Aleksandar Filimonović Explained

Aleksandar Filimonović
Birth Place: Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Yearsactive:2009 - present
Homepage:Filimonovic.com

Aleksandar Filimonović is a Serbian-American film and television actor, writer and producer best known for his roles in the films Dolemite Is My Name, White Lions and Montevideo, and in the television series Gaslit, S.W.A.T., The Americans, NCIS, My father's killers, Ravna gora, Village is burning..., and others.

Personal life

Aleksandar has lived in Belgrade, Moscow, London, New York and Los Angeles, and is fluent in English, Russian and Serbian. Before attending Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute he attained a BSc in Computer Science from Royal Holloway, University of London and has graduated from IV Belgrade Gymnasium before that. He is also a member of MENSA high-iq society.[1]

Other than acting, Aleksandar has been involved in many different sports, including soccer (at FK Rad youth team and later University of London All-star team), he also had a STARS (Student Talented Athlete Recognition Scheme) scholarship at Royal Holloway; He practices Shotokan Karate, in which he trained with Masataka Mori and James Field, he holds a black-belt; aikido, in which he trained with Mirko Jovandić and Yoshimitsu Yamada; XMA (eXtreme Martial Arts), with Mike Chat; and quite a few other sports, including snowboarding, waterskiing, ice-skating, horseback riding, sky-diving, volleyball, tennis, speedboat, jetski, motorcycle and car racing.[2] [3]

He also plays guitar, piano and sings - he is a bass-baritone. Aleksandar also studied Latin and ballroom dancing with Paul Pellicoro.[2] [4]

Known for his humanitarian attitude, Aleksandar is a member of the Red Cross, where he is a lifeguard and was involved in multiple rescue operations during the catastrophic 2014 Balkan floods. He has also saved a lady's life on an intercontinental flight in the spring of 2018.[5] [6]

Acting education

Before moving to New York to attend the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, Aleksandar was a member of Mika Aleksić's acting studio (Thing of the Heart) in Belgrade. At Lee Strasberg he studied under many renowned acting teachers, including Hope Arthur, George Loros, Paul Calderón, Robert Ellerman, Anna Strasberg, Irma Sandrey, Geoffrey Horne, Ted Zurkowski, Pennie DuPont, Jeffrey Ferguson, Bruce Baumer, Jan Douglas, Chris Lutkin, Michael Ryan, Kohli Calhoun, John van Wyden, Allen Suddeth, Robert Castle and Richard Larson.[7]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010Montevideo, God Bless You!Ljubiša Stevanović "Leo"
2011White LionsDzoksi
2014Beyond the mirrorDeathShort film
2016Occam's razorAleksei PetrovShort film
2019Dolemite Is My NameJoseph Bihari

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
20091000 Ways to DieMikhailEpisode: 'Up with Death"
2010–2011Village is burning...Adam7 episodes
2012Blossom of linden in the BalkansTimotiEpisode #1.12
2012Montevideo, God bless you!Ljubiša Stevanović "Leo"3 episodes
2013RoommatesNikolaEpisode #1.1
2013–2014Ravna goraKrcun5 episodes
2014Gli anni spezzatiProspero Gallinari2 episodes
2016–2017My father's killersDejan Mitrovic6 episodes
2017NCISArmed bodyguardEpisode: "Pandora's Box, Part I"
2017The AmericansYugoslav guardEpisode: "What's the Matter with Kansas?"
2018Code DespotJohnny3 episodes
2021Dream TeamSeki14 episodes
2021S.W.A.T.GorovEpisode: "Keep the Faith"
2022GaslitZolton5 episodes

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Politika - TV Revija . Čast mi je što igram Krcuna . 24 August 2013 . Serbian . Meri . Bilić.
  2. News: Gloria . Razotkrivanje: Aleksandar Filimonović . 2011 . 21 December 2014 . Serbian . Žaneta . Apostolovski . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141221092116/http://www.gloria.rs/razotkrivanje-433 . 21 December 2014 .
  3. News: RedBull . Aleksandar Filimonović - Gluma i adrenalin. 29 January 2014 . 21 December 2014 . Serbian . Katarina . Jonev.
  4. News: Mozzart Sport. Srpski sajam sporta na Ušću . 4 June 2010. Serbian . Miroslav . Plazinić.
  5. Bojana Ristivojević. Srce za Srbiju. TV. Happy TV. 21 May 2014.
  6. News: Informer. Aleksandar Filimonović spasio baki život u avionu . 12 March 2018. Serbian . Dejana . Kljajić.
  7. News: Reci Da . Ljubav u pogledu - Aleksandar Filimonović. 2011 . Serbian . Nataša . Milojević.