Goran Kostić


Goran Kostić is a Bosnian actor based in the United Kingdom. He has appeared in supporting roles in a number of Hollywood films.

Early life

Kostić was born on 18 November 1971 to an ethnic Serb family in Sarajevo, Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia.

Career

He is an actor and producer, known for roles in Taken, and Hannibal Rising.
In 2007, he played the Polish builder Erek in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. He appears as Pavel, a Russian PhD student moonlighting as the campus security officer in New Tricks Series 7, episode 2, "It Smells of Books".
He appeared in Angelina Jolie's 2011 film In the Land of Blood and Honey about the Bosnian war where he plays Danijel, a Serb policeman, with co-star, Zana Marjanović. The film was Jolie's directorial debut.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995Ghostbusters of East FinchleyClaus1 episode
1998Out of HoursMishaMiniseries
2001Sword of HonourVoiceTV Movie; uncredited
2001Always and EveryoneVoice1 episode
2001Table 12Rose SellerEpisode: "Aphrodisiac"; uncredited
2001Band of BrothersPrisoner with CorpseMiniseries; Episode: "Why We Fight"
2001Randall and Hopkirk SergeiEpisode: "The Glorious Butranekh"
2001The BillMilosEpisode: "Paint it Black"
2002Ultimate ForceEliEpisode: "Breakout"
2003CasualtySaliEpisode: "Flight"
2003Final DemandCheddarTV Movie
2003Days That Shook the WorldGavrilo Princip Episode: "The Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand/The Death of Hitler"
2003-2004Grease MonkeysEzekielMain cast
2004Red CapVoiceEpisode: "Betrayed"; uncredited
2004Sex TrafficVoiceMiniseries; uncredited
2004Foyle's WarJan KomorowskiEpisode: "The French Drop"
2004Murder PreventionPaul Whitley3 episodes
2004The BillZacchadeli2 episodes
2005Sea of SoulsVoice2 episodes; uncredited
2005Comedy LabIvanEpisode: "Speeding"
2005SpooksBodyguardEpisode: "Road Trip"
2006Ultimate ForcePudovkinEpisode: "The Changing of the Guard"
2006AfterlifeDavidEpisode: "Mirrorball"
2007EastEndersErek6 episodes
2009The BillMarek Jankowski2 episodes
2010The DeepZubovMiniseries; 3 episodes
2010New TricksPavel IllichEpisode: "It Smells Like Books"
2012Covert AffairsAlexei VershininEpisode: "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide"
2014The AssetsVictor CherkashinMiniseries; 5 episodes
2015LegendsIvanenko3 episodes
2018BlissVladislavMain cast
2018GeniusLvovichEpisode: "Picasso: Chapter Seven"
2018Jack RyanAnsor DudayevRecurring

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996'Russian Officer
2002'Additional voicesUncredited
2008Russian Officer