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Daniel Vivian
Born (1963-06-17) 17 June 1963 (age 61)
Foča, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Occupation(s)Actor, writer, film producer,
Years active1997–present

Daniel Vivian (born 1963) is a Bosnian origin.

Biography

Early life and career

Daniel Vivian was born in Bosnia and is of Serbian descent and later moved to the United Kingdom. began acting with Bosnian film director Pjer Zalica in experimental short films. He later appeared in a one-man show which he took to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Screen and stage work

His debut was as one of the Russian thugs in John Landis' Blues Brothers 2000, followed by X-Men. His first American TV appearance was in CBS' Falcone as an Ahmed Alia. He was cast as Vinnie, the brutal mercenary, in cult film War Games: At the End of the Day by Cosimo Alemà, shot on the location in Italy. Then, he played Dragan Ilic in Zombie Massacre, a horror film based on the video game, followed by his debut on Italian TV in Un passo dal cielo, as guest star, playing the Russian mastermind Nikolaj Yelisev. Vivian co-produced an indie feature film called Evidence of Existence, playing a thoughtful mobster, Manon. In 2013 he narrated the documentary Smash & Grab by award winning British director Havana Marking. In the following year he appeared in two feature films: The Perfect Husband and Morning Star. He has worked with director Gabriele Salvatores twice; first in Il ragazzo invisibile-Seconda generazione and then in Volare. In Paolo Sorrentino's The Young Pope and The New Pope, he plays Domen, the Pope's butler.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1998 The Blues Brothers 2000 Russian thug Directed by John Landis
2000 X-Men Canadian Directed by Bryan Singer
2011 War Games: At the End of the Day Vinnie Directed by Cosimo Alemà
2012 The Seasoning House Radovan Directed by Paul Hyett
2012 Zombie Massacre Dragan Ilic Directed by Luca Boni, Marco Ristori.
2012 Evidence of Existence Manon Directed by Adam El-Sharawy
2013 Smash & Grab Mr. Green Directed by Havana Marking
2014 Morning Star Companion Directed by Luca Boni, Marco Ristori
2014 The Perfect Husband Gypsy Directed by Lucas Pavetto
2016 The Young Pope Domen Directed by Paolo Sorrentino
2017 The Music of Silence Uomo Russo Directed by Michael Radford
2017 Stan Lee's Lucky Man Idriz Lazami Directed by Philip John
2017–2018 Holby City Lazlo Furz/Patient Zero Directed by Paulette Randall, Michael Lacey, Jan Bauer
2018 The Invisible Boy: Second Generation Lobanowski Directed by Gabriele Salvatores
2019 Volare Dragan Directed by Gabriele Salvatores
2020 The New Pope Domen Directed by Paolo Sorrentino

References

  1. "Movie 32". Archived from the original on 13 May 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  2. "The Scotsman".
  3. McCahill, Mike (26 September 2013). "The Guardian".

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