Dragan Despot


Dragan Despot is a Croatian actor. He appeared in more than twenty films since 1979.
Despot graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb, where his teacher was Tonka Lonze in 1981. In 1983 he joined Croatian National Theatre in Mostar and the same year performed at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival. Prior to acting, Despot was a fan of football and loved watching players such as Dušan Bajević, Enver Marić, Franjo Vladić and especially Slaven Zambata. Despite his love for football, he pursued career in acting instead and joined such people as Ivica Vidović, Rade Šerbedžija, Jakov Sedlar, Pero Kvrgić, Mladen Budišćak, Žarko Potočnjak, Duško Valentić, Matko Elezović, Zijad Grčić, Zlatko Vitez and Matko Raguž. Despot is married to Anja Šovagović-Despot, an actress, and together they have a son Joseph and daughter Ana.
He voiced Rico in the Croatian dub of Home on the Range.

Selected filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992Dok nitko ne gleda
2013Zora dubrovačka
2013Počivali u miru