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GoranVisnjic is a Croatian American actor and producer, born in Sibenik, Croatia. He is married to Eva Visnjic (formerly Ivana Vrdoljak) with whom has three children. From an early age Visnjic started appearing in various theater plays. At the age of 16, he had his screen debut in the film Braca po materi (1988). In 1990, when the dissolution of Yugoslavia began, Visnjic was serving a one-year military obligation in the Yugoslavian Army (JNA). He left the JNA and returned to Sibenik, where he joined the Croatian Army in the defense of his hometown. After leaving the army, he moved to Zagreb and enrolled at the Academy of Dramatic Art. In his second year of studies at the academy, Visnjic was chosen for the title role in Shakespeare's Hamlet, which made him the youngest actor to play that role. Prior to joining ER (1994) in 1999, Visnjic played several minor roles in the films like The Peacemaker (1997), Welcome to Sarajevo (1997) and Practical Magic (1998). In 1998, he appeared in Madonna's music video for the song "The Power of Goodbye", which opened the doors of Hollywood for him.

Višnjić was born on 9 September 1972 in Šibenik, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia.[citation needed] He has one sibling, an elder brother, Joško. His father, Željko, was a bus driver, and his mother, Milka, worked in a market. He appeared in plays throughout his childhood and made his screen debut at the age of 16 in the controversial Yugoslav film, Braća po materi (1988), playing a young Ustasha.[citation needed]

In 1990, at the age of 18, Višnjić served one-year of obligatory military service in the Yugoslav People's Army as a paratrooper. Only weeks after his military discharge in 1991, as Yugoslavia began to dissolve, he joined the nascent Croatian Ground Army. After leaving the army, he moved to Zagreb to study at the Academy of Dramatic Art.[2][3]

Višnjić was the youngest actor to be chosen for the title role in Shakespeare's Hamlet at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival. 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. He portrayed the doomed prince from 1994 to 2000, winning several Orlando Awards (the equivalent of the Tony Award).[4] 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.[5][6]

Prior to ER, he found work in local TV productions and landed a Tuborg beer commercial that aired in Europe.[7] Višnjić also had small speaking roles in films such as The Peacemaker, Practical Magic and Committed. In 1998, he appeared in Madonna's music video "The Power of Good-Bye", and had a cameo in the movie Rounders. It was his role as Risto, the Bosnian driver in Welcome to Sarajevo that led then-producer John Wells to offer him a role as a doctor to replace the departing George Clooney in the sixth season of ER in late 1999, eventually becoming the show's male lead by the start of season 12, having taken over from the departing star Noah Wyle, who left after the finale of season 11. By season 14, however, he was only making a limited number of appearances, before completely leaving the show early in season 15 (15x03: "The Book of Abby").

In 2009, Višnjić appeared alongside Carla Gugino in a segment of the film New York, I Love You, an anthology set in New York. Višnjić's segment Apocrypha was directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev.[9] The segment was cut from the theatrical release of the film but was included in the DVD version.[10] He next starred in the film Helen, alongside Ashley Judd[11] as Judd's character's husband David in the drama, which made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.[12]

Višnjić appeared in the historical drama The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler, about a young Polish woman who saved the lives of many Jewish children in wartime Warsaw, filmed in Riga, Latvia. It was produced for Hallmark Hall of Fame and aired on CBS on 19 April 2009.[13] He completed a role in Mike Mills' independent film, Beginners.[14] In late 2009, he was cast as Samson in the miniseries The Deep, shown on BBC One in 2010.[15]

He appeared as Andrija Hebrang in the historical drama Tito on Croatian television. He later appeared in the unsold pilot of ABC's Boston's Finest, playing a disgraced cop who works with a female officer to solve crimes while trying to clear his name.[16] He also appeared in the two-episode season three finale of the television series Leverage, as international crime financier Damien Moreau, his first guest appearance on an English-language television program.

In 2011, he played Dragan Armansky, the head of a security agency, in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and he has signed on to play this role for the entire film trilogy produced and distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment.[17] He was featured on a four-episode arc of the American television series Pan Am; he played a Yugoslavian attach to the United Nations.

In 2014, Višnjić played John Woods, the husband of Molly Woods, in Extant, produced by Steven Spielberg. Although the series was renewed in late 2014, he left the series early in the second season.[18][19]

In 2019, Višnjić portrayed Ante Gotovina in the Antun Vrdoljak-directed film General. His performance, along with the film itself gained overwhelmingly negative reviews[23][24][25] with many critics, including Milivoj Jukić and Jurica Pavičić calling his portrayal "the worst performance of his career".[26][27] The critically and commercially panned film was screened at the Pula Film Festival.[28]

In 2024, Višnjić returned to the stage starring opposite Zrinka Cvitešić and Goran Grgić in Ivo Vojnović's Equinox, directed by Krešimir Dolenčić at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival.[30][31] He also appeared in the final season of Vikings: Valhalla as Erik the Red.

He has supported a number of medical institutions in Croatia through the donation of money and equipment. In 2008 he appeared on the nationally broadcast American benefit program Stand Up to Cancer.[33][34][35] He served as one of the faces of ER on NBC's long-running The More You Know campaign, appearing in public service announcements discussing topics such as family time and tolerance.[36]

His wife, Eva (born Ivana Vrdoljak), is an artist and sculptor, and the daughter of film director Antun Vrdoljak, who controversially headed Croatian Radiotelevision from 1991 to 1995. The couple have two adopted children and one biological child.[37][38] They resided in Los Angeles, California, until 2021, and also have a home on the Croatian island of Hvar. Višnjić acknowledged paternity of a daughter, Lana Lourdes Rupić, whom he fathered in 2006 with a Croatian woman, Mirela Rupić.[39]

U zatvoru dobija pismo od polubrata, političkog emigranta iz Austrije. Počinje dopisivanje i polubrat Braco mu priča o Dalmatinskoj zagori 1930ih godina kada je rođen iz braka Vranke i Antiše, koji se 1941. godine pridružuje hrvatskim fašistima i gine.

Posle rata majka se udaje za Krstana partizanskog prvoborca iz srpskog sela i rađa Veselina, a njega i dalje prati obeležje ustaškog sina. Braco beži preko granice i pridružuje se hrvatskoj ekstremističkoj emigraciji u Austriji. Kroz te kontakte njihovi odnosi evoluiraju: od nepoverenja i odbojnosti pripadnika dva različita sveta i sistema, do onoga što ih vezuje, a to je da su braća po materi i da se svaki na svoj način ogrešio o zakone društva.[2][3]

Dva brata, jedan Hrvat a drugi Srbin, od iste majke a različitih očeva, ustaše i partizana, odrastaju u surovom vremenu i još surovijem podneblju kninskog krša. Roditelji im ginu, a njihovi putevi se razilaze pre nego što upoznaju jedan drugog.[4]

Braću deli u krvi plaćen danak kninskog stradanja, ali ih ujedno i spaja to gorko iskustvo, patnja siročadi i činjenica da su braća.Priča nije izmišljena, već je surova stvarnost balkanskog podneblja pretočena u dirljivu priču o dvojici braće, ispričana u velikom stilu i tradiciji najboljih evropskih filmova sa nezaboravnim scenama.[4]

Film je sniman u selu Polača kod Knina, u podnožju Dinare kao i u selu Karin Donji. Radnja filma (većim delom) je takođe vezana za Dinaru, odnosno izmišljena sela Kulina (srpsko) i Šmrekovo (hrvatsko).[1]

Goran Višnjić was born in Šibenik. He has one sibling, an elder brother, Joško. His father, Željko, was a bus driver, and his mother, Milka, worked in a market. 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.

Prior to ER, he found work in local TV productions and landed a Tuborg beer commercial that aired in Europe. Višnjić also had small speaking roles in films such as The Peacemaker, Committed and Practical Magic. In 1998, he appeared in Madonna's music video "The Power of Goodbye", and had a cameo in the movie Rounders. It was his role as Risto, the Bosnian driver in Welcome to Sarajevo that led then-producer Jack Orman to offer him a role as a doctor to replace the departing George Clooney in the sixth season of ER in late 1999, eventually becoming the show's male lead by the start of season 12, having taken over from the departing star Noah Wyle, who left after the finale of Season 11. By season 14, however, he was only making a limited number of appearances, before completely leaving the show early in season 15 (15x03: "The Book of Abby").

While starring on ER, Višnjić worked on other projects. He starred in the British film Close Your Eyes (2002), alongside Shirley Henderson and Miranda Otto. He co-starred in The Deep End; voiced Soto in Ice Age, and starred in Posljednja volja and Doctor Sleep. In 2004, he starred in the television miniseries Spartacus and the Croatian movie and television series Duga mračna noć. He appeared with Jennifer Garner in Elektra (2005). In 2005, Višnjić was one of four finalists for the role of James Bond, eventually losing out to British actor Daniel Craig, with whom he would appear in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

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