Dragan "Bjela" Bjelogrlić ( sr-Cyrl, Драган "Бјела" Бјелогрлић, ; born 10 October 1963) is a Serbian actor, director and producer.

Career

Bjelogrlić made his acting debut as a 15-year old, playing Sava Jovanović Sirogojno in ''Boško Buha'', a 1978 film that achieved sizable popularity. He followed that up in the coming years with other roles in TV series, short, and

feature film A feature film or feature-length film (often abbreviated to feature), also called a theatrical film, is a film (Film, motion picture, "movie" or simply “picture”) with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole present ...

s. By the mid-1980s, Bjelogrlić was an established young actor in

SFR Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), known from 1945 to 1963 as the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country ...

. In 1985 he appeared in '' Bal na vodi'' as part of an ensemble cast featuring Srđan Todorović, Nebojša Bakočević, Goran Radaković, and Gala Videnović. In 1987, he became one of the central cast members on the hugely popular drama

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Bolji život ''Bolji život'' (Serbian Cyrillic: Бољи живот, English: ''A Better Life'') is a Yugoslav TV series with mixed elements of soap opera, comedy and drama that aired from 1987 to 1991. Created by the Radiotelevision Belgrade (RTB) it is co ...

'', playing the role of Boba Popadić. His brother Goran Bjelogrlić is a film producer. His 2010 film, '' Montevideo, God Bless You!'', was selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the

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, but did not make the final shortlist. The film's sequel, '' See You in Montevideo'', was released in 2014.

Awards and recognition

* Best acting couple (with Vesna Trivalić) at the festival in Niš for the series ''

'' 1991. * Two grand prizes "Ćele-kula" for the best actor in the film '' Lepa sela lepo gore'' at the acting festival in Niš * Two Golden Mimosas, for best acting role in the film ''Lepa sela lepo gore]''at the Herceg Novi Film Festival * Statue of Liberty for the best acting achievement at Sofest, Sopot Film Festival * Charter Award for Outstanding Male Role in '' Doktor Rej i đavoli'' * Golden Antenna for the best screenplay for '' Montevideo, God Bless You!'' * Audience Award in Moscow for the film '' See You in Montevideo'' * Award for contribution to European cinematography at the 10th European and Mediterranean Film Festival in Piran (2020)

Selected filmography

As actor

As director

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bjelogrlic, Dragan 1963 births Living people People from Opovo Serbian male actors Serbian male child actors Serbian film producers Serbian film directors