Latest Update: Rade Šerbedžija's Assets & Salary in Net Worth 2026: Career Earnings & Assets

Updated: May 05, 2026

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Latest Update: Rade Šerbedžija's Assets & Salary in Net Worth 2026: Career Earnings & Assets

Many fans are curious about Rade Šerbedžija's financial success in April 2026. In this article, we dive deep into the assets and career highlights.

What Is Rade Šerbedžija's Net Worth?

Rade Šerbedžija is a Croatian actor who has a net worth of $2 million. After graduating from the University of Zagreb's Academy of Dramatic Arts, Rade Šerbedžija worked with the Croatian National Theatre. He started performing in film and television productions as well and quickly became one of Croatia's most sought-after stars. Though he first began traveling to the U.S. in the mid-1960s, Rade did not break through for American audiences until the film "Hanna's War" in 1988. Since then, he has appeared in high-profile projects in Croatia, the U.S., and the U.K., including "Broken English" (1996),  "The Saint" (1997), "Eyes Wide Shut" (1999), "Mission: Impossible 2" (2000), "Snatch" (2000), "The Quiet American" (2002), "Batman Begins" (2005), "Quarantine" (2008), "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1" (2010), "X-Men: First Class" (2011), "Taken 2" (2012), and "The Legend of Hercules" (2014). Šerbedžija has also appeared on television series such as "Nikola Tesla" (1977), "24" (2007), "Downton Abbey" (2014), "Strange Angel" (2018–2019), "Slow Horses" (2022), and "The Old Man" (2022–2024). In addition to his 200+ acting credits, Rade co-wrote and co-directed the 2016 film "The Liberation of Skopje," and he co-produced the 2005 film "Go West."

While he was still in school, Šerbedžija appeared in the TV movies "Prikupljanje hrabrosti" (1966) and "Sedam sati i petnaest minuta" (1966) and the films "Iluzija" (1967), "Crne ptice" (1967), and "Gravitacija ili fantasticna mladost cinovnika Borisa Horvata" (1968). After graduation, he performed with the Croatian National Theatre and City Drama Theatre Gavella. Onstage, Rade played roles such as Hamlet, Richard III, and Oedipus. In the '70s, he starred as Ivica Kicmanović on "U registraturi" (1974), Mića Ranović on "Pesma" (1975), and the title role on "Nikola Tesla" (1977). He also appeared in more than 20 films, including "Passing Days" (1970), "Red Wheat" (1970), "The Pine Tree in the Mountain" (1971), "Acting Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja" (1974), "The Republic of Užice" (1974), "Bravo maestro" (1978), "Journalist" (1979), and "The Return" (1979). Over the next decade, Šerbedžija starred as Krešimir Horvat on the television series "Putovanje u Vučjak" (1986) and appeared in films such as "Banović Strahinja" (1981), "Variola Vera" (1982), "Cyclops" (1982), "In the Jaws of Life" (1984), and "Life Is Beautiful" (1985) as well as the international films "Manifesto" (1988) and "Hanna's War" (1988). By the time he left Yugoslavia in 1992 (due to the Yugoslav Wars), he had become one of the country's most famous and beloved actors.

After leaving Yugoslavia, Rade moved to Serbia, followed by Slovenia. He later traveled to London, where he met with director Milcho Manchevski and was cast in the 1994 film "Before the Rain." The film earned Šerbedžija a Best Actor award at the Venice Film Festival. He then appeared in films such as "Broken English" ,(1996), "The Saint" (1997), "Mighty Joe Young" (1998), "Polish Wedding" (1998), "Eyes Wide Shut" (1999), "The Sweet Sounds of Life" (1999), and "Stigmata" (1999). Rade starred as Emile De Becque in a 2001 TV production of the musical "South Pacific," then he played Dr. Aleksander Cirko on the NBC science-fiction series "Surface" (2005), Dmitri Gredenko on Fox's "24" (2007), Prince Kuragin on the PBS historical drama "Downton Abbey" (2014), and Professor Filip Mesulam on CBS All Access' "Strange Angel" (2018–2019). In the 2000s,  he has appeared in numerous films, including "Space Cowboys" (2000), "Mission: Impossible 2" (2000), "Snatch" (2000), "The Quiet American" (2002), "EuroTrip" (2004), "Batman Begins" (2005), "The Fog" (2005), "Shooter" (2007), "Fugitive Pieces" (2007), "Quarantine" (2008), "72 Days" (2010), "X-Men: First Class" (2011), "Taken 2" (2012), "The Legend of Hercules" (2014), and "Proud Mary" (2018), and he played Gregorovitch in 2010's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1," which grossed $960.9 million at the box office.

Rade Šerbedžija was born on July 27, 1946, in Bunić, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia. His parents, ethnic Serbs, fought as Partisans in World War II and raised Šerbedžija as an atheist. Rade graduated from the University of Zagreb's Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1969.

In 2016, Šerbedžija starred in the film "The Liberation of Skopje," which he co-wrote and co-directed with his son, Danilo. In recent years, Rade has played Nikolai Katinsky on the Apple TV+ series "Slow Horses" (2022) and Old Suleyman Pavlovic on FX's "The Old Man" (2022–2024) and appeared in the films "Fishing and Fishermen's Conversations" (2020), "Air Force One Down" (2024), and "The Pavilion" (2025).

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Rade was married to Ivanka Cerovac from 1969 to 1987, and they welcomed two children, Danilo (born 1971) and Lucija (born 1973). Danilo is a film director, and Lucija is an actress. In 1991, Šerbedžija married Lenka Udovički, and they have three daughters together: Vanja, Nina, and Mimi. Lenka's brother is Serbian politician Kori Udovički. In 1991, Rade's parents left Vinkovci for Belgrade as refugees during the Croatian War of Independence, and the following year, Šerbedžija left Belgrade for Ljubljana, Slovenia, after he was called a "Serb traitor" by an intoxicated youth who then shot his gun in the air. Rade holds Croatian, Slovenian, and North Macedonian citizenship, and he has owned homes in Hollywood, London, Zagreb, and Rijeka. In the late '70s, he was hired to teach at the University of Zagreb, and from 1987 to 1991, he was a professor at the University of Novi Sad.

Ultimately, Rade Šerbedžija's financial journey is a testament to their success.

Disclaimer: All net worth figures are estimates based on public data.