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Goran Višnjić
Actor 53 years old

Goran Višnjić

Sibenik, Yugoslavia [now Croatia]

Goran Višnjić (born September 9, 1972) is a Croatian-born American actor who has appeared in American and British films and TV. He is best known for his role as Dr. Luka Kovač on the hit television series ER. He's also known for his roles as Erik the Red on the Netflix series... Read full bio →

Filmography

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22 titles
Hellraiser

Hellraiser

David Bruckner 2022 2h 1m 4.5

A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension.

Fatima

Fatima

Marco Pontecorvo 2020 1h 53m 5.0

Three young shepherds in Fátima, Portugal report visions of the Virgin Mary, inspiring believers and angering officials of the Church and the government, who try to force them to recant their story. Based on historical events.

The Tribes of Palos Verdes

The Tribes of Palos Verdes

Brendan Malloy, Emmett Malloy 2017 1h 44m

When the situation at her idyllic Palos Verdes home turns volatile, young Medina attempts to surf her way to happiness.

Midnight Sun

Midnight Sun

Roger Spottiswoode, Brando Quilici 2014 1h 38m 6.5

A young boy attempts to reunite an abandoned polar bear cub with its mother in northern Canada.

The Counselor

The Counselor

Ridley Scott 2013 1h 57m 5.9

A rich and successful lawyer named Counsellor is about to get married to his fiancée but soon meets up with the middle-man known as Westray who tells him his drug trafficking plan has taken a horrible twist and now he must protect himself and his soon bride-to-be lover as the truth of the drug business uncovers and targets become chosen.

K-11

K-11

Jules Stewart 2012 1h 28m 4.0

Raymond Saxx Jr., a powerful record producer, wakes from a drug-induced blackout to find himself locked up and classified "K-11." Plunged into a nightmarish world ruled by a transsexual diva named Mousey, Raymond is truly a fish out of water.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

David Fincher 2011 2h 38m 7.9

Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.

The Deep

The Deep

2010 1h 5.0

A research submarine beneath the Arctic stumbles upon a terrifying secret with earth-shattering consequences.

Beginners

Beginners

Mike Mills 2010 1h 45m 7.0

A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover.

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

John Kent Harrison 2009 1h 36m 6.0

The story of Irena Sendler, a social worker who was part of the Polish underground during World War II and was arrested by the Nazis for saving the lives of nearly 2,500 Jewish children by smuggling them out of the Warsaw ghetto.

Helen

Helen

Sandra Nettelbeck 2009 2h 6.5

On the outside, Helen has it all – a loving family and a successful career – but when her suppressed mental illness resurfaces, the world crumbles around her. Crippled by depression, Helen finds solace through her friendship with Mathilda, a kindred spirit struggling with bipolar disorder.

Elektra

Elektra

Rob Bowman 2005 1h 37m 5.3

Elektra the warrior survives a near-death experience, becomes an assassin-for-hire, and tries to protect her two latest targets, a single father and his young daughter, from a group of supernatural assassins.

Duga mracna noc

Duga mracna noc

Antun Vrdoljak 2004 3h 14m

"Long Dark Night" follows the life of the fictional character Iva Kolar: his experiences as a Croatian University student, his role as a Partisan fighting Hitler's troops during W.W. II, his involvement in his nation's post-war government, and his eventual downfall.

Ice Age

Ice Age

Chris Wedge 2002 1h 21m 7.7

Set during the Ice Age, a sabertooth tiger, a sloth, and a woolly mammoth find a lost human infant, and they try to return him to his tribe.

Doctor Sleep

Doctor Sleep

Nick Willing 2002 1h 48m 6.5

A hypnotherapist is caught up in the pursuit of a serial killer.

The Deep End

The Deep End

David Siegel, Scott McGehee 2001 1h 41m 6.0

A woman spirals out of control while trying to keep her son from being found culpable in a murder investigation.

Committed

Committed

Lisa Krueger 2000 1h 38m

A young woman goes in search of her midlife crisis suffering husband who left her.

Rounders

Rounders

John Dahl 1998 2h 1m 7.9

A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.

Practical Magic

Practical Magic

Griffin Dunne 1998 1h 44m 6.5

Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic.

Welcome to Sarajevo

Welcome to Sarajevo

Michael Winterbottom 1997 1h 43m

Follow a group of international journalists into the heart of the once cosmopolitan city of Sarajevo—now a danger zone of sniper and mortar attacks where residents still live. While reporting on an American aid worker who’s trying to get children out of the country, a British correspondent decides to take an orphaned girl home to London.

The Peacemaker

The Peacemaker

Mimi Leder 1997 2h 4m 5.9

When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, a nuclear specialist discovers the accident is really part of a plot to cover up the theft of the weapons. Assigned to help her recover the missing bombs is a crack Special Forces Colonel.

Night Watch

Night Watch

David Jackson 1995 1h 34m 5.0

UN agents Mike Graham and Sabrina Carver are sent by their director Nick Caldwell to investigate the theft of Rembrandt's painting, "The Night Watch". The trail takes them from Amsterdam to Hong Kong and involves them in not only art theft and forgery, but the high-tech schemes of Martin Schraeder and his Korean cohort Mao Yixin

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