Rade Šerbedžija

Born: 1946-07-27 in Bunić, Croatia, Yugoslavia [now Croatia]

Known For: Acting

Biography

Rade Šerbedžija (Serbian Cyrillic: Раде Шербеџија; born July 27, 1946) is a Croatian actor, director and musician of Serb ethnicity He was one of the most popular Yugoslav actors in the 1970s and 1980s. He is internationally known mainly for his supporting roles in Hollywood films such as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, X-Men: First Class, The Saint, Mission: Impossible II and Taken 2, and for his recurring role on 24.

Filmography

2026

The Virus of Pathological Kindness as Slobodan Novak

2025

The Last GunFight as Anton Skoll
The Balkan War
Ponton's Heart as Deda Maksim
The Pavilion as Anjelo
Borscht as Oleksandr

2024

Air Force One Down as General Rodinov
SK13: Kubrick's Endgame as Self

2023

Die Before Death as Sudija

2022

Slow Horses as Nikolai Katinsky
The Old Man as Suleyman Pavlovich
Travelling Ghosts as Saint Spyridon / Homeless man
Stop the Danube and the Old Clock as Himself

2021

The Diary of the Great Perica as Eduard Eddy Fuller
Payback as Pappy
One Hell of an Actor as Himself (archive footage)

2020

Fishing and Fishermen's Conversations as Petar Hektorović
What's This Country Called Now? as Ismet Tabaković

2018

Strange Angel as Prof. Filip Mešulam
Proud Mary as Luka
The Guardian Angel as Dr. Max Dabrowski

2017

The Last Prosecco as Desiderio Ancillotto
Hedgehog's Home as Narrator (voice)
Trieste, Yugoslavia as Himself
Agony as Arthur
Anka as Bilježnik
Syndrome Halla, the Inception of Croatian Professional Film – Born to Die as Himself (archive footage)

2016

The Five as Jákob Marosi
The Promise as Stephan
The World Champions as Stari Dane Štukalo
The Liberation of Skopje as Gjorgjija

2015

Sparrows as Tomislav

2014

The Legend of Hercules as Chiron
Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge as The Minister
The Double as Frightening Old Man (uncredited)

2013

The Blacklist as Dr. Bogdan Krilov
Red Widow as Andrei Petrov
Redemption Street as Vraneš
Balkan Is Not Dead as Ikonomo

2012

Taken 2 as Murad Krasniqi
The Fourth State as Onjegin
The Third Half as Don Rafael
Sonja as Himself
Ustanicka Street as Vraneš

2011

5 Days of War as Col. Demidov
In the Land of Blood and Honey as Nebojša
Orkestar aka Orchestra as Self
X-Men: First Class as Russian General
Shun Li and the Poet as Bepi, the Poet
Tatanka as Vinko

2010

Downton Abbey as Prince Kuragin
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Mykew Gregorovitch
An Early Frost as Stari Vasa Ladački
Seventy-Two Days as Mane

2009

Thick as Thieves as Nicky / Victor
Middle Men as Nikita Sokoloff

2008

Quarantine as Yuri Ivanov
The Eye as Simon McCullough
Fugitive Pieces as Athos

2007

Shooter as Michael Sandor
Fallen as Dr. Lukas Grasic
Battle in Seattle as Dr. Maric
True Miracle as Toma
Love Life as Arie
Say It in Russian
Fallen II: The Journey as Dr. Lucas Grasic
L... Like Love as Big Daddy
Balkan Syndrome as Old Alen
Stories of Sevdah-the Balkan Blues as Himself

2006

The Elder Son as Max
Moscow Zero as Sergey

2005

Batman Begins as Homeless Man
Surface as Aleksander Cirko
The Fog as Captain William Blake
Short Order as Paulo Federico
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam as Imam Muaffak
Go West as Ljubo

2004

EuroTrip as Tibor
The Fever as The diplomat
The Great Water as Narrator in English version (voice)

2003

Quicksand as Oleg Butraskaya
Pula Confidential as Himself
The Cruelest Day as Miran Hrovatin

2002

CSI: Miami as Alexander Sharova
Spooks as Viktor Schvitkoy
The Quiet American as Inspector Vigot

2001

24 as Dmitri Gredenko
South Pacific as Emile de Becque
At the Station in Pula as Himself

2000

Mission: Impossible II as Dr. Nekhorvich
Snatch as Boris The Blade
Space Cowboys as General Vostov
Is It Clear, My Friend? as Milan Rajić

1999

Eyes Wide Shut as Milich
Stigmata as Marion Petrocelli
Stanley and Us as Self
The Road of Fraternity and Unity as Himself
The Sweet Sounds of Life as Bruno Maier

1998

Mighty Joe Young as Strasser
Polish Wedding as Roman
Prague Duet as Jiří Kolmár
Open Sea as Francois Riffaud

1997

The Saint as Ivan Tretiak
The Truce as Greek
Balkan Island: The Last Story of the Century as Rusty

1996

Impure Blood as Marko
Two Deaths as Colonel George Lapadus
Broken English as Ivan
Belma as Josip Papac

1995

The Tragic Burlesque as Kosta

1994

Before the Rain as Aleksander
The Awkward Age as Narator (voice)

1993

Countess Dora as Karlo Armano

1992

Deserter as Pavle Trusić

1990

Masters of the Darkness as Adem
Carnival, Angel and Dust as Pisac (segment "Karneval")
Acting and Reality as Sandro

1989

Le Retour d'Arsène Lupin as Herlock Sholmès
Migrations II as De Ronkali
A Man Who Liked Funerals as Hinko

1988

Manifesto as Emile
Hanna's War as Captain Ivan

1987

Days to Remember as Dušan
Convicted as Rade
The Felons as Raka
The Man in a Silver Jacket as Toma

1986

Journey to Vucjak as Krešimir Horvat
Evening Bells as Tomislav K. Burbonski
Dreaming the Rose as Valent

1985

Horvat's Choice as Krešimir Horvat
Life Is Beautiful as Vito

1984

Beggars and Sons as Matan Potrka
Una as Mišel Babić
Landscapes in the Mist as Lelin otac
In the Jaws of Life as Intelektualac

1983

Body Scent as Pančo Vila
The Falcon as Abdulah
Kvit posla as Jozo

1982

Unconquered City as Drug Crni
Variola Vera as Dr. Grujić
July 13th as Kapetan Mitrović
Cyclops as Ugo
The Tamburitza Players as Stipe Babur

1981

Sorrow as Milicioner
In the Quest for Sutej as Narrator (voice)
The Liberation of Skopje as Georgij Potevski

1980

The Woman from Sarajevo as Vlado Ratko

1979

The Return as Police Commander
Burning as Tomo
Journalist as Vlado Kovač

1978

Bombing Process as Josip Broz 'Tito'
Bravo Maestro as Vitomir Bezjak
Bombing Process as Josip Broz 'Tito'

1977

Nikola Tesla as Nikola Tesla
Manhunt as Lado

1968

Gravitation as Boris Horvat

1967

Black Birds as Crni
Illusion as Brankov ubojica

1966

Building Up the Courage as Skalper
Seven Hours and Fifteen Minutes as Tomica