Rade Šerbedžija — actor (snatch) with roots in the Russia
Rade Šerbedžija, born on 27 July 1946 in Bunić, Croatia, to a Serb family, was one of the leading actors of Yugoslav film and theatre and taught acting in Zagreb and Novi Sad. He left Yugoslavia in 1992. Internationally he became known for Before the Rain (1994) and then for a long run of Russian roles in English-language productions: the oligarch Ivan Tretiak in The Saint (1997), Dr Nekhorvich in Mission: Impossible II, General Vostov in Space Cowboys and Boris 'the Blade' in Snatch (all 2000), Dmitri Gredenko in 24 (2007) and a Russian general in X-Men: First Class (2011).
Tracing the roots — Bunić (Croatia)
He has no Russian ancestry. His connection is on screen: over three decades he has repeatedly been cast as Russian characters in English-language films and series, from The Saint (1997) to X-Men: First Class (2011).
Bunić (Croatia). Today, the former Soviet space comprises fifteen sovereign independent states.