Predrag Vušović

Predrag "Pređo" Vušović (29 August 1960 – 17 February 2011) was a Croatian actor.[1][2] Vušović has been called a legend of Croatian theatre.[3][4][5]

Predrag Vušović
Vušović at the 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in July 2009
Born(1960-08-29)29 August 1960
Kotor, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia
Died17 February 2011(2011-02-17) (aged 50)
Zagreb, Croatia
OccupationActor
Years active1983–2011

He is widely known for his critically lauded role as Gazda in the Croatian comedy sitcom Bitange i princeze. He has appeared in more than fifty films, starring in How the War Started on My Island (1992), Marshal Tito's Spirit (1999), Witnesses (2003), Metastases (2009) and Koko and the Ghosts (2011).

Vušović has had an active career on stage as well.[6] From 1995 to his death, he was employed at the Drama Ensemble in the Zagreb-based theatre Gavella. In Gavella, he gave award-winning performances as Pomet Trpeza in Dundo Maroje (1995), the title king in Richard III (1997) and Autolycus in A Winter's Tale (1998).[7]

He has provided voice-work for numerous Croatian-language versions of animated feature films, including the Peddler in Aladdin (1992), Lucky Jack in Home on the Range (2004) and Master Splinter in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2007).[8][9][10]

On 17 February 2011 at 4:40 am, Vušović died following a stroke.[11] Days prior, he was in a coma after a lifetime of alcoholism. He was buried in Dubrovnik.

Selected filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2011 Koko and the Ghosts Vincek
2010 72 Days Luka the Postman
2009 Metastases Dejo's father
2008 Will Not End Here Đuro
2005 Pušća Bistra Zvonarić
First Class Thieves Hitman
2003 Witnesses Ljubo
2001 The Last Will Lou
1999 Marshal Tito's Spirit Toni
1996 How the War Started on My Island Murko Munita

References
  1. "Preminuo hrvatski glumac Predrag Vušović". Blic (in Serbian). Belgrade. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  2. Pacek, Tatjana (17 February 2011). "Boem s devet života koji se šalio čak i na račun svog kraja - Večernji.hr" (in Croatian). Večernji list. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  4. Bili su nerazdvojni: Zbogom, dragi Puto, pozdravi Pređu... - 24sata.hr
  5. Predrag Vušović preminuo je od posljedica moždanog udara
  7. PRERANO PREMINUO Njegove su uloge postale legendarne još za njegova života, ali opaka ovisnost nije mu dala mira
  8. TMNT Croatian
  9. Disney International Dubbings Croatian Ljubomir Krekes/Leon Luchev
  10. "MAJSTORI SINHRONIZACIJE: Ko se krije iza Duška Dugouška, Šilje, Popaja, Sunđera Boba? (FOTO) (VIDEO)". www.telegraf.rs.
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