Sven Medvešek

Sven Medvešek (born 1965) is a Croatian actor and director. Establishing himself as both a leading man and character actor, Medvešek's best-known film roles include Lukas in Slow Surrender (2001), Rafael in Winter in Rio (2002), Marin Držić in Libertas (2006) and Filip in The Show Must Go On (2010). For his role as the troubled killer in Mondo Bobo (1997), Medvešek won critical praise and the Golden Arena for Best Actor. Since 2008, he has worked as an actor in the drama ensemble of the Gavella Drama Theatre in Zagreb, where he amassed over thirty roles. He has also prominently performed in other theatre, most notably the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb and the Ulysses Theatre.