Goran Kostić ( sr-cyrl, Горан Костић, born 18 November 1971) is a Serbian actor based in the United Kingdom. He has appeared in supporting roles in a number of
Hollywood
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films.
Early life
Kostić was born on 18 November 1971 to an
ethnic Serb
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family in
Sarajevo,
Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Yugoslavia.
Career
He is an actor and producer, known for roles in ''
Taken'' (2008), and ''
Hannibal Rising
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(2007).''
In 2007, he played the
Polish builder
Erek
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in the
BBC soap opera ''
EastEnders
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''. He appears as Pavel, a Russian PhD student moonlighting as the campus security officer in ''
New Tricks'' Series 7, episode 2, "It Smells of Books".
He appeared in Angelina Jolie's 2011 film ''
In the Land of Blood and Honey'' about the
Bosnian war
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where he plays Danijel, a Serb policeman, with co-star,
Zana Marjanović. The film was Jolie's directorial debut.
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Filmography
References
External links
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1971 births
Bosnia and Herzegovina male film actors
Living people
Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina