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Goran Višnjić

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Also known as Goran Visnjic

Croatian actor

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Goran Višnjić is a person from Bosnia and Herzegovina who began his work period in 1988. Born on September 9, 1972, he has four children. His professional output includes five works.

The subject is referenced by 210 other encyclopedia articles. A quote attributed to him states, "I don't understand the word 'hunk.'"

Synthesized by Vinony from 12 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Wikiquote, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
BA
Active from
1950-03-22

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Listeners
1
Total plays
1

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Quotes

  • When somebody is attacking your hometown, and you're just sitting in the basement, you feel really useless. I felt I had to do it to defend my country. That's normal.
  • Every time I perform, I work really hard to give part of myself to the audience. Then I do an interview and I read some story that just isn't true, or someone draws a crazy conclusion about my life, and it's such a betrayal. It hasn't happened here, but in Croatia, I've had to stop reading about myself. I don't think actors mean to be secretive - they just don't want strangers looking through their kitchen window.
  • Easy was, like, spending time with Jennifer on set. Difficult stuff about character is, it was a little bit like just being the only one with no superhuman powers.
  • If a great part comes up and the guy's meant to have an Eastern European accent, great; but if it's a bad part I won't take it.
  • I'm working with a dialect coach, but it's not helping. I want everyone to understand what I am talking about, like 'peritoneal lavage', you know, these medical expressions... I don't want to lose my accent, I just want it to become smaller.
  • I don't understand the word 'hunk.'

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Encyclopedic overview

Goran Višnjić ( Croatian: [ɡǒran ʋîʃɲitɕ] VISH-nyich; born 9 September 1972) is a Croatian actor. He is best known for his roles as Dr. Luka Kovač in ER and Garcia Flynn in Timeless, both NBC television series. For ER, he and the cast were nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Višnjić began his acting career in his native Šibenik and gained early recognition on the local television and films. His performance as Hamlet at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival earned him critical acclaim and helped establish his reputation as a leading actor. Later leaving for USA and transitioning to international projects in the late 1990s, he achieved wider prominence through his work in American television and film, including films such as The Peacemaker (1997), Rounders (1998), Practical Magic (1998), The Deep End (2001), Ice Age (2002), Elektra (2005), Beginners (2010), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), and The Counselor (2013).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Goran Višnjić” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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