Damir Andrei
Biography
Damir Andrei is a Director/actor born in Zagreb, Croatia. He came to Montreal with his parents in 1963 at the age of 8, speaking neither English nor French. He is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada in acting, inspired by the work of Douglas Rain.
Damir Andrei worked often at the now defunct Phoenix Theatre of Montreal directing Sexual Perversity in Chicago among other plays there. He has done much of his directing work at Montreal's Centaur Theatre, including Bordertown Café, The Main, Playboy of the West Indies and The Freidman Family Fortune. He has also worked at the Blyth Festival, Canadian Stage and the National Arts Centre. Andrei's style is unobtrusive and text-driven.
He now lives in Toronto, where he has acted extensively in film and television, including Dead Ringers (1988), and Slings and Arrows (2003), among many others.
Filmography
Shazam!
2019
as Charlie Beck
A Christmas Horror Story
2015
as Principal Herod
Casino Jack
2010
as Manny Rouvelas
Jumper
2008
as Psychologist
Talk to Me
2007
as Fred De Cordova
Still Small Voices
2007
as Bud Atherton
Solar Attack
2006
as Russian President Yuri Ilyushin
Playing House
2006
as John
Niagara Motel
2006
as Boris
A Different Loyalty
2004
as Aleksi
The Pentagon Papers
2003
as Leonard Boudin
Rollerball
2002
as Serbo-Croatian Sports Announcer
The Miracle Worker
2000
as Dr. Anagnos
Switching Goals
1999
as Arden
My Own Country
1998
as Mr. Dean
Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story
1998
...First Do No Harm
1997
What Happened to Bobby Earl?
1997
as Simon
Peacekeepers
1997
as Zarcovitch
Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants
1997
as Friar Sarpi
We the Jury
1996
The Conspiracy of Fear
1996
as Lepree
Visitors of the Night
1995
as Stranger 1
Soft Deceit
1995
as Robert Reeves