Dragoslav 'Dragan' Nikolić
Acting • Born 1943-08-20 – Died 2016-03-11
Biography
Dragan Nikolić was a Serbian actor. He studied at Dramatic Arts Academy in Belgrade. In 1967 he starred in the film Kad budem mrtav i beo, which was the beginning of a career that lasted 50 years. Dragan Nikolić has since appeared in many films of different genres and portrayed various characters, becoming one of the most recognizable actors in Serbian cinema. In 2000, he received the "Pavle Vuisić" Award for his lifework. From 2011 to 2013, he was the television host on the Serbian edition of quiz Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. His best known role was as Prle, a wisecracking World War II resistance fighter whom he portrayed in 1970s TV series Otpisani and Povratak otpisanih.
Filmography
111 credits
Lovers
Movie • 1999
Zlatan
Season of Peace in Paris
Movie • 1981
Dragan
Black Gruja and the Stone of Wisdom
Movie • 2007
The Robbery of the Third Reich
Movie • 2004
Glavonja
The Fourth Man
Movie • 2007
Političar
Brigandage
Movie • 1970
Milan Brkić, hajduk #1
Tito and Me
Movie • 1992
Kole (Gane's father)
The Tour
Movie • 2008
Miško
St. George Shoots the Dragon
Movie • 2009
Sveštenik
Who's Singin' Over There?
Movie • 1980
Pevač
Seventy-Two Days
Movie • 2010
Kamatar 1
Cabaret Balkan
Movie • 1998
Sveta
Unseen Wonder
Movie • 1984
Karuzo
The Knife
Movie • 1999
Hodža
Zamfir's Zona
Movie • 2002
Hadži Zamfir
Balkan Express
Movie • 1983
Popaj
Chasing Luck(y)
Movie • 2005
Mafijaški bos
Ivko's Feast
Movie • 2005
Predsednik opštine
The Kingdom of Serbia
Movie • 2008
Narator
One Hell of an Actor
Movie • 2021
Himself (archive footage)
Labyrinth
Movie • 2002
Pavle Aksentijević 'Pop'
The White Suit
Movie • 1999
Makro
She Likes Red Star
Movie • 2001
Dacin otac
Love Stars
Movie • 2005
Grof
I Have Something Important to Tell You
Movie • 2005
Profesor
The Beautiful Blue Danube
Movie • 2008
Publisher from France
Change Me
Movie • 2007
Milan
Sheitan Warrior
Movie • 2006
Telal
National Class Category Up to 785ccm
Movie • 1979
Brana 'Floyd'
Her Mother, the Whore
Movie • 2001
Boksic
The Whirl
Movie • 2012
Kaletov stric, DB-ovac
The Big Fuss
Movie • 1992
Čeda
Fever of Love
Movie • 1984
Advokat
Shady Business
Movie • 1981
Stole Haringa
The Last Lap at Monza
Movie • 1989
Urke
A Little Joke
Movie • 1992
Đorđe
Young and Healthy as a Rose
Movie • 1971
Stiv
When I Am Dead and White
Movie • 1967
Džimi Barka
Three Tickets to Hollywood
Movie • 1993
Aldo
The Falcon
Movie • 1983
Alija
The Tragic Burlesque
Movie • 1995
Milan
This Crazy World of Ours
Movie • 1970
Dragan
Something in Between
Movie • 1983
Marko
In the Middle of Nowhere
Movie • 1994
Igla
Virtual Reality
Movie • 2001
Zoran
Without a Word
Movie • 1972
Mladić
Children of Duke Schmidt
Movie • 1967
Meeting Place
Movie • 1989
Janko
Backbone
Movie • 1975
Pavle Gvozdenović
Albatross
Movie • 2011
Gligorije Giga Geršić
The Black Dawn
Movie • 2007
Niko
Place Vendôme
Movie • 1998
Janos
Maiden Bridge
Movie • 1976
Kosmajac
Underground
Movie • 1995
Film Director
The Original of the Forgery
Movie • 1991
Pavlović
Life Is Beautiful
Movie • 1985
Gara
The Written Off Return
Movie • 1976
Prle
Horoscope
Movie • 1969
Vidak
Some Other Woman
Movie • 1981
Boban
Sonja
Movie • 2012
Himself
The Last Stop
Movie • 1971
All Right, I Won
Movie • 2010
Himself
Miss
Movie • 1986
Andrej
Migrations
Movie • 1989
Pavle
Migrations II
Movie • 1989
Pavle Isaković
Protest Album
Movie • 1986
Emil
Gunfight at Casino Cabaret
Movie • 1993
Rile
Wanderer
Movie • 1987
Mirko
Let's Move On
Movie • 1982
Miloš
Three Hours to Love
Movie • 1968
Riki
It Will Be Better
Movie • 1994
Dule
Where the Yellow Lemon Blooms
Movie • 2006
Himself - Narrator
Blackbird
Movie • 1988
Čavkin otac
Wounded Eagle
Movie • 2009
Uglješa Knežević
Happy End
Movie • 1989
Otac
Transgression
Movie • 1980
Boris
Moment
Movie • 1978
Novak
The Cabinet Minister's Wife
Movie • 1989
Pera Kalenić
Early Works
Movie • 1971
(voice)
Promised Land
Movie • 1986
Zec
How the Two Fools Loved Each Other
Movie • 1972
Operation Tiger
Movie • 2002
Vukota Krcunović
Murder on the Night Train
Movie • 1972
Putnik u vozu #2
Duel for Three
Movie • 1996
Igorov otac
The Village Is Burning... and So On
Movie • 2009
Sudija Velibor
The Role of My Family in the World Revolution
Movie • 1971
Vaculić
The Ruin
Movie • 2009
Homo homini
Movie • 1970
The Love Life of Budimir Trajković
Movie • 1977
Zvonko (voice)
The One Eyed Soldiers
Movie • 1966
Officer
The Principality of Serbia
Movie • 2008
Narator
The Big Small Prom
Movie • 1991
The Written Off
Movie • 1974
Prle
One Summer at Spa
Movie • 1977
Janko Katić
The Daughter-in-Law
Movie • 1969
Džo
Sons
Movie • 1975
Poslodavac
Theater at Home
TV • 2007
Batica Nikolajević
Grey Home
TV • 1986
Zeka
Theater at Home
TV • 2007
Bratislav Nikolajević
All These Plains
TV • 2010
Милан Јагодић
The Written Off
TV • 1974
Prle
The Village Is Burning, and the Grandmother Is Combing Her Hair
TV • 2007
Sudija Velibor
Wounded Eagle
TV • 2008
Uglješa Knežević
The Jagodic Family
TV • 2012
Grof Milan Jagodić
The Teacher
TV • 1983
Učitelj Miloš
The Last Act
TV • 1982
Major Ljuba Popović
The Storks Will Return
TV • 2007
Mutavi
Return of the Written Off
TV • 1978
Prle
Hot Wind
TV • 1980
Dragan Nikolić
Once Upon a Time There Was a Country
TV • 1996
Filmski Reditelj
Things Like Love
TV • 2009
Gaga Nikolić