Slobodan "Boda" Ninković ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан "Бода" Нинковић; born 25 November 1956 in Smederevo) is a Serbian

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. He is known for his work in the films '' Ulysses' Gaze'', '' The Crusaders'' and '' We Are Not Angels''. He starred in the popular television series ''

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'', '' Naša mala klinika'' and '' Senke nad Balkanom''. Considered a dedicated and hard-working

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, Ninković is also known for his work ethic and prolific stance in theatre. He has performed in the National Theatre in Belgrade,

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, the

Boško Buha Boško Buha ( sr-Cyrl, Бошко Буха; 1926 – 27 September 1943) was a young Yugoslav Partisan and an honored icon of the Yugoslavian resistance during World War II. Early life Boško Buha was born into a Serb family in the Slavonian ...

Theatre, the Zvezdara Theatre and the Yugoslav Drama Theatre. In his theatre repertoire, he has appeared over three thousand times on stage, including performing in two different theatres two different plays at the same time (''Ona voli Mambo'' in the Bitef Theatre and ''Grobljanska'' in the Zvezdara Theatre). He is widely called "a legend of

Smederevo Smederevo ( sr-Cyrl, Смедерево, ) is a list of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Podunavlje District in eastern Serbia. It is situated on the right bank of the Danube, about downstream of the Serbian capital, ...

" by critics, actors, historians, writers and academics.

Career

An alumnus of the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, he was a member of the most successful class in the history of the university, nicknamed "the turbo-class". The twelve-student class of 1984, led by Vladimir Jevtović has spawned one of the most established and prolific actors in Serbian theatre, television and film, including Dragan Bjelogrlić, Vesna Trivalić, Srđan Todorović, Mirjana Joković, Milorad Mandić, Vesna Stanojević, Dušanka Stojanović, Dragan Petrović, Branka Pujić, Darko Tomović, Tatjana Venčelovski and Ninković, respectively. Best known for his versatile and wide range in theatre, he is prominent for both his comedic and dramatic roles in the National Theatre in Belgrade,

, the

Theatre, the Zvezdara Theatre and the Yugoslav Drama Theatre, including modern repertoire and classic works by Racine,

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, Dostoyevski,

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, A. P. Chekhov,

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and

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. He has appeared in over fifty films, starring in over twenty of them. Among his notable credits stand '' Ulysses' Gaze'', '' The Crusaders'', '' We Are Not Angels'', '' Sveti Georgije ubiva aždahu'' and '' San zimske noći''. He has starred in the commercially and critically successful

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televised series as ''

'', '' Naša mala klinika'' and '' Senke nad Balkanom''. He appeared in supporting roles in the series ''

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 ...

'' and ''Folk''. He was also the presenter of Beovizija 2007. He has also worked prominently in radio and animation. He is the official Serbian voice dub for

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. He also voiced

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in the Serbian dub of ''

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'',

Philoctetes Philoctetes ( ''Philoktētēs''; , ), or Philocthetes, according to Greek mythology, was the son of Poeas, king of Meliboea (Magnesia), Meliboea in Thessaly, and Demonassa or Methone (Greek myth), Methone. He was a Greek hero, famed as an archer ...

in the Serbian dub of ''

Hercules Hercules (, ) is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures. The Romans adapted the Gr ...

'', Li Shan in the Serbian dub of ''

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'' and Smokey in ''

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''. His autobiography ''Slušaj sine ove velike reči'', written by Jovica Tišma, was released in February 2019. His book ''Sin moj'' is set to be released 2021.

Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ninkovic, Slobodan 1956 births Living people 20th-century Serbian male actors 21st-century Serbian male actors 21st-century Serbian writers Serbian male film actors Serbian male stage actors Serbian male television actors Serbian male voice actors People from Smederevo