Goran Visnjic
Biography
Goran Visnjic is a Croatian actor who began performing in his hometown of Šibenik and gained early attention in local television and film before his Hamlet at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival, which he played from 1994 to 2000 and for which he won three national awards. Moving to the United States in the late 1990s, he appeared in The Peacemaker (1997), Welcome to Sarajevo (1997), Rounders (1998), and Practical Magic (1998), then took the role of Dr. Luka Kovač on ER, and he and the show's cast received two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. His later films include The Deep End (2001), Ice Age (2002), Elektra (2005), Beginners (2010), and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011). He also played Garcia Flynn on Timeless and Nikola Tesla on Doctor Who.
54years old
Turns 55 on September 9in 332 days
- Born Šibenik
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 20
- Career span
- 25 years1997 to 2022
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A first
At the Dubrovnik Summer Festival, Visnjic was the youngest actor picked to play Hamlet. He had been cast as Laertes and the understudy, then stepped in when the star left shortly before the first performance.
A role that slipped away
In 2005, Visnjic reached the final four candidates for the part of James Bond, but the role went to the British actor Daniel Craig. Visnjic later acted alongside Craig in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, directed by David Fincher.
Big break
Visnjic played Risto Bavic, a Bosnian cab driver, in the 1997 film Welcome to Sarajevo. Talent agent Elyse Scherz noticed his work at the Cannes Film Festival and got in touch to offer him a job in the United States.
Big break
Visnjic got the role of Dr. Luka Kovac on ER after producer John Wells saw his performance as Risto in Welcome to Sarajevo and offered him the part to replace the departing George Clooney.
Beyond film
Visnjic appeared in Madonna's music video for The Power of Good-Bye after she saw his performance in Welcome to Sarajevo and contacted him.
Goran Visnjic movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Three actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Box office
What Goran Visnjic's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$926 million
11 of the 20 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 20 films: 11 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 4Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$383M41.4% of the total
- 2$233M25.1% of the total
- 3$110M11.9% of the total
- 4$94M10.2% of the total
- 5$57M6.1% of the total
- 6$23M2.5% of the total
- 7$14M1.5% of the total
- 8$10M1.1% of the total
$1.1 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 1998 | Večernjakova Ruža Award | Won | |
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