| Rade Šerbedžija | |
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Šerbedžija at the 12th Annual Satellite Awards, December 16, 2007 |
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| Born | July 27, 1946 Bunić, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Croatian |
| Ethnicity | Serbian |
| Occupation | Film and theatre actor |
| Spouse | Ivanka Cerovac (?–1987) divorced: 1 child Lenka Udovicki (1991–present) |
| Awards | Vladimir Nazor Award Dubravko Dujšin Award Orlando Award Marcus Aurelius Award |
Rade Šerbedžija (Serbian Cyrillic: Раде Шербеџија; born 27 July 1946), occasionally credited as Rade Sherbedgia in some English-language productions, is a Croatian[1][2][3] actor, director and musician of Serb origin. 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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Šerbedžija was born in the village of Bunić in Lika, Yugoslavia.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]
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).[6]
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.
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.[6]
In the early 1990s, during the course of the Yugoslav wars, he acted in a few films from various parts of 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.[6] 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 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.
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).[6]
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 Belgrade actor/director Filip Gajić, and they together have a son, Sergej. Šerbedžija met his second wife Lenka Udovički in 1990, in Subotica, they married in 1991, and have two daughters together.[7]
He has three daughters with current wife, Lenka Šerbedžija. Nina the oldest, Mimi the youngest, and Vanja, the middle child. 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,[8] while his father still lives in Belgrade.
In 1992, while at a club in Belgrade, an intoxicated youngster swore at him, calling him "Serb traitor", then shot his gun in the air.[9] The youngster himself was from Lika, as was Šerbedžija.[9] He then left Zagreb and Belgrade, and settled in Ljubljana, Slovenia.[8]
Šerbedžija is of Croatian Serb ethnicity.[10] In 1995, he called himself Yugo-nostalgic,[10] and in an interview from 2011, he said that times were better then, than now (Yugoslavia, versus independent republics).[9]
Among his family's adresses are: London, Hollywood, Zagreb, Belgrade, while currently he lives in Rijeka.[8]
| Year | Title | Country of origin | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Iluzija | Yugoslavia - Croatia | |
| Black Birds (Crne ptice) | Yugoslavia - Croatia | ||
| 1968 | Osveta | Yugoslavia - Croatia | |
| Seansa | Yugoslavia - Serbia | ||
| Maratonci | Yugoslavia - Croatia | ||
| Gravitacija ili fantastična mladost činovnika Borisa Horvata | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Boris Horvat | |
| 1969 | Dio è con noi | Italy/Yugoslavia | |
| Sedmina - Pozdravi Marijo | Yugoslavia - Slovenia | Niko | |
| Meteor | Yugoslavia - Croatia | ||
| Čamac za kron-princa | Yugoslavia - Croatia | ||
| 1970 | Sam čovjek | Yugoslavia - Croatia | |
| Papagaj | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Mladić | |
| Passing Days (Idu dani) | Yugoslavia - Serbia | ||
| Red Wheat (Rdeče klasje) | Yugoslavia - Slovenia | Južek Hedl | |
| Kainov znak | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Milan | |
| 1971 | The Pine Tree in the Mountain | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Domobran kicoš |
| Prosjaci i sinovi | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Matan Potrka | |
| Putovanje na mjesto nesreće | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Vlatko | |
| 1972 | Poslijepodne jednog fazana | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Obijesni mladić |
| Rođendan male Mire | Yugoslavia - Croatia | ||
| Zvezde su oči ratnika | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Učitelj Rade | |
| 1973 | Pelikani | Yugoslavia - Serbia | |
| Živjeti od ljubavi | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Davor | |
| Begunec | Yugoslavia - Slovenia | Ivan | |
| 1974 | Acting Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Hamlet |
| Tojota Korola 1000 | Yugoslavia - Serbia | ||
| Obešenjak | Yugoslavia - Serbia | ||
| Nocturno | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Lucio | |
| Obraz uz obraz | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Himself | |
| The Republic of Užice | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Četnički oficir Kosta Parac | |
| 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 |
| Noćna skela | Yugoslavia - Serbia | ||
| 1977 | Hajka | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Lado |
| Nikola Tesla (TV Series) | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Nikola Tesla | |
| 1978 | Bombaški proces | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Josip Broz Tito |
| Bravo maestro | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Vitomir Bezjak | |
| 1979 | Journalist (Novinar) | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Vlado Kovač |
| Živi bili pa vidjeli | Yugoslavia - Croatia | ||
| Povratak | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Komandir milicije | |
| Usijanje | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Tomo | |
| Ivan Goran Kovačić | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Ivan Goran Kovačić | |
| 1980 | Sedam plus sedam | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Himself |
| Gospodjica | Yugoslavia - Serbia | ||
| 1981 | Tuga | Yugoslavia - Serbia | |
| Duvanski put | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Tomo | |
| Banović Strahinja | Yugoslavia - Serbia/West Germany | Abdulah | |
| 1982 | Variola Vera | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Doktor Grujić |
| Kiklopi | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Ugo | |
| 13. jul | Yugoslavia - Montenegro | Kapetan Mitrović | |
| Tamburaši | Yugoslavia - Croatia | ||
| Nepokoreni grad | Yugoslavia - Croatia | ||
| Život i priča | Yugoslavia - Serbia | ||
| 1983 | Zadah tela | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Pančo Vila |
| Kiklop (TV serija) | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Ugo | |
| Kvit posao | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Jozo | |
| Noć poslije smrti | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Lucio Klarić | |
| 1984 | U raljama života | Yugoslavia - Serbia/Croatia | Intelektualac |
| Pejzaži u magli | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Lelin otac | |
| Una | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Profesor Mišel Babić | |
| 1985 | Život je lep | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Harmonikaš |
| Horvatov izbor | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Krešimir Horvat | |
| 1986 | San o ruži | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Valent |
| Večernja zvona | Yugoslavia - Serbia | Tomislav K. Burbonski | |
| Putovanje u Vučjak (TV series) | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Krešimir Horvat | |
| 1987 | Die Verliebten | West Germany/Yugoslavia | Dušan |
| Hudodelci | Yugoslavia - Slovenia | Raka | |
| 1988 | Zagrljaj | Yugoslavia - Croatia | |
| Tartif | Yugoslavia - Serbia | ||
| Manifesto | USA | Emile | |
| Hanna's War | USA | Captain Ivan | |
| 1989 | Čovjek koji je volio sprovode | Yugoslavia - Croatia | Hinko |
| Seobe II | Yugoslavia/France | De Ronkali | |
| 1990 | Karneval, anđeo i prah | Yugoslavia - Croatia | |
| 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 |
| Before the Rain | Macedonia/France/United Kingdom | Alexandar | |
| 1995 | Urnebesna tragedija | FRY/Bulgaria/France | Kosta |
| Two Deaths | United Kingdom | Colonel George Lapadus | |
| Belma | Denmark/Sweden | Josip Papac | |
| 1996 | Memento | Denmark/Canada | The Officer |
| Broken English | New Zealand | Ivan | |
| 1997 | Nečista krv | FRY | Gazda Marko |
| Balkan Island: The Last Story Of The Century | Czech Republic/Germany/Austria/France/Monaco | Rusty | |
| The Saint | USA | Ivan Tretiak | |
| La Tregua (The Truce) | Italy/France/Germany/Switzerland | Mardenou the Greek | |
| 1998 | Mighty Joe Young | USA | Andrei Strasser |
| Polish Wedding | USA | Roman | |
| Prague Duet | USA/Czech Republic/Germany | Jiri Kolmar | |
| 1999 | Eyes Wide Shut | United Kingdom/USA | Mr. Milich |
| Il Dolce Rumore Della Vita | Italy | Bruno Maier | |
| Stigmata | USA | Fr. Marion Petrocelli | |
| 2000 | Space Cowboys | USA/Australia | General Vostow |
| Mission: Impossible II | USA/Germany | Dr. Nekhorvich | |
| Snatch | United Kingdom/USA | Boris 'The Blade' Yurinov | |
| Je li jasno prijatelju? | Croatia | Milan Rajić | |
| 2001 | South Pacific | USA | Emile De Becque |
| 2002 | The Quiet American | Germany/USA/United Kingdom/Australia/France | Inspector Vigot |
| 2003 | Quicksand | France/United Kingdom/Germany | Oleg Butraskaya |
| Ilaria Alpi - Il più crudele dei giorni | Italy | Miran Hrovatin | |
| Spooks 2.4: Blood And Money | United Kingdom | Viktor Schvitkoy | |
| 2004 | EuroTrip | USA | Tibor |
| Golemata voda | Macedonia/Czech Republic/USA/Germany | Old Lem | |
| Rade Šerbedžija Live In Budva | FRY | Himself | |
| The Fever | USA/United Kingdom | Diplomat | |
| 2005 | The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam | USA | Imam Muaffak |
| Surface | USA | Dr. Aleksander Cirko | |
| Batman Begins | USA/United Kingdom | Homeless Man | |
| The Fog | USA/France | Captain William Blake | |
| Short Order | Ireland/Germany/United Kingdom | Paulo | |
| Go West | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Ljubo | |
| 2006 | Moscow Zero | USA/Spain/United Kingdom | Sergei |
| The Elder Son | USA | Maxim Sarafanov | |
| 2007 | Balkanski sindrom | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Old Alen |
| Hermano | Italy | Carlos Avileda | |
| Tesla | Croatia | Narrator | |
| Shooter | USA | Michael Sandor | |
| Fugitive Pieces | Canada/Greece | Athos Roussos | |
| Battle in Seattle | Canada/USA/Germany | Dr. Marić | |
| 24 | USA | Dmitri Gredenko | |
| Say It in Russian | USA/France | Raf Larin | |
| Pravo čudo | Croatia | Toma | |
| L... Kot ljubezen | Slovenia | Big Daddy | |
| Fallen (TV miniseries) | USA | Dr. Lukas Grasic | |
| Love Life (Liebesleben) | Israel/Germany | Arie | |
| 2008 | My Own Worst Enemy | USA | Yuri Volkalov |
| Quarantine | USA | Yuri Ivanov | |
| The Eye | USA/Canada | Simon McCullough | |
| 2009 | Middle Men | USA | Nikita Sokoloff |
| CSI: Miami | USA | Alexander Sharova | |
| Thick as Thieves | USA/Germany | Nicky/Victor | |
| 2010 | Lonesdale | Australia | |
| Kao Rani Mraz | Serbia | Stari Vasa Ladački | |
| Sedamdeset i dva dana (72 Days) | Croatia | Mane Paripović | |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I | United Kingdom/USA | Gregorovitch | |
| 2011 | 5 Days of War | USA | Col. Demidov |
| Tatanka | Italy | Vinko | |
| X-Men: First Class | USA | Russian General | |
| Io Sono Li | Italy/France | Bepi | |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II | United Kingdom/USA | Gregorovitch | |
| In the Land of Blood and Honey | USA | Gen. Nebojsa Vukojevich |
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