| Marko Stojanović | |
| Birth Date: | 2 January 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Belgrade, SFRY (now Serbia) |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years Active: | 1990– |
| Spouse: | Dara Gravara-Stojanović |
| Children: | 1 |
Marko Stojanović (born January 2, 1971, Belgrade) is a Serbian celebrity, theatre and TV actor and comedian, renown mime artist, and university professor, director, humanitarian and sports worker. He is the co-founder and the president of the World Mime Organisation.[1] [2]
During the COVID-19 pandemic he started a global online initiative #artistsagainstcorona and its localised Serbian language version #umetniciprotivkorone on March 16, 2020, with the support of the World Mime Organisation. The initiative was accepted immediately, mostly on Facebook and many localisations were made.[3] [4]
He was an acting director of the Belgrade Youth Center from 2013 to 2015, and he is one of the founders together with Israeli mime artists Ofer Blum and president of the "World Mime Organisation"[5] and the president of the "National Curling Association of Serbia".[6] He was a Senior Lecturer for the subjects of Acting and the Stage Movement and Head of the Acting Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade, and now he is an associate professor for the subject Stage Movement at the Acting Department of the Sinergija University in Bijeljina, Republic of Srpska, and a visiting lecturer of Communication Skills at Singidunum University in Belgrade, Serbia.
Marko was accepted at the age of 16 at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Acting Department, in 1987 and acquired a Bachelor of Arts degree in acting in 1991. In 1989 he was selected to participate in a three-week student exchange program in Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinema, Leningrad, USSR (now St. Petersburg, Russia). A year later (1990) he was part of a ten student delegation of the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade that received a fellowship from the US Government for an eight weeks "Arts Management" study program at the University of South Carolina and a one-week professional course in film directing at the South Carolina Media Arts Institute, in Columbia, South Carolina, United States.In 1991 he was accepted and offered a full one-year scholarship at the Paris Marcel Marceau’s International School of Mime for a year long professional skills improvement.In 1992 - 1993, he was participating in a one year long professional course in film directing at "Mon Film a Moi", in Paris, France.[5]
| style=background:#72A0C1; | Year | style=background:#72A0C1; | Title | style=background:#72A0C1; | Role | style=background:#72A0C1; | Theatre/Festival |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | |||||||
| 2019 | "Music Time Travel" | Mihailo Teslic the scientist | International Association of Music Lovers | ||||
| 2018 | "Clownconcert" | The Clown | International Association of Music Lovers & Kolarac Concert Hall | ||||
| 2017 | "Cricket and Ant" | Narrator | Corporate production for a Charity Show in Belgrade | ||||
| 2016 | “Crazy Olympians” | Zeus | Georgian State Pantomime Theatre, Tbilisi, Georgia | ||||
| 2015-2017 | “A Concert for Clown and Orchestra” | Clown | Kolarac Concert Hall, Belgrade | ||||
| 2014 | “The Adventurer” | The Adventurer | Belgrade Youth Centre, Belgrade, Serbia | ||||
| 2008-2015 | “Tito the Performance” | Tito | The Blue Train, Belgrade, Serbia | ||||
| 2005-2012 | “A Pound of Laughter” Stand-Up comedy | Himself | Premier in New York, tours in Serbia, USA and Canada | ||||
| 2004-2006 | “Inquiry Barn” | Politician (Lead Role) | Indexovci Theatre Co., tours in Serbia, Canada, USA, and Switzerland | ||||
| 2003-2007 | “Elections! You asked for it | ” | Different roles (Lead Role) | Indexovci Theatre Co. tours in Serbia, Canada, USA, Switzerland, Sweden | |||
| 2003-2005 | "Cricket and Ant" | Cricket | The Snail Children’s Theatre in Belgrade, tour in Canada | ||||
| 1990s | |||||||
| 1995-2000 | "The Grease" | Rodger | Theatre T, Pozorište na Terazijama, Belgrade | ||||
| 1999 | "Santa Claus and the Ninja Eskimos" | Dark Santa | BUFFA Agency and Art Hall, Belgrade/Valjevo | ||||
| 1998 | "Marko Strikes Back" | Marko | BUFFA Agency and Dusko Radovic Theatre, Belgrade | ||||
| 1996-1999 | "Awaiting Heaven" | Paisant (Lead Role) | BUFFA Agency and Dusko Radovic Theatre, Belgrade International Monodrama and Mime Festival, Zemun 1996 The First Yugoslav Theatre Show with a Website 1997 | ||||
| 1996-1997 | "A Girl With Matches" | Boy of Matches | Dusko Radovic Children’s Theatre, Belgrade International Children’s Theatre Festival Kotor 1996 Serbian Puppet Theatre Festival Zrenjanin 1996 FESTIC Belgrade Children’s Theatre Festival 1996 | ||||
| 1995 | "Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll" | Rocker | Theatre Z and SKC, Belgrade | ||||
| 1995 | "The Midge" | Narrator | Theatre Z, Belgrade | ||||
| 1995 | "Bartholomew Fair" | Littlevit | Yugoslav Drama Theatre, Belgrade | ||||
| 1993 | "Frieda’s Flight" | Damir | La Compagnie Quarks, Paris, Festival d’Avignon Off, Avignon France Europe Teater Treffen ‘93, International Festival Stuttgart, Germany | ||||
| 1993 | "Peleas and Melisanda" | Peleas’s brother | Fete de la Jeunesse, Paris Youth Festival 1993 | ||||
| 1991-1993 | "Bloody Sports" | Sportsman | International Monodrama and Mime Festival, Zemun 1991 Fete de la Jeunesse, Paris Youth Festival 1993 | ||||
| 1992 | "The Way of The Empire" | Cerberus | Theatre de la Porte d’Italie, Toulon France | ||||
| 1991 | "The Midge" | Ruzante | Academia Theatre, Belgrade | ||||
| 1990-1991 | "The Pancevo Cabaret" | First Actor | Pancevo Theatre, Pancevo Festival of Professional Theatres of Voyvodina, Zrenanin 1991 | ||||
| 1990-1991 | "Fathers and Forefathers" | Young Communist | Atelier 212, Belgrade | ||||
| 1980s | |||||||
| 1989 | "A Midsummer Night's Dream" | Lysandre | Academia Theatre, Belgrade Skopje Student Festival, Macedonian 1989 | ||||
| 1989 | "The Balcony" | Judge | Academia Theatre, Belgrade, Skopje Student Festival, Macedonia 1989 | ||||
| 1989-1990 | "The Unseen Hand" | Kid | Belgrade Drama Theatre | ||||
| 1988-1990 | "Apparition of Jesus Christ in a Military Base 2507 | Tomcha" | Theatre “Kod konja”, Boško Buha Theatre | ||||
| 1988 | "Marriage Proposal" | Lomov | Academia Theatre, Belgrade | ||||
| style=background:#72A0C1; | Year | style=background:#72A0C1; | Title | style=background:#72A0C1; | Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | ||||||||
| 1990 | Catharsis (short) | Boyfriend (Lead Role) | ||||||
| 1991 | Ars longa, vita brevis (short) | Student (Lead Role) | ||||||
| 1993 | Antoine Rives, juge du terrorisme (TV series) | |||||||
| 1995 | Burglar / original:"Provalnik" (TV movie) | Jovica | ||||||
| 1996 | Happy People / original:"Srećni ljudi" (TV series) | Rookie Policeman | ||||||
| 1997 | Saturday Night Fever / original:"Groznica subotnje večeri" (TV series) | Different Characters (Lead Role) | ||||||
| 1997 | Life 101 / original:"Mala škola života" (TV series) | Professor (Lead Role) | ||||||
| 1997-1998 | The Marriage Zone / original:"Zona braka" (TV series) | Husband (Lead Role) | ||||||
| 2000s | ||||||||
| 2002 | Seven-star Hotel / original:"Hotel sa 7 zvezdica" (TV series) | Bajkić | ||||||
| 2003 | The Professional / original:"Profesionalac" | Man with a head (Čovek sa glavom) | ||||||
| 2004 | Karađorđe i pozorište (TV series) | Frenchman (Francuz) | ||||||
| 2003-2007 | The Index Theatre: Elections! You Asked for It / original title:"Indexovci: Izbori, jer ste vi to tražili" (TV Theatre Comedy / TV Series) | Different Characters (Lead Role) | ||||||
| 2005 | The Index Theatre: Inquiry Barn / original title:"Indeksovci: Anketni obor" (TV Theatre Comedy) | Politician (Lead Role) | ||||||
| 2006-2007 | The SiS Agency / original title:"Agencija za SiS" (TV series) | Slavko | ||||||
| 2007-2008 | The European Face (Pre-Eurovision Song Contest Show) / original title:"Evropsko lice" (TV show program) | Different Characters (Special Guest Star) | ||||||
| 2007 | Pub Next-doors to the SiS / original title:"Kafanica blizu SiS-a" (TV series) | Slavko | ||||||
| 2010s | ||||||||
| 2011 | Coriolanus (UK/US Film directed by: Ralph Fiennes) | Citizen | ||||||
| 2014 | The Tenor – Lirico Spinto (Korean Movie directed by: Sang Man Kim) | Dr.Franz | ||||||
| 2015 | MarkoS Crash Course: Serbian for Tourists (TV i web series) | Himself | ||||||
| 2015 | CurlingFun (TV i web series) | Different characters (Lead Role) | ||||||
| 2018 | Humor i satira 1830–1914. (TV Series) | Master of Ceremonies (Lead Role) | ||||||
| 2018 | Old Belgrade Cabaret (TV Mini Series) | Kir Sima (Lead Role) | ||||||
| 2019 | Igraj za zavičaj (TV Quizz Series) | Mime (Special Guest Star) | ||||||
| 2019 | The Outpost (TV Series) | Covenant Engineer | 2020 | Non-Verbal Communication (TV Series) | Himself and screenplay | |||
Marko Stojanović is member of several organisation, in the role of president, Member of the council, representative, or standard.member.
Marko Stojanović received over 30 domestic and international awards and recognitions, including:[10]