Adrian Pezdirc (born 18 November 1990) is a Croatian actor.
Early life and education
Born in
Zagreb
Zagreb ( ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the ...
on 18 November 1990, Adrian Pezdirc completed his master's degree in acting at the
Academy of Dramatic Art in 2014, earning recognition for his performance in ''Tartuffe'', which won him the Croatian Actor Award for Outstanding Achievement by Young Artists.
He joined the drama and dance program at the
Zagreb Youth Theater at the age of 13.
Career
Pezdirc has appeared in a wide range of productions at the
Zagreb Youth Theater. His performances include ''Čarobni brijeg'', ''(Pred)posljednja panda ili statika'', ''Sherlock Holmes'', ''Črna mati zemla'', and ''Ono što nedostaje''. His portrayal of David in ''Ono što nedostaje'' earned him the Rejhan Demirdžić Award for Best Young Actor at the 2018
MESS International Theatre Festival in Sarajevo.
In 2022, Pezdirc portrayed the character Sebastian in the
Netflix
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film ''
The Weekend Away
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'', directed by
Kim Farrant.
In 2025, Pezdirc joined the cast of ''
Sram'', a Croatian
teen drama
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television series based on the Norwegian series ''
Skam''. He portrays the role of Vito, an openly
gay man
Gay men are male homosexuals. Some bisexual and homoromantic men may dually identify as ''gay'' and a number of gay men also identify as ''queer''. Historic terminology for gay men has included '' inverts'' and '' uranians''.
Gay men conti ...
who is also a cousin to Nora, the central character of
the series' second season.
Other projects
In 2018, Pezdirc acted as a guide in the project ''Usmeni spomenik'' ("Oral Monument"), a performance-style walking tour through
Zagreb
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that highlighted
queer history sites. The project was based on the book ''Usmena povijest homoseksualnosti u Hrvatskoj'' ("Oral History of
Homosexuality in Croatia"), and it dramatized stories from that book into short sketches.
Filmography
Television
Film
References
External links
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1990 births
Living people
21st-century Croatian male actors
Croatian male television actors
Croatian male stage actors
Croatian LGBTQ rights activists
Male actors from Zagreb