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Daniel Vivian | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 June 1963 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, writer, film producer |
| Years active | 1997–present |
Daniel Vivian (born 1963) is an actor of Bosnian origin.
Daniel Vivian was born in Bosnia and is of Serbian descent and later moved to the United Kingdom. He began acting with Bosnian film director Pjer Zalica in experimental short films. [1] He later appeared in a one-man show which he took to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. [2]
His debut was as one of the Russian thugs in John Landis' Blues Brothers 2000 , followed by X-Men . His first American TV appearance was in CBS' Falcone as an Ahmed Alia. He was cast as Vinnie, the brutal mercenary, in cult film War Games: At the End of the Day by Cosimo Alemà, shot on location in Italy. Then, he played Dragan Ilic in Zombie Massacre , a horror film based on the video game, followed by his debut on Italian TV in Un passo dal cielo , as guest star, playing the Russian mastermind Nikolaj Yelisev. Vivian co-produced an indie feature film called Evidence of Existence, playing a thoughtful mobster, Manon. In 2013 he narrated the documentary Smash & Grab [3] by award winning British director Havana Marking. In the following year he appeared in two feature films: The Perfect Husband and Morning Star. He has worked with director Gabriele Salvatores twice; first in Il ragazzo invisibile-Seconda generazione and then in Volare . In Paolo Sorrentino's The Young Pope and The New Pope, he plays Domen, the Pope's butler.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | The Blues Brothers 2000 | Russian thug | Directed by John Landis |
| 2000 | X-Men | Canadian | Directed by Bryan Singer |
| 2011 | War Games: At the End of the Day | Vinnie | Directed by Cosimo Alemà |
| 2012 | The Seasoning House | Radovan | Directed by Paul Hyett |
| 2012 | Zombie Massacre | Dragan Ilic | Directed by Luca Boni, Marco Ristori. |
| 2012 | Evidence of Existence | Manon | Directed by Adam El-Sharawy |
| 2013 | Smash & Grab | Mr. Green | Directed by Havana Marking |
| 2014 | Morning Star | Companion | Directed by Luca Boni, Marco Ristori |
| 2014 | The Perfect Husband | Gypsy | Directed by Lucas Pavetto |
| 2016 | The Young Pope | Domen | Directed by Paolo Sorrentino |
| 2017 | The Music of Silence | Uomo Russo | Directed by Michael Radford |
| 2017 | Stan Lee's Lucky Man | Idriz Lazami | Directed by Philip John |
| 2017–2018 | Holby City | Lazlo Furz/Patient Zero | Directed by Paulette Randall, Michael Lacey, Jan Bauer |
| 2018 | The Invisible Boy: Second Generation | Lobanowski | Directed by Gabriele Salvatores |
| 2019 | Volare | Dragan | Directed by Gabriele Salvatores |
| 2020 | The New Pope | Domen | Directed by Paolo Sorrentino |
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