Michael Vladimir Klesic (born July 31, 1975) is an American actor.

Early life

Klesic was born in

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. He was raised mostly in

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and attended

Beverly Hills High School Beverly Hills High School (usually abbreviated as Beverly or as BHHS) is the only major public high school in Beverly Hills, California. The other public high school in Beverly Hills, Moreno High School, is a small alternative school located on B ...

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. He graduated from the

Guildford School of Acting Guildford School of Acting (GSA) is a drama school in Guildford, Surrey, England. It is an academic school in the University of Surrey. It is a member of the Federation of Drama Schools The Federation of Drama Schools functions to facilitate ...

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Career

His first roles came to him when he was just 18 playing bit parts in ''

Clueless ''Clueless'' is a 1995 American coming-of-age teen comedy film written and directed by Amy Heckerling. It stars Alicia Silverstone with supporting roles by Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy and Paul Rudd. It was produced by Scott Rudin and Robert La ...

'', ''

Dangerous Minds ''Dangerous Minds'' is a 1995 American drama film directed by John N. Smith and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. It is based on the autobiography ''My Posse Don't Do Homework'' by retired U.S. Marine LouAnne Johnson, who in 1989 too ...

'', and a football player in ''

Forrest Gump ''Forrest Gump'' is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Eric Roth. It is based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom and stars Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson and ...

''. In 1988, Klesic was cast as Henry Evans in ''The Good Son''. The film was shelved due to lack of funding and

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was cast in the part in the 1993 film. He then retired from acting to work behind the scenes on a number of films and TV shows. After graduating from the Guildford School of Acting in 2003, he acted in ''

A Wonderful Night in Split ''A Wonderful Night in Split'' ( hr, Ta divna splitska noć) is a 2004 Croatian drama film directed by Arsen Anton Ostojić and starring Dino Dvornik, Marija Škaričić, Coolio, and Mladen Vulić. Synopsis The film is set over the course of ...

'', which was directed by

Arsen Anton Ostojić Arsen Anton Ostojić (born 29 July 1965) is a Croatian film director and screenwriter. He won the Golden Arena for Best Director at the 2008 Pula Film Festival, and was nominated for the European Discovery of the Year award at the 2004 European ...

. He went on to work on ''

Children of Men ''Children of Men'' is a 2006 dystopian action thriller film co-written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón. The screenplay, based on P. D. James' 1992 novel '' The Children of Men'', was credited to five writers, with Clive Owen making uncredi ...

'' with

Alfonso Cuaron Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. ...

and was cast as a people smuggler in '' Murphy's Law''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Klesic, Michael 1975 births American male film actors Living people People from Tarzana, Los Angeles