Rade Šerbedžija
Early life
Rade Šerbedžija was born on 27 July 1946 in the village of Bunić in the Lika region of Croatia, then part of Yugoslavia. His parents were ethnic Serbs who fought in the Second World War as Partisans. Šerbedžija was raised as an atheist.
Career in Yugoslavia
Šerbedžija landed his first major film role in 1968 in the Branko Ivanda-directed Gravitation). He had various notable roles in Yugoslav films, among others in Bravo maestro (1978), Journalist) (1979), Banović Strahinja) (1981), Kiklop (1982) and San o ruži (1986). He was also among the leading actors in several TV series, such as in Prosjaci i sinovi (1971), U registraturi (1976), and Putovanje u Vučjak (1986).
Career in Yugoslavia
Šerbedžija taught as a professor at the University of Zagreb from 1979 to 1981 and at the University of Novi Sad from 1987 to 1991.
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