Dragan Bjelogrlić Explained

Dragan Bjelogrlić
Native Name:Драган Бјелогрлић
Native Name Lang:sr
Birth Date:10 October 1963
Birth Place:Opovo, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Occupation:Actor, director, producer
Nationality:Serbian
Othername:Bjela

Dragan "Bjela" Bjelogrlić (Serbian: Драган "Бјела" Бјелогрлић, pronounced as /sr/; 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.[1]

He followed that up in the coming years with other roles in TV series, short, and feature films. By the mid-1980s, Bjelogrlić was an established young actor in SFR Yugoslavia. In 1985 he appeared in Bal na vodi as part of an ensemble cast featuring Srđan Todorović, Nebojša Bakočević, Goran Radaković, and Gala Videnović.[2]

In 1987, he became one of the central cast members on the hugely popular drama television series Bolji život, 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 84th Academy Awards,[3] but did not make the final shortlist.[4] The film's sequel, See You in Montevideo, was released in 2014.

Awards and recognition

Selected filmography

As actor

Year TitleRoleNotes
1978Boško BuhaSava Jovanović Sirogojno
1987Dancing in WaterSaša
1992The Black BomberCrni bombarder
1996Pretty Village, Pretty FlameMilan
1998The WoundsČika Kure
2000War LiveSergej
2012Doctor Ray and the DevilsRatko Dražević
2014Monument to Michael JacksonDusan
2018South WindCar
2023Guardians of the FormulaLeka Ranković

As director

Year TitleNotes
2010Montevideo, God Bless You!
2014See You in Montevideo
2021Toma
2023Guardians of the Formula

Television

Year TitleRoleNotes
1987-1991A Better LifeSlobodan "Boba" PopadićTV series
2004-2007Crna hronikaGoran LatinovićTV series
2007-2008The Storks Will ReturnAleksandar Vrancov "Ekser"TV series

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Šarić . Jelena . Dragan Bjelogrlić: Hercegovac sam pa bih trebao biti tvrdoglav . Večernji list . 28 February 2014.
  2. Book: Goulding . Daniel J. . Liberated Cinema: The Yugoslav Experience, 1945-2001 . 2002 . Indiana University Press . 978-0-25321-582-6 . 269 .
  3. Web site: Serbia submits their popular 'Montevideo Bog te video'. 31 August 2011. blic.rs.
  4. Web site: 9 Foreign Language Films Vie for Oscar . 19 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120518164323/http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2012/20120118.html . 18 May 2012 .