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Goran Visnjic Filmography

All the fuss around Goran Visnjic becoming the new James Bond might have been in vain as this has not yet occurred, but even despite that he is still one of the few who can truly say that he has succeeded in the "factory of dreams".

The Croatian actor Goran Visnjic was born on September 09, 1972 in Sibenik, Croatia and his claim to fame was as Dr. Luka Kovac in TV series "ER". Since then, Visnjic's list of movies and TV shows continues to expand. He acted alongside Halle Berry and is one of the few actors from the Balkan area, which in almost every movie or series plays a handsome guy with a set of skills. In the hit series "ER" which took the actor’s career to the top, Goran Visnjic played a talented and sexy doctor, while in "The Counselor" he stood shoulder to shoulder with Hollywood legends Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem and Michael Fassbender.

For the past 17 years Goran Visnjic and his family have been living in America, or more precisely Los Angeles. Although he is married and has tons of acting arrangements, he always finds time to practice martial arts which is one of his favorite hobbies. Just recently, his Mediterranean style villa in the secured neighborhood "Bird Streets" was sold by the elite real estate agency "The Williams Estates" at a price of $ 4.5 million.

Goran Visnjic also appeared in the film "You Were Never Here", and as already mentioned played one of the lead roles in the series "Extant" with Oscar winner Halle Berry. His performance in "Crossing Lines" also didn’t go unnoticed. Last year he made it to the list of highest paid actors and his fortune is estimated at $ 96 million, with annual earnings of around 12 million.

Outside the TV and cinema world, the Croatian actor and his wife Eva Visnjic for many years now have been active fighters for the protection of endangered and abandoned animals. On his private ranch located near Los Angeles, in the last year alone, Goran Visnjic settled a dozen stray dogs, and for years he has been donating money for this purpose in both Croatia and the United States. He is fierce advocate for the cause, putting time and efforts to provide better conditions for the abandoned animals in the shelters.

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