Frederic Enrico Rossovich was born on August 28,1957 and is an American actor.
19 Facts About Rick Rossovich
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Rick Rossovich began acting in the early 1980s, first gaining recognition for portraying Ron "Slider" Kerner in the 1986 film Top Gun.
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Rick Rossovich is recognized for his lead role in the TV-series Pacific Blue, often described as a "Baywatch on bikes," which ran on the USA Network for five seasons between March 1996 and April 2000 and gained popularity abroad.
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Rick Rossovich portrayed Dr John Taglieri in the first season of ER, and Spud Lincoln in the CBS series Sons and Daughters.
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Rick Rossovich was born Frederic Enrico Rick Rossovich in Palo Alto, California and grew up in Grass Valley, California eventually graduating from Nevada Union High School.
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Rick Rossovich's brother, Tim, was a former professional football player and an actor.
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Rick Rossovich was a bodybuilder during his late teens and early twenties.
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Rick Rossovich has Croatian and Italian ancestry; his mother's family originates from the Tuscany region of Italy, while his father's family comes from Istria, Croatia.
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Rick Rossovich's great-grandfather emigrated to the United States from Moscenicka Draga, a coastal town in Istria, Croatia, whence the surname Rossovich originates, as it was first found there.
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Rick Rossovich has been married since 1985 to Eva Rossovich, with whom he has two children: Roy and Isabel.
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The movie helped launch Paxton's and Biehn's careers, and Rick Rossovich would go on to work again with both Biehn and Paxton in The Terminator and Navy SEALs.
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Between The Terminator and Top Gun, Rick Rossovich starred in Streets of Fire, where he plays Officer Cooley, and meets again with Bill Paxton; the sci-fi horror film Warning Sign, where he plays Bob; the action film Let's Get Harry, in which he plays Kurt Kleein; and the neo noir mystery film The Morning After, where he plays 'the Detective.
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Rick Rossovich subsequently went on to star in the thriller Spellbinder alongside Kelly Preston; the dark fantasy horror comedy Waxwork; and the thriller Paint It Black, alongside Martin Landau and Sally Kirkland.
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Rick Rossovich started off the 1990s with what would become one of his most notable roles, that of Corpsman James Leary in the military action film Navy SEALs, alongside Charlie Sheen, Michael Biehn and Bill Paxton, with whom he had already worked multiple times.
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Rick Rossovich starred in a number of minor movies in the early 1990s, the most notable of which being the direct-to-video erotic thriller Cover Me, alongside Paul Sorvino, Elliott Gould and Corbin Bernsen.
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From 1996 to 1998, Rick Rossovich starred as the lead character in the crime drama series Pacific Blue.
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Rick Rossovich starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Miracle in Lane 2 alongside Malcolm in the Middle star Frankie Muniz in 2000 and in the crime film Artworks alongside Virginia Madsen in 2003 before going into retirement.
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Rick Rossovich then moved to Sweden, where he resides today.
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Rick Rossovich has made guest appearances in such TV shows as Tales from the Crypt, Mad About You, Murder, She Wrote and Due South.