Rade Serbedzija Biography (1946-)

Surname is sometimes transliterated "Serbedgia" or "Serbedjija"; born July 27, 1946, in Bunic kraj Korenice, Yugoslavia (now Croatia); married Ivanka Cerovac (divorced, 1987); married Lenka Udovicki (a director), June 30, 1991; children: Lucija (an actress), Danilo, Nina, Milica Alma, Vanja. Addresses: Agent: Scott Harris, Innovative Artists, 1505 10th St., Santa Monica, CA 90401; Dallas Smith, Peters, Fraser & Dunlop, Drury House, 34-43 Russell St., London WC2B 5HA, England.; Manager: Vera Mihailovich, Tavel Entertainment, 9171 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 406, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Nationality: Croatian
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: July 27, 1946; Bunic kraj Korenice, Yugoslavia (now Croatia)

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Crne ptice (also known as Black Birds), 1967
Iluzija (also known as Illusion), 1967
Gravitacija ili fantasticna mladost cinovnika Borisa Horvata, 1968
Osveta, 1968
Niko, Sedmina--Pozdravi mariju (also known as Funeral Fest, Burial Lunch), 1969
Dio e con noi (also known as Crime of Defeat, The FifthDay of Peace, God with Us, The Last Five Days of Peace, andDie im Dreck krepieren), 1969
Idu dani (also known as Passing Days), 1970
Jouzek, Rdece klasje (also known as Red Wheat and Crvenoklasje), 1971
Vlatko, Putovanje na mjesto nesrece (also known as The Scene ofthe Crash), 1971
U gori raste zelen bar (also known as The Pine Tree in the Mountain and There Grows a Green Pine in the Woods), 1971
Rade, Zvezde su oci ratnika (also known as The Stars Are the Eyes of the Warriors), 1972
Poslijepodne jednog fazana, 1972
Davor, Zivjeti od ljubavi (also known as To Live on Love),1973
Ivan, Begunec, 1973
Joco, Predstava Hamleta u Mrdusi Donjoj (also known as Acting Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja), 1974
Lucio, Nocturno, 1974
Miso and Major Baratz, Uziska Republica (also known as Guns ofWar, 67 Days: The Republic of Uzhitze, and Uzicka Republika), 1974
Lado, Hajka (also known as Manhunt), 1977
Bravo maestro, 1978
Tomo, Usijanje (also known as Burning), 1979
Novinar (also known as Journalist), 1979
Povratak (also known as The Return), 1979
Zivi bili pa vidjeli (also known as That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles), 1979
Gospodjica, 1980
Abdulah, Banovic strahinja (also known as The Falcon and Der Falke), 1981
Dr. Grujic, Variola vera, 1981
Captain Mitrovic, 13. Jul (also known as Trinaesti jul), 1982
Ugo, Kiklop, 1982
Panco Vila, Zadah tela (also known as Body Scent), 1983
Noc poslije smrti, 1983
Intelektualac, U raljama zivota (also known as In the Jaws of Life), 1984
Lelin otac, Pejzazi u magli, 1984
Professor Misel Babic, Una, 1984
Harmonikas, Zivot je lep, 1985
Kresimir Horvat, Horvatov izbor (also known as Vucjak), 1986
Tomislav K. Burbonski, Vecernja zvona, 1986
Valent, San o ruzi (also known as Dreaming the Rose), 1986
Miss, 1986
Dusan, Die Verliebten (also known as Days to Remember), Metropolis Films, 1987
Raka, Hudodelci, 1987
Osudjeni, 1987
Captain Ivan, Hanna's War, Cannon, 1988
Emile, Manifesto (also known as A Night of Love), Cannon, 1988
Covjek koji je volio sprovode, 1989

Karneval, andjeo i prah, 1990
Dezerter (also known as Deserter), 1992
Karlo Armano, Contessa Dora (also known as Countess Dora and Kontesa Dora), 1993
Aleksander, Before the Rain (also known as Pred dozhdot), Gramercy, 1994
Narrator, Magarece godine (also known as The Awkward Age, The Tough Teens, and L'age ingrat), 1994
Colonel George Lapadus, Two Deaths, Castle Hill, 1995
Josip Papac, Belma, 1995
Kosta, Urnebesna tragedija (also known as Tragedie burlesque), 1995
Ivan, Broken English, Sony Pictures Classics, 1996
Marko, Necista krv, 1996
The officer, Memento, 1996
The Greek, The Truce (also known as Die Atempause, La tregua, and La treve), Miramax, 1997
Ivan Tretiak, The Saint, Paramount, 1997
Andrei Strasser, Mighty Joe Young (also known as Mighty Joe), Buena Vista, 1998
Francois Riffaud, Mare largo (also known as Open Sea), Instituto Luce, 1998
Roman, Polish Wedding, Fox Searchlight Pictures, 1998
Bruno Maier, Il dolce rumore delle vita, Medusa Distribuzione/Primer Plano Film Group, 1999
Marion Petrocelli, Stigmata, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1999
Milich, Eyes Wide Shut (also known as EWS), Warner Bros., 1999
Himself, Stanley and Us, Libra Films International, 1999
Boris "the Blade" Yurinov, Snatch (also known as Snatch: Pigs and Diamonds), Screen Gems, 2000
Dr. Nekhorvich, Mission: Impossible II (also known as M:I-2), Paramount, 2000
General Vostov, Space Cowboys, Warner Bros., 2000
Milan Rajic, Je li jasno prijatelju?, Da Film, 2000
Oleg Butraskaya, Quicksand, First Look Home Entertainment, 2001
Himself, Na stanci u puli, 2001
Inspector Vigot, The Quiet American (also known as The Spyand Der Stille Amerikaner), Miramax, 2002
Miran Hrovatin, Ilaria alpi--Il piu crudele dei giorni (also knownas The Cruelest Day), Gam Films, 2002
Carlos Avileda, Hermano, Sharada Distribuzione, 2003
(Uncredited; in archive footage) Profesionalac, Vans, 2003
Imam Muaffak, The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam, Guide Company Films, 2004
Tibor, Eurotrip, DreamWorks SKG, 2004
Television Appearances
Miniseries
Matan Potrka, Prosjaci i sinovi, 1971
Obraz uz obraz, 1972
Pesma, 1975
Ivica Kicmanovic, U registraturi, 1976
Nikola Tesla, 1977
Duvanski put, 1980
Nepokoreni grad, 1981
Stefica Cvek u raljama zivota, 1984
Kresimir Horvat, Putovanje u vucjak, 1986
Tomislav Kovac, Vecernja zvona, 1988
Movies
Jiri Kolmar, Prague Duet (also known as Lies and Whispers and Eine Liebe in Prag), Romance Classics, 1997
Emile de Becque, South Pacific (also known as Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific), ABC, 2001
Episodic
(As Rade Sherbedgia) Himself, "Rade Sherbedgia," Autograph, 2002
Viktor Schlivitsky (some sources cite Viktor Shvitkoy), "Blood and Money," Spooks, BBC, 2003, broadcast in the United States as MI-5, Arts and Entertainment, 2003
Other
Mladic, Papagaj, 1970
Obesenjak, Radiotelevizija Beograd, 1974
Josip Broz (Tito), Bombaski proces, Televizija Zagreb, 1978
Tuga, Radiotelevizija Beograd, 1981
Tamburasi, Televizija Zagreb, 1982
Stage Appearances
The Smoke, Manchester Theatre Company, Manchester, England, 1993
Brecht in Hollywood, Moving Theatre Company, London, 1994
Appeared in Brecht in Exile and Liberation of Skopje, bothMoving Theatre Company; also appeared in productions of Oedipus Rex and Peer Gynt.
Major Tours
Title role, King Lear, Ulysses Project, Croatian cities, 2001
RECORDINGS
Albums
Recorded five albums of his own songs and poetry.
WRITINGS
Poetry and Songs
Author of four books of poetry; also a songwriter.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

American Theatre, December, 2001, p. 66
Los Angeles Times, February 26, 1995

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