Damir Andrei
Born: 1955-01-01 in Zagreb, Croatia
Known For: Acting
Biography
Damir Andrei is a Director/actor born in Zagreb, Croatia. He came to Montreal with his parents in 1963 at the age of 8, speaking neither English nor French. He is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada in acting, inspired by the work of Douglas Rain. Damir Andrei worked often at the now defunct Phoenix Theatre of Montreal directing Sexual Perversity in Chicago among other plays there. He has done much of his directing work at Montreal's Centaur Theatre, including Bordertown Café, The Main, Playboy of the West Indies and The Freidman Family Fortune. He has also worked at the Blyth Festival, Canadian Stage and the National Arts Centre. Andrei's style is unobtrusive and text-driven. He now lives in Toronto, where he has acted extensively in film and television, including Dead Ringers (1988), and Slings and Arrows (2003), among many others.
Filmography
2019
- Shazam! as Charlie Beck
2016
- Conviction as Provost David Chambers
2015
- Schitt's Creek as Judge
- A Christmas Horror Story as Principal Herod
2014
- The Strain as Alexei Fet
2011
- Suits as Judge Steiner
2010
- Covert Affairs as Senator Douglas Kelly
- Casino Jack as Manny Rouvelas
2009
- The Listener as Thomas Vaughan
2008
- Jumper as Psychologist
2007
- Talk to Me as Fred De Cordova
- Still Small Voices as Bud Atherton
2006
- Solar Attack as Russian President Yuri Ilyushin
- Playing House as John
- Niagara Motel as Boris
2004
- Lives of the Saints as Older Artist
- A Different Loyalty as Aleksi
2003
- Mayday as Captain Lutz
- Slings & Arrows
- The Pentagon Papers as Leonard Boudin
2002
- Monk as Father Hatcher
- Rollerball as Serbo-Croatian Sports Announcer
2001
- Mutant X as Thom Reilly
2000
- The Miracle Worker as Dr. Anagnos
1999
- Switching Goals as Arden
1997
- Earth: Final Conflict as Tom Payne
- ...First Do No Harm
- Peacekeepers as Zarcovitch
- What Happened to Bobby Earl? as Simon
- Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants as Friar Sarpi
1996
- Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal as Miguel Richler
- We the Jury
- The Conspiracy of Fear as Lepree
1995
- The Great Defender
- Visitors of the Night as Stranger 1
- Soft Deceit as Robert Reeves
1994
- The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story as Investigative Reporter (as Damir Andre)
- And Then There Was One as Dr. Goodman
1993
- M. Butterfly as Intelligence Officer #2
1991
- F/X2 as Defense Attorney
- Grand Larceny
1990
- Man Descending as Howard
1989
- Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics as Harry
- Passion and Paradise as Marc Sorel
- The Morning Man as Hardway
1988
- Dead Ringers as Birchall
- Martha, Ruth & Edie as Jim
- The Child Saver as Sal Migdantono
1987
- The Lawrenceville Stories as Al
- Ford: The Man and the Machine as Horace Dodge
- Shades of Love: The Rose Cafe as Mike
1985
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Winters
- Evergreen as Trooper #2
- One Magic Christmas as Bank Manager
- The Execution of Raymond Graham as Assistant Warden Hoffman
- Murder in Space as Col. Alexander Kalsinov
1984
1982
- Visiting Hours as Paramedic
1981
- Happy Birthday to Me as Junior Surgeon