Rade Serbedzija
Sherbedgia's international breakthrough came in 1988, when he was cast by Menahem Golan to play a captain interrogating a woman who had saved thousands of children from the Holocaust in Hanna's War. He starred alongside Ellen Burstyn, Donald Pleasance and David Warner.
Forced to flee to Belgrade, Serbia after the dissolution of Yugoslavia, Sherbedgia performed in a number of Western European films before immigrating to the United States.
Sherbedgia made an instant mark on Hollywood, starring in films such as Mission: Impossible II, Eyes Wide Shut, Snatch, Shooter and Batman Begins.
Sherbedgia picked up a string of awards and recognition for his role in Jeremy Podeswa's 2007 film Fugitive Pieces, as Athos Roussos. On television, he received acclaim for his performance as a Russian arms supplier who meets the wrath of Kiefer Sutherland's Jack Bauer, in the sixth season of the popular action series 24.
More recently, Sherbedgia played the role of Gregorovich, a renowned foreign wand-maker, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1. He had a key role in Angelina Jolie's debut feature as a director, In the Land of Blood and Honey, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in 2011.
Rade Serbedzija Facts
Occupation | Actor |
Birthday | July 27, 1946 (77) |
Sign | Leo |
Birthplace | Bunic kraj Korenice, Croatia |
Selected Filmography
Fugitive Pieces | ||
Mission: Impossible II | ||
Shooter | ||
Mighty Joe Young | ||
The Saint | ||
Quicksand | ||
The Eye | ||
Stigmata | ||
Tekken: Kazuya's Revenge | ||
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