Filip Šovagović
{{Short description|Croatian actor, film director, comedian, playwright and journalist}}
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| years_active = 1988–present
| education = Academy of Dramatic Art
| alma_mater = University of Zagreb
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| relatives = Anja Šovagović-Despot (sister)
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Filip Šovagović (born 13 September 1966) is a Croatian actor, film director, comedian, playwright and journalist. At first known simply as the son of renowned actor Fabijan Šovagović, he has established himself as one of the most prolific Croatian actors of the 21st century.{{cite web|first=Nikolina|last=Belošević|url=https://www.tportal.hr/showtime/clanak/nina-violic-i-filip-sovagovic-vise-ne-skrivaju-ljubav-foto-20190123|title=Nina Violić i Filip Šovagović više ne skrivaju ljubav|publisher=Tportal|date=23 January 2019|access-date=22 April 2021|language=hr-HR}}{{cite web|first=Ines|last=Stipetić|url=https://www.gloria.hr/fokus/zvjezdane-staze/filip-sovagovic-o-najludoj-nepodopstini-iz-tinejdzerskih-dana-volio-bih-da-se-toga-nitko-ne-sjeca/8883509/|title=Filip Šovagović o najluđoj nepodopštini iz tinejdžerskih dana: 'Volio bih da se toga nitko ne sjeća'|newspaper=Gloria|date=27 May 2019|access-date=22 April 2021|language=hr-HR}}
He has appeared in over sixty films, starring in My Uncle's Legacy, Sokol Did Not Love Him, Hamburg Altona, Četverored, Transatlantic, The Infection and the Academy Award-winning No Man's Land. Šovagović also starred in the extremely successful Croatian comedy series Naša mala klinika as Ivo Zadro. He made his directorial début in 2005, with the film Pušća Bistra.{{cite web|first=Tomislav|last=Čadež|url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/kultura/film-i-tv/filip-sovagovic-napravio-sam-melodramu-o-smaku-svijeta/1195025/|title=Filip Šovagović: 'Napravio sam melodramu o smaku svijeta'|work=Jutarnji list|date=15 February 2013|access-date=22 April 2021|language=hr-HR}}
Šovagović has also been widely praised for his acting work in the Gavella Drama Theatre and as a playwright in his repertoire of five authored plays. His most acclaimed work, The Brick, has won the 2002 Prix Italia.{{cite web|url=https://obljetnica.hrt.hr/radiodrama/nagrade/|title=Prve nagrade na međunarodnim radijskim festivalima|publisher=obljetnica.hrt.hr|language=hr-HR}} He writes a column in the Croatian daily newspaper 24 sata.
Career
=Film=
In 1988, he appeared in My Uncle's Legacy, marking his film debut. The film, based on the Ivan Aralica novel Okvir za mržnju, was nominated for a 1990 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He later appeared as Ilija in the 1991 Đuka Begović adaptation, directed by Branko Schmidt.
In 1995, he starred in the Zrinko Ogresta-directed Washed Out. The film was the Croatian submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film in 1995 and had garnered positive reviews.{{cite web|url=http://www.prixitalia.rai.it/2012/Pdf/Winners1949-1998.pdf |title=PAST EDITIONS – WINNERS 1949 – 2011 |access-date=4 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092317/http://www.prixitalia.rai.it/2012/Pdf/Winners1949-1998.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead}} For the role, Šovagović won the Golden Arena for Best Actor at the Pula Film Festival.
He would later win Golden Arenas for Best Actor for his roles in Transatlantic and Slow Surrender. In 1995, Šovagović portrayed the smooth-talking Spanish television star Juan in the celebrated box-office hit The Three Men of Melita Žganjer.
Opposite Rene Bitorajac and Branko Đurić, he had a starring role in No Man's Land, a motion picture that won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.
In 2005, he directed the comedy Pušća Bistra, starring Enes Vejzović. With a screenplay based on Šovagović's cult play Cigla (The Brick), the film earned praised for its dialogue, directing and humor, but received criticism towards the acting performances.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
=Theatre=
He graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Art at the University of Zagreb, and holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in theatre directing.{{cite web|url=https://www.rtl.hr/tv/tv-novosti/3565031/filip-sovagovic-danas-slavi-53-rodjendan-jeste-li-znali-da-se-kao-mali-uzasavao-nastupa-i-uopce-nije-htio-postati-glumac/ |title=Filip Šovagović danas slavi 54. rođendan – kao mali se užasavao nastupa i uopće nije htio postati glumac |publisher=Rtl.hr |date=13 September 2020 |access-date=22 April 2021 |language=hr-HR}}
Since 1995, he has been a member of the ensemble in the Gavella Drama Theatre in Zagreb. Some of his notable acting credits in the theatre include adaptations of Three Sisters, Peer Gynt, Antigone, Richard III, Fine Dead Girls, Iliad 2001, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Revisor, Turandot, Cyclops and The Imaginary Invalid. He was nominated for an Apollo Award at the Novi Sad Culture Festival for his starring role in Popcorn, by Ben Elton.{{cite web|url=https://www.gavella.hr/dodatni_sadrzaji/stare_predstave/tesla_anonimus |title=Tesla Anonimus |website=gavella.hr |publisher=Gavella Drama Theatre |access-date=22 April 2021 |language=hr-HR}} In 2017, he directed his own play Tesla Anonimus, starring Ozren Grabarić. The play was met with positive reviews, with many critics praising the concept, characters and score, composed by Šovagović himself. In 2019, he appeared as chiromancer ATMA in the Gavella rendition of the Marinković classic Kiklop.{{cite web|url=https://www.gavella.hr/predstave/aktualne_predstave/kiklop |title=Kiklop |website=gavella.hr |publisher=Gavella Drama Theatre |access-date=22 April 2021 |language=hr-HR}} In 2021, Šovagović co-directed Zagreb 2020 with Dubravko Mihanović.{{Cite web|title=Šovagović: 'Kad sam snimao zadnji film, ostao sam bez zuba'|url=https://www.24sata.hr/show/sovagovic-kad-sam-snimao-zadnji-film-ostao-sam-bez-zuba-753614|access-date=2021-05-10|website=24sata.hr|date=3 April 2021 |language=hr}}
Apart from his performances in the Gavella theatre, he has performed in Croatian National Theatre in Split, The Rector's Palace in Dubrovnik and Theatre &TD. He has also directed Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot in the Zagreb-based theatre &TD.
=Television=
On television, he is widely known as gaffe-prone hypochondriac Ivo Zadro in the massively successful Croatian comedy series Naša mala klinika. The show, created by Branko Đurić, has spawned an entire franchise with Slovenian, Croatian and Serbian counterparts.{{cite web |url=https://tvzonaplus.rs/nagrada-ekran-za-voditelje-tv-zona-plus/ |title=Nagrada "Ekran" za voditelje TV Zona plus |website=tvzonaplus.rs |date=14 February 2019 |access-date=22 April 2021 |language=sr |archive-date=27 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827124455/https://tvzonaplus.rs/nagrada-ekran-za-voditelje-tv-zona-plus/ |url-status=dead }} He has also done supporting roles for the comedy Lud, zbunjen, normalan, the improv series Moja tri zida, the children's show Žutokljunac and the dark comedy Dome, slatki dome.
In 2012, on behalf of the "Sova Zone" project, he created, produced and starred in the sitcom Špica, in hopes of "capturing the contrast and dynamics of the Zagreb society".{{cite magazine|url=http://arhiva.nacional.hr/clanak/126870/imam-pravo-ismijati-ekipu-sa-spice |title=Imam pravo ismijati ekipu sa špice |newspaper=Nacional |date=20 March 2012 |access-date=22 April 2021 |language=hr-HR}} The series also stars Ornela Vištica, Mia Biondić, Nenad Cvetko, Ranko Zidarić, Živko Anočić, Luka Peroš, Jure Radnić, Vera Ana Goldstein and Ankica Dobrić.
Since 2018, he stars in the prominent Serbian series Žigosani u reketu.
=Animation=
He is the official Croatian-language voice of Garfield, and provided the voice of Baloo in the Croatian dub of The Jungle Book and the sequel.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} His other notable Croatian version voice credits are the second Ram in Brother Bear, Bruce in Finding Nemo (both 2003), The Underminer in the Incredibles franchise (2004–2018), Captain Hook in Shrek the Third, Big Z in Surf's Up, Django in Ratatouille (all 2007), Buford in The Princess and the Frog (2009), Lighting and Anton Harrison in Marmaduke (2010), Mike in Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015), Hank in Finding Dory and Jerry Jumbeaux Jr. in Zootopia (both 2016). He also provided the voice roles of all characters (the Narrator, the Sheep and the Jackalope) in the 2004 short film Boundin'. He voiced Fillmore in Cars (2006) and Cars 3 (2017), with the character being voiced by Rakan Rushaidat in Cars 2 (2011).{{cite web|url=http://www.grad-vodice.hr/kino-vodice/auti-3-sinkronizirano |title=Auti 3 / sinkronizirano |website=grad-vodice.hr |publisher=Grad Vodice |access-date=22 April 2021 |language=hr-HR}}{{cite web|url=https://www.blitz-cinestar.hr/cinestar/auti-2-sinkronizirano/2004 |title=Auti 2 sinkronizirano |website=blitz-cinestar.hr |access-date=22 April 2021 |language=hr-HR}}
= Music =
In 2021, Šovagović announced that he is finishing works on his band's first vinyl record. The band features Franjo Dijak, Robert Domitrović, Vid Adam Hribar, Stanko Kovačić, Fadil Abdulov, and Goran Navojec.
Personal life
Šovagović, nicknamed Šova{{cite web|url=https://www.story.hr/moda-i-ljepota/trendovsko-podzemlje-8107 |title='Sestra Helga' kao underground ikona |publisher=Story.hr |date=8 December 2008 |access-date=22 April 2021 |language=hr-HR}}{{cite web|url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/kultura/kazaliste/glumica-koju-je-proslavila-uloga-sestre-helge-u-nasoj-maloj-klinici-ponosna-sam-odana-i-iskrena-kad-ne-glumim-vrijeme-za-sebe-nalazim-u-sumi/6993825/ |title=GLUMICA KOJU JE PROSLAVILA ULOGA SESTRE HELGE U NAŠOJ MALOJ KLINICI 'Ponosna sam, odana i iskrena. Kad ne glumim, vrijeme za sebe nalazim u šumi' |work=Jutarnji list |date=4 February 2018 |access-date=22 April 2021 |language=hr-HR}} and Šovica,{{cite web|first=Danijela-Ana |last=Morić |url=https://www.tportal.hr/showtime/clanak/u-sasvim-novoj-ulozi-filip-sovagovic-odusevio-publiku-sviranjem-flamenca-20191001 |title=U sasvim novoj ulozi: Filip Šovagović oduševio publiku sviranjem – flamenca |website=tportal.hr |publisher=Tportal |date=1 October 2019 |access-date=22 April 2021 |language=hr-HR}} resides in Zagreb. His sister, Anja Šovagović-Despot, is also an actress working in the Gavella theatre. From 1992 to 1997, he was married to Ruža Grizelj, with whom he has a daughter named Klara. In 2019, it was reported that he was in a relationship with actress Nina Violić.
Selected filmography
- My Uncle's Legacy (1988)
- The Three Men of Melita Zganjer (1998)
- Četverored (1999)
- No Man's Land (2001)
- The Last Will (2001)
- Pušća Bistra (2005)
- The Melon Route (2006)
- The Living and the Dead (2007)
- Metastases (2009)
- Love Life of a Gentle Coward (2009)
- Josef (2011)
- Inspector Martin and the Gang of Snails (2012)
- Visoka modna napetost (2013)
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|id=0816297|name=Filip Šovagović}}
- [https://www.gavella.hr/ansambl/sovagovic_filip Filip Šovagović] at Gavella Drama Theatre {{in lang|hr}}
- {{Instagram|sovagovicfilip}}
- [http://www.zonatalents.ba/new/profile.php?id=160 Filip Šovagović] at [http://www.zonatalents.ba/index.php ZONA Talent agency] {{in lang|bs}}
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