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Damir Andrei
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.
As actor
Shazam!
A Christmas Horror Story
Casino Jack
Jumper
Talk to Me
Still Small Voices
Solar Attack
Niagara Motel
Playing House
A Different Loyalty
The Pentagon Papers
Rollerball
The Miracle Worker
Switching Goals
Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story
My Own Country
Peacekeepers
...First Do No Harm
Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants
What Happened to Bobby Earl?
The Conspiracy of Fear
We the Jury
Soft Deceit
Visitors of the Night
The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story
And Then There Was One
M. Butterfly
F/X2
Grand Larceny
Man Descending