Adrian Pezdirc


Adrian Pezdirc is a Croatian actor.

Early life and education

Born in Zagreb on 18 November 1990, Adrian Pezdirc completed his master's degree in acting at the Academy of Dramatic Art in 2014, earning recognition for his performance in Tartuffe, which won him the Croatian Actor Award for Outstanding Achievement by Young Artists. He joined the drama and dance program at the Zagreb Youth Theater at the age of 13.

Career

Pezdirc has appeared in a wide range of productions at the Zagreb Youth Theater. His performances include Čarobni brijeg, posljednja panda ili statika, Sherlock Holmes, Črna mati zemla, and Ono što nedostaje. His portrayal of David in Ono što nedostaje earned him the Rejhan Demirdžić Award for Best Young Actor at the 2018 MESS International Theatre Festival in Sarajevo.
In 2022, Pezdirc portrayed the character Sebastian in the Netflix film The Weekend Away, directed by Kim Farrant.
In 2025, Pezdirc joined the cast of Sram, a Croatian teen drama television series based on the Norwegian series Skam. He portrays the role of Vito, an openly gay man who is also a cousin to Nora, the central character of the series' second season.

Other projects

In 2018, Pezdirc acted as a guide in the project Usmeni spomenik, a performance-style walking tour through Zagreb that highlighted queer history sites. The project was based on the book Usmena povijest homoseksualnosti u Hrvatskoj, and it dramatized stories from that book into short sketches.

Filmography

Television

Film