Nikola Rakočević

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Nikola Rakočević
Nikola Rakočević at the premier of The Sky Above Us at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2015
Born (1983-06-27) 27 June 1983 (age 40)
OccupationActor
Years active2002–present

Nikola Rakočević (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Ракочевић; born 27 June 1983, Kragujevac, Serbia) is a Serbian actor proclaimed as one of Europe’s leading young screen actors.[1] Rakočević has received numerous awards[2] at major international film festivals.

The Berlin Film Festival (2014) placed Nikola among its ten European Shooting Stars.[citation needed]

The accolade was just one among many international Best Actor awards[3] to acknowledge the Serbian actor’s talent in feature films such as The Sky Above Us (2015), The Man Who Defended Gavrilo Princip / Branio Sam Mladu Bosnu[4] (2014), Travelator (2013), Circles / Krugovi (2013), and Skinning / Šišanje (2010).

Rakočević has an integral role in the Sky TV/Canal+ crime series The Last Panthers[5] (2015), an acclaimed European drama inspired by notorious Balkan jewel thieves, the Pink Panthers. He voiced Fred in the Serbian-language version of Big Hero 6 (2014).

In 2001, he began his drama study at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Dramatic Arts, from which he graduated in 2005. He lives in Belgrade with his wife and son.

Selected filmography[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Meet Me in Venice Dragan
The Sky Above Us Bojan
2014 The Man Who Defended Gavrilo Princip Rudolf Zistler
Travelator Slav
2013 Circles
Vojna akademija 2 Milan Laki Lakićević
2011 Oktobar Dejan segment "Graduation"
2010 The Woman with a Broken Nose Marko
Skinning Novica
2009 Život i smrt porno bande Unnamed theater actor
2007 S. O. S. - Spasite naše duše Border guard
2006 Sinovci Milan Srećković
Šejtanov ratnik Novica

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Nikola Rakočević je evropska "Zvezda u usponu"". Blic.rs (in Serbian). 2015-12-01. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  2. ^ "Balkan history is a burden for Serbian actors, says Nikola Rakočević". Wild Rooster. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  3. ^ "Nikola Rakočević: Voleo bih da osvojim Oskara". Hello! magazin. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  4. ^ "Nikola Rakočević: Car Konstantin jača samopouzdanje". Blic.rs (in Serbian). 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  5. ^ "THE LAST PANTHERS/ Anticipazioni puntata 12 dicembre 2015: perché Milan conosce Naomi?". Il Sussidiario.net. Retrieved 2016-01-04.

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