Dragan Despot

Dragan Despot
Born (1956-07-14) 14 July 1956 (age 68)
NationalityCroatian
EducationAcademy of Dramatic Art
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb
OccupationActor
Years active1979–present
Spouse
(m. 1986)
Children2

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

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

References

  1. ^ Dragan Despot (in Croatian) HNK Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  2. ^ Branko Stipković (18 September 2016). "Dragan Despot - nacionalni prvak Drame HNK u Zagrebu" [Dragan Despot - National Champion of the Croatian National Theater in Zagreb] (in Croatian). Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  3. ^ ""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. Retrieved 12 June 2019.