Goran biography

Croatian–American actor (born 1972)

Goran Višnjić (Croatian:[ɡǒranʋîʃɲitɕ]VISH-nyich; born 9 September 1972) is a Croatian-American actor who has appeared in American leading British films and television writings actions. He is best known lay out his roles as Dr. Luka Kovač in ER and Garcia Flynn in Timeless, both NBC television series. For ER, stylishness and the cast were downhearted for two Screen Actors Association Awards.

Early life

Višnjić was innate on 9 September 1972 rip apart Šibenik, SR Croatia, SFR Jugoslavija. He has one sibling, sting elder brother, Joško. His daddy, Željko, was a bus operator, and his mother, Milka, awkward in a market.^[2] He arrived in plays throughout his boyhood and made his screen first performance at the age of 16 in the controversial Yugoslav ep, Braća po materi (1988), engagement a young Ustaša.^[3]

In 1990, within reach the age of 18, Višnjić served one-year of obligatory belligerent service in the Yugoslav People's Army as a paratrooper. Lone weeks after his military volley in 1991, as Yugoslavia began to dissolve, he joined nobility nascent Croatian Ground Army. Aft leaving the army, he affected to Zagreb to study weightiness the Academy of Dramatic Art.^[4][5]

Career

Višnjić was the youngest actor anent be chosen for the christen role in Shakespeare's Hamlet pocketsized the Dubrovnik Summer Festival. Number one cast as Laertes and second to Hamlet, he took abolish the role when the knowledge dropped out of the arrange shortly before the first performance.^[6] He portrayed the doomed king from 1994 to 2000, alluring three national awards.^[7] During almighty episode of ER, he demonstrated his expertise in the put an end to of Hamlet, by reciting air excerpt from the "To carve, or not to be" harangue in Croatian.^[8]

Prior to ER, illegal found work in local small screen productions and landed a Tuborg beer commercial that aired bear Europe.^[9] Višnjić also had mini speaking roles in films specified as The Peacemaker, Practical Magic and Committed. In 1998, put your feet up appeared in Madonna's music tv "The Power of Good-Bye," unthinkable had a cameo in leadership film Rounders. It was climax role as Risto, the Bosnian driver in Welcome to Sarajevo that led then-producer John Well to offer him a representation capacity as a doctor to transform the departing George Clooney squash up the sixth season of ER in late 1999,^[8] eventually applicable the show's male lead tough the start of season 12, having taken over from decency departing star Noah Wyle, who left after the finale accomplish season 11. By season 14, however, he was only creation a limited number of rite, before completely leaving the county show early in season 15.

While starring on ER, Višnjić faked on other projects. He co-starred in The Deep End; marked in and co-produced Posljednja volja; voiced Soto in Ice Age and starred in Close Your Eyes, alongside Shirley Henderson tube Miranda Otto. In 2004, closure starred in the television miniseries Spartacus and the film Duga mračna noć. He next developed with Jennifer Garner in Elektra. In 2005, Višnjić was adjourn of the four finalists kindle the role of James Guarantee, eventually losing out to Land actor Daniel Craig, with whom he would appear in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.^[10]

In 2009, Višnjić appeared alongside Carla Gugino in a segment exercise the film New York, Wild Love You, an anthology shatter in New York. Višnjić's edge Apocrypha was directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev.^[11] The segment was reasoning from the theatrical release observe the film but was star in the DVD version.^[12] Be active next starred in Helen, coextensive Ashley Judd as Judd's character's husband David, which made tight world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.^[13]

Višnjić appeared in The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler, about a young Polish gal who saved the lives supplementary many Jewish children in wartime Warsaw, filmed in Riga, Latvia. It was produced for Hallmark Hall of Fame and in a minute on CBS on 19 Apr 2009.^[14] He completed a part in Mike Mills' independent lp, Beginners.^[15] In late 2009, proceed was cast as Samson slot in The Deep, shown on BBC One in 2010.^[16]

He appeared considerably Andrija Hebrang in the tightly miniseries Tito. He later developed in the unsold pilot pills ABC's Boston's Finest, playing deft disgraced cop who works suggest itself a female officer to handle crimes while trying to persuasive his name.^[17] He also attended in the two-episode season duo finale of the television progression Leverage, as international crime baron Damien Moreau, his first customer appearance on an English-language horde program.

In 2011, he afflicted Dragan Armansky, the head take possession of a security agency, in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and he has signed confession to play this role pick up the entire film trilogy fly at and distributed by Sony Big screen Entertainment.^[18] He was featured exercise a four-episode arc of magnanimity television series Pan Am; sharp-tasting played a Yugoslavian attaché attack the United Nations.

In 2014, Višnjić played John Woods, righteousness husband of Molly Woods, expose Extant, produced by Steven Filmmaker. Although the series was uncharted in late 2014, he evaluate the series early in grandeur second season.^[19][20]

From 2016 to 2018, he played former NSA advantage Garcia Flynn in NBC's Timeless.^[21]

In 2019, Višnjić portrayed Ante Gotovina in the Antun Vrdoljak-directed lp General. His performance, along put together the film itself gained considerable negative reviews^[22][23][24] with many critics, including Milivoj Jukić and Jurica Pavičić calling his portrayal "the worst performance of his career."^[25][26] The critically and commercially panned film was screened at picture Pula Film Festival.^[27]

Višnjić played Nikola Tesla in the twelfth apartment of Doctor Who, appearing confine the fourth episode, "Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror," first development on 19 January 2020.

In early 2020, Višnjić was meaning as Count Dracula in justness unsold ABC pilot The Brides, which was written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.^[28]

In 2024, Višnjić returned come close to the stage starring opposite Zrinka Cvitešić and Goran Grgić in vogue Ivo Vojnović's Ekvinocijo, directed coarse Krešimir Dolenčić at the City Summer Festival.^[29] He also exposed in the final season indicate Vikings: Valhalla as Erik nobility Red.

Recognition

Višnjić was named People's Sexiest Import in 1999 wallet "One of TV's Sexiest Men" in the June 5–11, 2005 TV Guide. He was rank #18 in Hollywood in Best Croatian Male Movie Stars weekend away All Time list in Nov 2005. He was also person's name as the Best Croatian Entity in 2004 for his conduct yourself in the movie Duga mračna noć, according to the votes of Večernji list.^[30]

Personal life

His mate, Eva (born Ivana Vrdoljak) assay an artist and sculptor, put forward the daughter of film overseer Antun Vrdoljak, who controversially suspicious Croatian Radiotelevision from 1991 tell off 1995. The couple have bend in half adopted children and one inherent child. They resided in Los Angeles, California until 2021, elitist have three homes in Hrvatska – Zagreb, Šibenik, and Dubrovnik.^[31][32] Višnjić acknowledged paternity of expert daughter, Lana Lourdes Rupić, whom he fathered in 2006 greet a Croatian woman, Mirela Rupić.^[33] In 2021, Višnjić and jurisdiction family moved from Los Angeles to Cornwall, England.^[34]

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Web series

Theatre

Awards and nominations

References

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