Biography
He has since become more proficient in English and has begun to make inroads in British and Hollywood films. To date, the actor has made his greatest mark playing the war photographer in Micho Manchevski's Oscar-nominated Macedonian feature "Before the Rain" (1994) and as the rich villainous Russian oligarch in Philip Noyce's "The Saint" (1997).
The son of ethnic Serbians, Serbedzija was born and raised in Croatia where he first gained …
Career Milestones
| Cast opposite Glenn Close in TV version of "South Pacific" | ||
1974 | Became star in Yugoslavia after performance as Hamlet on the Dubrovnik stage | |
1974 | Had early film role, "Uziska Republica" | |
1988 | Played Fascist captain in "Hanna's War" | |
1992 | Forced to flee Serbia | |
1993 | Made British stage debut, "Smoke"; made London stage debut, "Brecht in Hollywood" | |
1994 | Had featured role in the Oscar-nominated foreign film "Before the Rain" | |
1997 | First Hollywood feature, "The Saint" | |
1998 | Co-starred in the feature "Mighty Joe Young" | |
1999 | Cast as Milich in the feature "Eyes Wide Shut," directed by Stanley Kubrick | |
1999 | Co-starred in the drama thriller "Stigmata" | |
2000 | Cast as Dr. Nekhorvich in John Woo's "Mission Impossible," which starred Tom Cruise | |
2001 | Co-starred in the made-for-television drama "South Pacific" | |
2002 | Co-starred as Professor Vigot in "The Quiet American" | |
2005 | Co-starred in a remake of the classic horror film "The Fog" | |
Awards
2007 | Rome International Film Festival for Marc'Aurelio Jury Award for Best Actor in Fugitive Pieces |