Easy was, like, spending time with Jennifer on set. Difficult stuff about character is, it was a little bit like just being the only one with no superhuman powers.
I don't understand the word hunk.
I don't want to lose my accent, I just want it to become smaller.
Making my English better is a hard job, a slow job. But it's getting better. Three years ago it would have taken me a half hour to say this sentence.
When Elektra came by, I was actually auditioning for it and was really, really happy when they called me and said I got a part.
You want to have somebody like Elektra on your side, and it's one of the characters who is helping storytelling in the story also.
Goran and Ivana's son is named for the Croatian poet, Augustin (Tin) Ujevic.
Dr. Luka Kovac, his character on ER, holds the rank of Chief of Emergency Medicine. This makes him both the senior attending physician and the head of the Emergency department. Luka is also the highest-ranking regular character within the hospital management.
His character has become known for what we call Lukaisms; small semantically similar (and generally humorous) word substitutions, always corrected by another character, which he never notices.
Co-star Kristen Johnston on working with Visnjic: “Watching him act – he is so intense. He is such a good man, in the scene [from Man With No Name] I definitely rose to a new level. He really made me get on my toes to get on the same page as him."
Recently made a cameo appearance in the Slovenian/Croatian sitcom Nasa mala klinika (Our Little Clinic) during its third season, alongside drama school friends Goran Navojec and Rene Bitorajac. His character was known only as “man on the telephone.”
Appeared in a November, 2005 segment of the Today Show’s “Where in the World is Matt Lauer?” from Dubrovnik, Croatia, discussing playing Hamlet during the war, and the city’s culture. His favorite Dubrovnik coffee bar is called Talir.
Goran's father-in-law, Antun Vrdoljak said of Goran's success in the US, after they worked together on his film Duga Mracna Noc, ”If you successfully transplant a plant to a bigger garden, the plant’s attributes don't change, it continues to grow and develop even more than it would have in the smaller garden. Goran continued his professional growth there, with much better conditions.”
Was the voice of Soto in Ice Age, which also featured the voice of ER co-star John Leguizamo.
Starred in Elektra opposite Jennifer Garner.
Appeared with fellow ER romantic lead George Clooney in the movie The Peacemaker. The two did not appear on screen together, and did not meet during filming. Later, Goran appeared as himself playing Dr. Luka Kovac in Clooney’s HBO reality program Unscripted.
A photo of Goran appears in the “Breast Friends” photo collection, first shown at the Oxo Tower in London in July 2006 and now part of a worldwide traveling exhibit.
Goran beat former ER co-star Noah Wyle and two other celebrity nine-ball players on GSN’s Ballbreakers to win $20,000 for IFAW (2005).
Goran, along with Noah Wyle, was part of the Honorary Committee for the 20th Anniversary Gala to benefit the Farm Sanctuary. The event was held in NYC, May 20, 2006. Farm Sanctuary was founded in 1986 to combat the abuses of industrialized farming and to encourage a new awareness and understanding about "farm animals."
Goran played the featured role “The Boyfriend” in Madonna's music video "The Power of Goodbye" from her Ray Of Light album. He can also be seen in the music video "Zivot" (To Life) with Croatian singer Tony Cetinski.
Appeared in a Tuborg Beer commercial in Croatia (c. 1996), and is a collector of Tuborg Beer steins.
Named as Inside TV’s “50 Sexiest Men on Television” (2005). Was quoted in the article as saying, “Hunk? I don’t know anything about hunk… When I first started being asked about that, I played dumb.”
Despite being a long-standing television sex symbol Goran often notes his discomfort with the attention to his looks, preferring to focus on his performance. However, Rosie O’Donnell summed up their appeal during his recent appearance on The View, “Take it from me, it crosses all boundaries.” (February, 2007).
Has done high-fashion photo shoots for magazines such as GQ, Glamour and Esquire.
Reportedly declined $1,000,000 to play the title role in Dracula 2000. Visnjic was quoted as saying the character plus his accent were a bad combination.
Was a star of stage, film and television in Croatia before being cast in ER.
As a result of his voice-role as photojournalist Robert Capa, he developed an interest in photography. Three of his photographs of Mekhi Phifer were published in the May, 2005 issue of Popular Photography and Imaging.
Trained as a paratrooper in the Yugoslavian People's Army at age 18. Later volunteered for the new Croatian Army.
He has a large scar on his stomach from gastric ulcer surgery.
Hobbies include fencing, swimming, off-roading, horseback riding, windsurfing, kung-fu and the guitar. Plays flight simulation video games to reduce stress after working.
With his wife, owns an old stone house in Jelsa on the island of Hvar, accessible only by boat.
The Visnjics have two cats called Rika and Momi.
His father's name is Zeljko, and his mother's name is Milka.
How do you pronounce his last name? VISH-nyich. It’s easy. Really.
Goran's nickname is ?ime (pronounced SHIH-meh), a corruption of Simon. It was given to him by his friend, actor Sasa Bruneta while he was in drama school.
Eyes: Green
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