Robert Jozinović (; born 7 April 1979) is an Australian film and television actor.
Early life
Born in
Mackay Mackay may refer to:
*Clan Mackay, the Scottish clan from which the surname "MacKay" derives
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Places Australia
* Mackay Region, a local government area
** Mackay, Queensland, a city in the above region
*** Mackay Airport ...
Australia, the eldest of four children to his
Croatian
Croatian may refer to:
* Croatia
*Croatian language
*Croatian people
*Croatians (demonym)
See also
*
*
* Croatan (disambiguation)
* Croatia (disambiguation)
* Croatoan (disambiguation)
* Hrvatski (disambiguation)
* Hrvatsko (disambiguation)
* S ...
parents who immigrated to Australia, settling in
Moranbah
Moranbah is a coal mining town and locality in the Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Moranbah had a population of 8,735 people.
In addition to the permanent population, Moranbah also has a large fly-in fly-out popula ...
. Completed his secondary education at
St Joseph's College Nudgee and holds two bachelor's degrees from the
University of Queensland
, mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work
, established =
, endowment = A$224.3 million
, budget = A$2.1 billion
, type = Public research university
, chancellor = Peter Varghese
, vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry
, city = ...
in Philosophy and Neuroscience.
Acting
Early Career 2000–06
Trained for four years at
The Actors Workshop, Brisbane, Australia, under acting teacher
Lyn Kidd.
Filming in Australia constituted much of his formative years as an actor, working on independent short films (award-winning films screened at film festivals worldwide), TV commercials (most notable for the Australian
advert featuring the song
''Rush'' by
Big Audio Dynamite
Big Audio Dynamite (later known as Big Audio Dynamite II and Big Audio, and often abbreviated BAD) were an English band, formed in London in 1984 by Mick Jones, former lead guitarist, and co-lead vocalist of the Clash. The band mixed various mu ...
, music videos (Australian bands
The Superjesus
The Superjesus are an Australian rock band formed in Adelaide in late 1994. Their debut album, ''Sumo'' (February 1998), peaked at No. 2 on the ARIA Albums Chart, their second album, ''Jet Age'' (October 2000) reached No. 5 and their ...
,
The Living End
The Living End are an Australian punk rockabilly band from Melbourne, formed in 1994. Since 2002, the line-up consists of Chris Cheney (vocals, guitar), Scott Owen (double bass, vocals), and Andy Strachan (drums). The band rose to fame in 199 ...
, and
Silverchair's ARIA
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nominated clip ''
The Greatest View'') and small roles in feature films (
''Undead'' directed by
Spierig brothers).
Europe 2006–11
After stops in Munich and London, he found his first major television role in Croatia. Jozinović played English speaking roles in three Croatian telenovelas. In the period-piece Ponos Ratkajevih he played ''Randy'', a British World War II pilot downed in Nazi-occupied territory and in
Zakon Ljubavi played ''Will Markovich'', an American-born Harvard law graduate (both screening in five countries). In the Croatian telenovela
Larin Izbor Jozinović plays South African police officer ''Inspector Camden'' (screening in 17 countries).
He played a small role on the German biopic
Max Schmeling
Maximilian Adolph Otto Siegfried Schmeling (, ; 28 September 1905 – 2 February 2005) was a German boxer who was heavyweight champion of the world between 1930 and 1932. His two fights with Joe Louis in 1936 and 1938 were worldwide cultural ev ...
, by renowned director
Uwe Boll
Uwe Boll (; born June 22, 1965) is a German filmmaker. He came to prominence during the 2000s for his adaptations of video game franchises which often starred international stars like Jason Statham, Burt Reynolds, Ray Liotta, Christian Slater, E ...
.
Jozinović's most notable role in Croatia was the main cast role of ''Doctor Dražen Ricijaš'' in the TV series drama
Najbolje Godine
''Najbolje godine'' ( en, The best years) is a Croatian television drama series produced by Nova TV, which aired for two seasons, from 2009 to 2011. The main directors were Mladen Dizdar, Robert Orhel, Goran Rukavina and Kristijan Milić. Th ...
. He played an Australian general practitioner. Two seasons of 318 episodes were filmed over two years and constantly gained excellent prime-time viewer ratings. The role was in Croatian. As preparation he enrolled for a semester at the
University of Zagreb
The University of Zagreb ( hr, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, ; la, Universitas Studiorum Zagrabiensis) is the largest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of ...
studying
Croatian Language. Jozinović's character became quite popular with the viewing public.
Filmography
Notes and references
External links
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Graduate of The Actors Workshop
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1979 births
Living people
Australian male film actors
Australian male television actors
People from Mackay, Queensland
Australian people of Croatian descent
People from Moranbah