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Damir Andrei

Actor

Damir Andrei

Born January 1, 1955 in Zagreb, Croatia46 films

Damir Andrei is a Director/actor born in Zagreb, Croatia. He came to Montreal with his parents in 1963 at the age of 8, speaking neither English nor French. He is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada in acting, inspired by the work of Douglas Rain.

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Damir Andrei worked often at the now defunct Phoenix Theatre of Montreal directing Sexual Perversity in Chicago among other plays there. He has done much of his directing work at Montreal's Centaur Theatre, including Bordertown Café, The Main, Playboy of the West Indies and The Freidman Family Fortune. He has also worked at the Blyth Festival, Canadian Stage and the National Arts Centre. Andrei's style is unobtrusive and text-driven.

He now lives in Toronto, where he has acted extensively in film and television, including Dead Ringers (1988), and Slings and Arrows (2003), among many others.

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Dead Ringers posterFirst watchDead Ringers19887.1as BirchallElliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them.View film

Essential films

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Filmography

46 films as actor
  1. 2019Shazam!Charlie Beck
  2. 2015A Christmas Horror StoryPrincipal Herod
  3. 2010Casino JackManny Rouvelas
  4. 2008JumperPsychologist
  5. 2007Talk to MeFred De Cordova
  6. 2007Still Small VoicesBud Atherton
  7. 2006Solar AttackRussian President Yuri Ilyushin
  8. 2006Playing HouseJohn
  9. 2006Niagara MotelBoris
  10. 2004A Different LoyaltyAleksi
  11. 2003The Pentagon PapersLeonard Boudin
  12. 2002RollerballSerbo-Croatian Sports Announcer
  13. 2000The Miracle WorkerDr. Anagnos
  14. 1999Switching GoalsArden
  15. 1998My Own CountryMr. Dean
  16. 1998Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story
  17. 1997...First Do No Harm
  18. 1997What Happened to Bobby Earl?Simon
  19. 1997PeacekeepersZarcovitch
  20. 1997Galileo: On the Shoulders of GiantsFriar Sarpi
  21. 1996We the Jury
  22. 1996The Conspiracy of FearLepree
  23. 1995Visitors of the NightStranger 1
  24. 1995Soft DeceitRobert Reeves
  25. 1994And Then There Was OneDr. Goodman
  26. 1994The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson StoryInvestigative Reporter (as Damir Andre)
  27. 1993M. ButterflyIntelligence Officer #2
  28. 1991Grand Larceny
  29. 1991F/X2Defense Attorney
  30. 1990Man DescendingHoward
  31. 1989Friends, Lovers, & LunaticsHarry
  32. 1989The Morning ManHardway
  33. 1989Passion and ParadiseMarc Sorel
  34. 1988Dead RingersBirchall
  35. 1988Martha, Ruth & EdieJim
  36. 1988The Child SaverSal Migdantono
  37. 1987Shades of Love: The Rose CafeMike
  38. 1987Ford: The Man and the MachineHorace Dodge
  39. 1986Lucretia
  40. 1986ApologyAudiologist
  41. 1985One Magic ChristmasBank Manager
  42. 1985The Execution of Raymond GrahamAssistant Warden Hoffman
  43. 1985Murder in SpaceCol. Alexander Kalsinov
  44. 1984Sonatine
  45. 1982Visiting HoursParamedic
  46. 1981Happy Birthday to MeJunior Surgeon