Occupation Actor Years active 2004–present | Name Dario Deak Role Film actor | |
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Movies Dreamkiller, Universal Soldiers Similar People Catherine Pirotta, Griff Furst, David Michael Latt, Adam McKay, Florent Emilio Siri | ||
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Dario Deak is a Bosnian-American film and television actor.
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Early life
Deak was born in Sarajevo, then Yugoslavia, by Croatian parents. He came to the United States during high school. The year that he was going to return to his country the Yugoslav Wars started which caused him to stay in U.S. By the end of the war his passport belonged to a country that didn’t exist anymore, since it was divided in three different countries. He was eighteen when he auditioned for the University of Mississippi and was accepted, with scholarship where he majored in Piano and Business. During the college years Deak started acting, doing extensive work in theatre. After he finished college, Deak worked as a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch starting in Saint Louis, Missouri and soon after relocating to Beverly Hills, California where he stayed until 2004 when he decided to leave the career in finance in order to pursue his passion for acting.
Career
His acting career since 2004 has included parts in the hits Hostage and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
After almost six years of roles in American TV shows and films, Deak gained Hollywood's attention by playing his first lead role of Nick Nemet in Dreamkiller (2010), an independent film that played theatrically for a rare long engagement of over 14 weeks.
Deak was one of the main contenders to play the role of Conan in the 2011 Conan the Barbarian remake.