (TV miniseries) | United States | Dr. Lukas Grasic |
| 2007 | Love Life (Liebesleben) | Israel/Germany | Arie |
| 2008 | My Own Worst Enemy | United States | Yuri Volkalov |
| 2008 | Quarantine | United States | Yuri Ivanov |
| 2008 | The Eye | United States/Canada | Simon McCullough |
| 2009 | Middle Men | United States | Nikita Sokoloff |
| 2009 | CSI: Miami | United States | Alexander Sharova |
| 2009 | Thick as Thieves | United States/Germany | Nicky/Victor |
| 2010 | Lonesdale | Australia | |
| 2010 | Kao Rani Mraz | Serbia | Stari Vasa Ladački |
| 2010 | Sedamdeset i dva dana (72 Days) | Croatia | Mane Paripović |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | United Kingdom/United States | Gregorovitch |
| 2011 | 5 Days of War | United States | Col. Demidov |
| 2011 | Tatanka | Italy | Vinko |
| 2011 | X-Men: First Class | United States | Russian General |
| 2011 | Shun Li and the Poet | Italy/France | Bepi |
| 2011 | In the Land of Blood and Honey | United States | Gen. Nebojsa Vukojevich |
| 2012 | The Fourth State | Germany | Onjegin |
| 2012 | Taken 2 | France | Murad |
| 2012 | The Third Half | Macedonia | Don Rafael Cohen |
| 2012 | Ustanicka ulica | Serbia | Vraneš |
References [edit]
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This biographical article needs additional citations for verification. (October 2010) |
- ^ "Rade Šerbedžija Biography (1946–)". FilmReference.com. NetIndustries, LLC. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
- ^ Biography for Rade Šerbedžija at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ a b c d e "Rade Serbedzija Biography". Fancast. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
- ^ http://www.jutarnji.hr/lenka-udovicki--da-bi-rade-uspio-u-hollywoodu--zrtvovala-sam-vlastitu-karijeru/151429/
- ^ a b c http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/kultura.71.html:313811-Rade-Serbedzija-Sve-mi-nase-tamo-nedostaje
- ^ a b c http://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=992418
- ^ a b http://www.b92.net/kultura/vesti.php?nav_category=268&yyyy=2013&mm=03&dd=08&nav_id=693540
- ^ a b http://www.yurope.com/zines/SAM/arhiva_1/0017.html
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