Rade Šerbedžija
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 Rade Šerbedžija on a premiere of his film |
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| Birth name | Rade Šerbedžija |
| Born | July 27, 1946 (age 60) Bunic, Croatia |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
| Notable roles | Dr. Nekhorvich in Mission: Impossible 2 Captain Blake in The Fog Ivan Tretiak in The Saint Imam Muaffak in The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam |
| Spouse(s) | Leni Udovicki |
Rade Šerbedžija (Раде Шербеџија in Cyrillic, also credited as Rade Sherbedgia in some English-language productions), born 27 July 1946, is a Croatian actor and director of ethnic Serbian descent. He was one of the most popular Yugoslavian actors in the 1970s and 1980s, and now internationally famous mainly for his supporting roles in Hollywood films in the 1990s and 2000s.
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[edit] Career in Yugoslavia
Šerbedžija was born in the village of Bunić, located between Korenica and Lički Osik in Lika. In 1969 he graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts of the University of Zagreb and then worked as a theatre actor in the theatre "Gavella" and at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb. He had various notable film roles, 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).
[edit] International career
In the early 1990s, during the course of the Yugoslav wars, he acted in few films from various parts of former Yugoslavia, including the Macedonian film Before the Rain in 1994. Šerbedžija then also acted in various western European films, before he emigrated to the United States.
He is perhaps most often recognised by world audiences for his supporting roles in Hollywood films such as Mission: Impossible II, The Saint, Eyes Wide Shut, Snatch, EuroTrip, the 2002 adaptation of The Quiet American, and a cameo in Batman Begins. 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.
[edit] Ulysses Theatre
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Rade is also a co-founder of the Ulysses Theatre in Brijuni, where he also directs and acts in most plays.
[edit] Personal life
He is the father of Croatian actress Lucija Šerbedžija and a member of the Advisory Council of the Socialist Labour Party of Croatia.
