Rade Serbedzija
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Rade Šerbedžija (born 27 July, 1946), is a Croatian-born actor and director of ethnic Serbian descent. He became internationally famous mainly for his supporting roles in Hollywood films in the 1990s. His film career has been long both in his home country and elsewhere.
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 also acted on film as in TV series, and became known throughout former Yugoslavia. Šerbedžija had various notable film roles, among others in "U gori raste zelen bor" (1971), "Variola vera" (1981), "Kiklop" (1982). He was also among the leading actors in several TV series, such as in "Prosjaci i sinovi" (1971), "U registraturi" (1976), "Nikola Tesla" (1977).
Šerbedžija emigrated to the United States in the early 1990s during the course of the Yugoslav wars.
In 1994 he acted in the Macedonian film Before The Rain.
He is perhaps most often recognised by world audiences for his supporting roles in Hollywood films such as Mission: Impossible II, The Saint, Snatch and the 2002 adaptation of The Quiet American.
Šerbedžija also has a small role in Batman Begins. Starting in autumn of 2005, Šerbedžija will have a leading role in the NBC science fiction series Fathom.
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