Dragan Despot Explained

Dragan Despot
Birth Date:14 July 1956
Birth Place:Mostar, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality:Croatian
Occupation:Actor
Education:Academy of Dramatic Art
Alma Mater:University of Zagreb
Years Active:1979–present
Children:2

Dragan Despot (born 14 July 1956) is a Croatian actor.[1] He has appeared in more than twenty films since 1979.

Despot graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Art at the University of Zagreb, where his teacher was Tonko Lonza in 1981. In 1983 he joined Croatian National Theatre in Mostar and the same year performed at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival. Prior to acting, Despot was a fan of football and loved watching players such as Dušan Bajević, Enver Marić, Franjo Vladić and especially Slaven Zambata. Despite his love for football, he pursued career in acting instead and joined such people as Ivica Vidović, Rade Šerbedžija, Jakov Sedlar, Pero Kvrgić, Mladen Budišćak, Žarko Potočnjak, Duško Valentić, Matko Elezović, Zijad Grčić, Zlatko Vitez and Matko Raguž.[2] Despot is married to Anja Šovagović-Despot, an actress, and together they have a son Josip and daughter Ana.[3]

He voiced Rico in the Croatian dub of Home on the Range (2004).

Selected filmography

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1979The Return
1991Story from Croatia
2003Horseman
2005Pušća Bistra
2007Kradljivac Uspomena
2012Cvjetni Trg
2017Mrtve Ribe
2018Za ona stara dobra vremena
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1992Dok nitko ne gleda
2013Zora dubrovačka
2013Počivali u miru
2016–2020 NovineLudvig Tomašević

Notes and References

  1. https://www.hnk.hr/hr/biografija/dragan-despot/ Dragan Despot
  2. News: Dragan Despot - nacionalni prvak Drame HNK u Zagrebu. Branko Stipković. Dragan Despot - National Champion of the Croatian National Theater in Zagreb. hr. 18 September 2016. 12 June 2019.
  3. News: "Moj muškarac sa tri sretne žene" Anja Šovagović "podijelila" Dragana Despota s kolegicama. "My husband with three happy women" Anja Šovagović "shared" Dragan Despot with her colleagues. Novi list. 17 May 2018. 12 June 2019.