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Visnjic appeared in UNKLE's music video for the song "Burn My Shadow", released in May 2007. During the summer of 2005, Visnjic was one of four finalists for the role of James Bond, eventually losing out to British actor Daniel Craig.
GORAN VIŠNJIĆ ER SEASON 11 MOVIE
He appeared with Jennifer Garner in the 2005 movie Elektra.
GORAN VIŠNJIĆ ER SEASON 11 SERIES
In 2004, he starred in the television miniseries Spartacus and the Croatian movie and television series Duga mračna noć. He co-starred in the movie The Deep End, voice-acted in Ice Age, and starred in Posljednja volja and Doctor Sleep. While starring on ER, Visnjic also worked on other projects.
Visnjic made a series of appearances in season 14 before leaving the show early in season 15, ending his 9 year run on the medical drama. Visnjic joined ER in the sixth season in late 1999, eventually becoming the show's male lead in mid-season 11.
GORAN VIŠNJIĆ ER SEASON 11 DRIVER
But it was Visnjic's break-out role as Risto, the Bosnian driver in Welcome to Sarajevo that lead then-producer Jack Orman to offer him the role of the then unnamed doctor who would replace the departing George Clooney on ER. In 1998 he also appeared in Madonna's music video "The Power of Goodbye", and had a cameo in the movie Rounders. Prior to ER, Visnjic had small speaking roles in films such as The Peacemaker, Committed and Practical Magic. In the same episode, he demonstrated his skill in another Shakespeare-related hobby by fencing with Noah Wyle's character, Dr. During an episode of ER, he demonstrated his expertise in the part of Hamlet, by reciting an excerpt from the "To be or not to be" soliloquy in Croatian. He portrayed the doomed prince for seven years from 1994 to 2000, winning several Orlando Awards (the equivalent of the Tony Award). Originally cast as Laertes and understudy to Hamlet, he took over the role when the star dropped out of the production shortly before the first performance. Visnjic was the youngest actor to be chosen for the title role in Shakespeare's Hamlet at the Dubrovnik Summer Theatre Festival in Croatia. He left the JNA and returned to Šibenik, where he joined the nascent Croatian Army in defending his hometown against JNA-supported Krajina Serbs.Īfter leaving the Croatian Army, he moved to Zagreb to study at the Academy of Dramatic Arts. He appeared in plays throughout his childhood and made his screen debut at age 16 in the controversial Yugoslav film Braća po materi (1988), playing a young Ustaša.Īs Yugoslavia began to dissolve, Višnjić was serving a year-long tour of duty with the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA).
His father, Željko Višnjić, was a bus driver, and his mother, Milka, worked in a food market.
Visnjic was born in the Dalmatian coastal city of Šibenik, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia. Now credited as Goran Visnjic in his English-language work, he adopted the simplified spelling of his name when he came to the United States in the late '90s, believing it would be more accessible to American audiences. Luka Kovač in the hit television series ER. Goran Višnjić is a Croatian actor who has appeared in American and British films and television productions.
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