Dragan Nikolić

For a Serbian military commander, see Dragan Nikolić (Serbian commander).

Dragan Nikolić
Nikolić in 2013
Born	Dragoslav Nikolić (1943-08-20)August 20, 1943 Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died	March 11, 2016(2016-03-11) (aged 72) Belgrade, Serbia
Occupation	actor
Years active	1964–2014
Spouse	Milena Dravić (1972-2016, his death)

Dragoslav "Dragan" Nikolić (Template:Lang-sr; 20 August 1943 – 11 March 2016) was a Serbian actor.

Dragan Nikolić studied at Dramatic Arts Academy in Belgrade. In 1967 he starred in the film Kad budem mrtav i beo, which was the beginning of a career that lasted 50 years. Dragan Nikolić has since appeared in many films of different genres and portrayed various characters, becoming one of the most recognizable actors in Serbian cinema. In 2000, he received the "Pavle Vuisić" Award for his lifework. From 2011 to 2013, he was the television host on the Serbian edition of quiz Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.

His best known role was as Prle, a wisecracking World War II resistance fighter whom he portrayed in 1970s TV series Otpisani and Povratak otpisanih.

Personal

His wife was the Serbian actress, Milena Dravić with whom he co-hosted the 1970s TV variety show Obraz uz obraz (Cheek to cheek).

Selected Filmography

List of acting performances in film and television

Year	Title	Role	Note
1966	The One Eyed Soldiers	Gangster
1968	Three Hours to Love	Riki
1974-1975	Otpisani	Prle	TV series (13 episodes)
1975	Backbone	Pavle Gvozdenović
1978	Moment	Novak
1980	Who's Singin' Over There?	Pevac
1981	The Falcon	Alija	Won Best Actor at Pula Film Festival
	Peacetime in Paris	Dragan
1983	Nešto između	Marko
1984	Unseen Wonder	Karuzo
1985	Life Is Beautiful	Gara
1988	Migrations	Pavel Isaković
1989	The Meeting Point	Janko
1991	The Original of the Forgery	Pavlovic
1992	Tito and Me	Gane's Father
1994	Ni na nebu ni na zemlji	Igla
1998	Cabaret Balkan	John's Boxer friend
	Place Vendôme	Janos
1999	The Dagger	Hodza
	Lovers	Zlatan
	The White Suit	Makro
2004	The Robbery of the Third Reich	Glavonja
2005	I Have Something Important to Tell You	Professor
2007	The Fourth Man	Politicar
2007-2011	Selo gori, a baba se češlja	Žota / Sudija Velibor	TV series (47 episodes)
2008-2009	Ranjeni orao	Ugleša Knežević	TV series (8 episodes)
2008	The Tour	Misko
	Vratiće se rode	Mutavi	TV series (2 episodes)
2010	72 Days	Lone Shark
2014	See You in Montevideo	Jules Rimet

External links

• Dragan Nikolić at IMDb