Rade Serbedzija

'Rade Serbedzija' (qv) was born in Bunic (Korenica) in 1946. Graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb. Still a student, he started to play the leading roles in films and theater productions. He is remembered as an outstanding Peer Gynt, Don Juan, Georgij, Melkior, Oedipus, Hamlet, Leon and Richard III. He wrote and published four books of poetry and released four albums, as well as directed 12 plays (Balade Petrice Kerempuha, Kazu da je sova nekad bila pekareva kci, Judita, Hrvatski slavuj...). He shot more than seventy films (_Rdece klasje (1970)_ (qv), _Zadah tela (1983)_ (qv), _Hajka (1977)_ (qv), _Abendglocken (1986)_ (qv), _Bravo maestro (1978)_ (qv), _Variola vera (1982)_ (qv), _Una (1984)_ (qv), _Usijanje (1979)_ (qv), _Life Is Beautiful (1985)_ (qv), _Cyclops (1982)_ (qv), _Drama einer Rückkehr (1979)_ (qv), _Horvatov izbor (1985)_ (qv), _Tödliches Schweigen (1986)_ (qv), _Kontesa Dora (1993)_ (qv)...), and starred in leading roles of several TV-series (Sam covjek, _U registraturi (1974)_ (qv), _Prosjaci i sinovi (1971)_ (qv), _Bombaski proces (1984)_ (qv), _Nikola Tesla (1977)_ (qv), _Putovanje u Vucjak (1986)_ (qv)...). He joined 'Vanessa Redgrave' (qv) to found a theater that produced plays such as Brecht in exile, Liberation of Skopje, Smoke, Opera Sarajevo. He took part in many charity and peace initiatives. After a world famous film _Vor dem Regen (1994)_ (qv) where he played the leading role, he was cast in films by prominent directors of the world (P. Noyce, J. Woo, S. Kubrick, F. Rossi...), in films such as _The Saint (1997)_ (qv) (P. Noyce), _The Truce (1997)_ (qv) (F. Rossi), _Prague Duet (1998)_ (qv), _Broken English (1996)_ (qv), _Eyes Wide Shut (1999)_ (qv) (S. Kubrick), _Polish Wedding (1998)_ (qv), _Stigmata (1999)_ (qv), _Mighty Joe Young (1998)_ (qv), _Il dolce rumore della vita (1999)_ (qv), _Open Sea (1998)_ (qv), _Mission: Impossible II (2000)_ (qv), _Space Cowboys (2000)_ (qv), _Snatch (2000)_ (qv), and in _South Pacific (2001)_ (qv), _Hermano (2007)_ (qv), _Quicksand (2003)_ (qv), currently in post-production. He starred alongside 'Val Kilmer' (qv), 'Elisabeth Shue' (qv), 'John Turturro' (qv), 'Tom Cruise' (qv), 'Glenn Close' (qv). He lives in London.::Ulyss