Person
Dragoslav 'Dragan' Nikolić
Acting · 1943–2016 · Belgrade, Serbia
Biography
Dragan Nikolić was a Serbian actor. He 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.
Known for
The Village Is Burning, and the Grandmother Is Combing Her Hair
Sudija Velibor
The Storks Will Return
Mutavi
Hot Wind
Dragan Nikolić
The Written Off
Prle
Grey Home
Zeka
Things Like Love
Gaga Nikolić
Sons
Poslodavac
National Class Category Up to 785ccm
Brana 'Floyd'
Balkan Express
Popaj
Three Tickets to Hollywood
Aldo
Filmography
- 2021One Hell of an ActorHimself (archive footage)
- 2012The WhirlKaletov stric, DB-ovac
- 2012The Jagodic FamilyGrof Milan Jagodić
- 2012SonjaHimself
- 2011AlbatrossGligorije Giga Geršić
- 2010Seventy-Two DaysKamatar 1
- 2010All Right, I WonHimself
- 2010All These PlainsМилан Јагодић
- 2009The Village Is Burning... and So OnSudija Velibor
- 2009Things Like LoveGaga Nikolić
- 2009The Ruin
- 2009Wounded EagleUglješa Knežević
- 2009St. George Shoots the DragonSveštenik
- 2008Wounded EagleUglješa Knežević
- 2008The TourMiško
- 2008The Beautiful Blue DanubePublisher from France
- 2008The Kingdom of SerbiaNarator
- 2008The Principality of SerbiaNarator
- 2007The Storks Will ReturnMutavi
- 2007The Black DawnNiko
- 2007Change MeMilan
- 2007Theater at HomeBatica Nikolajević
- 2007The Village Is Burning, and the Grandmother Is Combing Her HairSudija Velibor
- 2007The Fourth ManPolitičar
- 2007Black Gruja and the Stone of Wisdom
- 2006Where the Yellow Lemon BloomsHimself - Narrator
- 2006Sheitan WarriorTelal
- 2005Ivko's FeastPredsednik opštine
- 2005Chasing Luck(y)Mafijaški bos
- 2005Love StarsGrof
- 2005I Have Something Important to Tell YouProfesor
- 2004The Robbery of the Third ReichGlavonja
- 2002Zamfir's ZonaHadži Zamfir
- 2002LabyrinthPavle Aksentijević 'Pop'
- 2002Operation TigerVukota Krcunović
- 2001She Likes Red StarDacin otac
- 2001Virtual RealityZoran
- 2001Her Mother, the WhoreBoksic
- 1999LoversZlatan
- 1999The White SuitMakro
- 1999The KnifeHodža
- 1998Place VendômeJanos
- 1998Cabaret BalkanSveta
- 1996Once Upon a Time There Was a CountryFilmski Reditelj
- 1996Duel for ThreeIgorov otac
- 1995UndergroundFilm Director
- 1995The Tragic BurlesqueMilan
- 1994In the Middle of NowhereIgla
- 1994It Will Be BetterDule
- 1993Three Tickets to HollywoodAldo
- 1993Gunfight at Casino CabaretRile
- 1992A Little JokeĐorđe
- 1992The Big FussČeda
- 1992Tito and MeKole (Gane's father)
- 1991The Original of the ForgeryPavlović
- 1991The Big Small Prom
- 1989The Last Lap at MonzaUrke
- 1989Migrations IIPavle Isaković
- 1989MigrationsPavle
- 1989Meeting PlaceJanko
- 1989Happy EndOtac
- 1989The Cabinet Minister's WifePera Kalenić
- 1988BlackbirdČavkin otac
- 1987WandererMirko
- 1986Promised LandZec
- 1986Protest AlbumEmil
- 1986MissAndrej
- 1986Grey HomeZeka
- 1985Life Is BeautifulGara
- 1984Fever of LoveAdvokat
- 1984Unseen WonderKaruzo
- 1983The FalconAlija
- 1983The TeacherUčitelj Miloš
- 1983Balkan ExpressPopaj
- 1983Something in BetweenMarko
- 1982Let's Move OnMiloš
- 1982The Last ActMajor Ljuba Popović
- 1981Season of Peace in ParisDragan
- 1981Shady BusinessStole Haringa
- 1981Some Other WomanBoban
- 1980Who's Singin' Over There?Pevač
- 1980TransgressionBoris
- 1980Hot WindDragan Nikolić
- 1979National Class Category Up to 785ccmBrana 'Floyd'
- 1978MomentNovak
- 1978Return of the Written OffPrle
- 1977The Love Life of Budimir TrajkovićZvonko (voice)
- 1977One Summer at SpaJanko Katić
- 1976The Written Off ReturnPrle
- 1976Maiden BridgeKosmajac
- 1975BackbonePavle Gvozdenović
- 1975SonsPoslodavac
- 1974The Written OffPrle
- 1974The Written OffPrle
- 1972Without a WordMladić
- 1972How the Two Fools Loved Each Other
- 1972Murder on the Night TrainPutnik u vozu #2
- 1971Young and Healthy as a RoseStiv
- 1971The Role of My Family in the World RevolutionVaculić
- 1971Early Works(voice)
- 1971The Last Stop
- 1970Homo homini
- 1970This Crazy World of OursDragan
- 1970BrigandageMilan Brkić, hajduk #1
- 1969HoroscopeVidak
- 1969The Daughter-in-LawDžo
- 1968Three Hours to LoveRiki
- 1967When I Am Dead and WhiteDžimi Barka
- 1967Children of Duke Schmidt
- 1966The One Eyed SoldiersOfficer
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