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Goran Visnjic

Birth Name:
Goran Višnjić
Birth Place:
Šibenik, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Profession
Actor, Producer, Soundtrack
Goran Visnjic

Fast Facts

  • In 2003, he served as a spokesperson for the animal rights organization PETA
  • In 2004, he won the Pula Film Festival award for Best Actor
  • Received the 2004 Paris Film Festival award for Best Actor for his work on "Doctor Sleep․"
  • Won the 2005 Vladimir Nazor Prize, Croatia's highest creative award, and donated the money that accompanied the award to a Croatian center providing special services to adults with mental disabilities
  • Got his big break when he was cast in the title role of the Dubrovnik Summer Theatre Festival production of "Hamlet․"
  • Trained in acting at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb, Croatia
  • Quote: "Lots of people want to be movie stars․ But they don't realize that to be a celebrity is not that beautiful if you can't go to the store to buy toothpaste․"
  • Quote: "(On why he extended his military service) "When somebody is attacking your hometown and you're just sitting in the basement, you feel really useless․ I felt I had to do it to defend my country․""
  • The youngest actor to be chosen for the title role in Shakespeare's "Hamlet," played the role from 1993 to 2000 at the internationally acclaimed Dubrovnik Summer Theatre Festival in Croatia
  • A science fiction fan, his favorite sci-fi TV show is "Stargate SG-1․"
  • Active member in the American and European animal rights movements and appeared in photographs in PETA's first Eastern European anti-fur campaign
  • At the age of 18, he joined the Croatian Army, where he served as a paratrooper
  • Brother volunteered to replace him in the Croatian army after he was accepted to the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb, Croatia
  • Trained as a paratrooper in the Croatian army as a teenager and volunteered to stay on for an additional three months during the war with Serbia
  • Was featured in the music video to Madonna's song "The Power of Goodbye․"

Awards

  • 2000Actor - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series:Nominated
  • 2001Actor - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series:Nominated
  • 2002Golden Satellite Award - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Drama:Nominated
  • 2004Best ActorWinner
  • 2004Golden Arena - Best Leading Actor (Najbolja glavna muska uloga):Winner
  • 2011Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Ensemble Performance:Winner
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