Rene Bitorajac

Rene Bitorajac (pronounced [reněː bitorǎːjat͡s]; born 2 March 1972) is a Croatian actor. He has appeared in several Croatian and Bosnian films since the 1980s. Most notably, he starred in the 2001 Academy Award-winning Bosnian film No Man's Land.^[1] He is also known for starring in popular Croatian television sitcoms Bitange i princeze (2005–2010) and Naša mala klinika (2004–2007).

Rene Bitorajac
Born	(1972-03-02) 2 March 1972 (age 53) Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1981–present
Spouse	Ana Bitorajac

Bitorajac won Golden Arena Awards for Best Actor for his portrayals of sociopathic football hooligan Krpa in the 2009 film Metastases,^[2] and Dr. Babić in the 2012 film Cannibal Vegetarian. His role in the latter earned him the Vladimir Nazor Award and the Paris Mediteraneo Gran Prix, among other accolades.

Bitorajac also worked prominently in Croatian-language versions of animated features. He provided voice acting for Syndrome in The Incredibles, Buck in Home on the Range (both 2004), Ham in Space Chimps (2008), Gru in the Despicable Me franchise (2010-present), and Red in The Angry Birds Movie (2016) complete with its 2019 sequel.^[3][4]

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Original title	Director
1981	Visitors from the Galaxy	Gosti iz galaksije	Dušan Vukotić
1996	How the War Started on My Island	Kako je počeo rat na mom otoku	Vinko Brešan
2001	No Man's Land	Ničija zemlja	Danis Tanović
2003	Witnesses	Svjedoci	Vinko Brešan
	Cheese and Jam	Kajmak in marmelada	Branko Đurić
2004	Long Dark Night	Duga mračna noć	Antun Vrdoljak
2009	Metastases	Metastaze	Branko Schmidt
2012	Vegetarian Cannibal	Ljudožder vegetarijanac	Branko Schmidt
2016	ZG80	ZG80	Igor Šeregi