Dragomir Mrsic
| Dragomir Mršić | |
|---|---|
 Dragomir Mrsic at the 48th Guldbagge Awards. | |
| Born |
2 October 1969 Prijedor, Yugoslavia |
| Occupation | Actor, sports consultant, sports leader |
Dragomir Mršić (pronounced [miˈsit͡ɕ];[1] born 2 October 1969[2]), nicknamed Gago[3] is a Swedish actor, sports consultant and sports leader.
Life and career
A Serb, Mršić was born in a village near Prijedor, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina. He moved to Sweden at 2 years of age,[4] was brought up in Fittja, a suburb of southern Stockholm. He has trained Taekwondo since his youth, and has a black belt. His childhood idol was Bruce Lee.[5] He is a former Nordic Champion in Taekwondo and former Olympics coach. In 1990, he and Liam Norberg helped to plan and implement the robbery of Gotabanken.[6] He was sentenced to three years and six months in prison for the robbery. After serving his sentence, however, he has made himself better known as a sports consultant and actor. In his gym, "Extreme Training", he has trained sportspeople such as Martina Navratilova, Helen Alfredsson and Douglas Murray and actors such as Rooney Mara. After a few minor roles, such as in the Wallander film Kuriren (2009), he got his big break out in 2010 as Mrado, in the critically acclaimed film Easy Money (2010).
In 2014, he co-starred in the Tom Cruise film, Edge of Tomorrow.[7]
In January 2015, he gave his voice and likeness to a character called Dragan for the game Payday 2. Ironically, he is the only person who has given their likeness to a character in the game who has actually been involved in illegal activities.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Exit | Extra | |
| 2007 | Gangster | Dragan | |
| Leo | Gago | ||
| 2009 | Wallander – Kuriren | Jovan | |
| 2010 | Easy Money | Mrado Slovovic | |
| 2012 | Easy Money II: Hard to Kill | ||
| 2014 | Edge of Tomorrow | Kuntz |
Video Games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Payday 2 | Dragan |
References
- ↑ Dragomir Mrsic om förorten, träning och Hollywood - Malou Efter tio (TV4) on YouTube, pronunciation demonstrated around 0:40 (non-english interview), accessed January 22, 2015.
- ↑ Sveriges befolkning 1980: Mrsic, Dragomir
- ↑ Boström, Majsan. "From Hood to Hollywood". Icon. Archived from the original on 2015-03-02. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ↑ http://www.vesti-online.com/Dijaspora/drzava/Evropa-ostalo/Moj-zivot/25571/Gago-Mrsic-Bivsi-pljackas--filmska-zvezda
- ↑ G. Golubović (2012-07-13). "Dragomir Mršić - put od zatvora do zvezde u Švedskoj".
- ↑ Wiman, Erik (January 23, 2010). "Stjärnan dömd för grovt rån" [The star convicted of aggravated robbery]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved January 28, 2010.
- ↑ Brännström, Linus (6 October 2012). "Dragomir Mrsic gör storfilm med Cruise" [Dragomir Mrsic doing feature film with Cruise]. Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 March 2013.
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