Rene Medvešek

Rene Medvešek (born 21 June 1963) is a Croatian film and theatre actor and director. He was born in Velika Gorica.

He has appeared in more than 10 films and several television series. To the international audience he is probably best known for playing the role of Serbian terrorist Vlado Mirić in the 1997 action film The Peacemaker.

Medvešek was the stand-in presenter for Oliver Mlakar in the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest staged that year in Zagreb, when the latter quit over comments made about his age at the time. However Mlakar went on to present the show.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1988 The Orchid Villa Boris 1989 Veter v mrezi Mose Kamniski / V. Polajnski 1990 Captain America Resistance Fighter 1990 Fatal Sky Journalist 1991 Hrvatske katedrale 1996 The Seventh Chronicle Fugitive 1997 The Peacemaker Vlado Mirich 1997 Tranquilizer Gun Janko