Rade Serbedzija

Birth Name:

Rade Serbedzija

Birth Place:

Bunic, Croatia, Yugoslavia

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack, Writer, Producer

Won the Golden Arena Award at the Pula Film Festival in 1979 for "Bravo maestro" and again in 1986 for "Vecernja zvona"
Co-founded the Ulysses Theater on the Brijuni Islands with Borislav Vujcic in 2000
Graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts of the University of Zagreb in 1969
After college, he began his career as both an actor and teacher at the City Drama Theatre Gavella as well as the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb
Often criticizes modern-day social issues and calls himself a 'Yugo-nostalgic', stating that times were better in Socialist Yugoslavia
After first visiting the United States in 1964, he would eventually make a splash in Western films by the late '80s, despite having gained the reputation of a movie star in his native Europe
Has released numerous award-winning poetry albums

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