Boris Milivojević

Boris Milivojević
Борис Миливојевић
Born	(1971-11-26) 26 November 1971 Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Education	Faculty of Dramatic Arts
Alma mater	University of Arts in Belgrade
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1983–present

Boris Milivojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Борис Миливојевић; born 26 November 1971) is a Serbian actor. Since his debut in 1983, Milivojević has garnered critical and commercial success for his roles in theatre and film. He has had lead roles in high-profile Serbian films, including Munje! (2001), When I Grow Up, I'll Be a Kangaroo (2004), The Red Colored Grey Truck (2005), We Are Not Angels 3: Rock & Roll Strike Back (2006), The Fourth Man (2007), St. George Shoots the Dragon (2009) and Monument to Michael Jackson (2014), and has composed a wide palette of critically acclaimed theatre roles in Hamlet, Timon of Athens, King Lear, Macbeth, Antigone and Noises Off! in theatres in Eastern Europe.

He is a recipient of numerous accolades for his activity in Serbian film, theatre and television, including a Zoran Radmilović Award, two Ardalion Awards, three Serbian Oscars of Popularity, and a Golden Arena for Best Actor nomination.

Biography

Milivojević was born in Belgrade to Serbian parents Radiša and Bojana Milivojević. He began his career in 1983 with supporting roles in Mahovina na asfaltu and Idi mi, dođi mi. His first critically defined role was as protagonist Tungi in Zaboravljeni.

During the nineties, he was notable for memorable supporting characters in films including The Black Bomber (1992), Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996) and The Dagger (1999). In 2016, he performed in HNK Zagreb as Guildenstern in Hamlet.

He received a Miloš Žutić Award nomination for his Shakespearean interpretation of Edgar in the Branislav Zeremski-directed version of King Lear in 2014, and a Zoran Radmilović Award for his role as Macbeth in Macbeth in 2017. For his portrayal of and Mare in Munje! (2001), he received a Golden Arena for Best Actor nomination.

Milivojević is active within reality television, appearing in the first season of the Serbian version of Your Face Sounds Familiar, where he qualified for the finals and reached 4th place out of 10; and hosting the quiz show Zlatni krug from 2015 to 2018.

He is also prominent within voice work in Serbian movie dubs. He voiced protagonist Jovan Vu in the 2009 Serbian-based animated film Technotise: Edit & I, and has voiced Puss in Boots in the Serbian dub of the Shrek franchise, Mike Wazowski in the Serbian Monsters Inc. films, King Julien in the Serbian Madagascar films, Grand Master Oogway in the Serbian Kung Fu Panda film series and Ed the hyena in the Serbian The Lion King, among other roles. He did not reprise his role as Puss in Boots in the dub of the 2011 Academy Award-nominated spinoff, with the character being voiced by colleague and friend Marko Živić in the sequel feature.

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Mahovina na asfaltu	Ljuba	Minor role
	Idi mi, dođi mi	Miša	Supporting role
1986	Razgovori stari	Borko	Lead role
1987	Waitapu	Zoran More
1988	Zaboravljeni	Tungi
1992	The Black Bomber	Prki	Supporting role
1996	Pretty Village, Pretty Flame	Ali the Muslim
1999	The Dagger	Adil Osmanović
	Nož	Adis	Lead role
	Ljubav, ženidba i udadba	Boris
2000	Sky Hook	Bolid	Supporting role
	The Land of Love, Truth and Freedom	Boris
2001	Munje!	Mare	Lead role
	Natasha	Jezdi	Supporting role
2002	Rođen je Nebojša	Don	Cameo
	Lisice Film	Andrej	Lead role
2003	Svi kamioni crvene boje	Mladen
	Black Gruya	Bole
2004	Goose Feather	Enzo the Gipsy	Supporting role
	When I Grow Up, I'll Be a Kangaroo	Somi	Lead role
2005	The Balkan Roulette	Sami
	The Red Colored Grey Truck	Ratko
2006	We Are Not Angels 3: Rock & Roll Strike Back	Vlaho
2007	The Fourth Man	Mafijas
	Black Gruya and the Stone of Wisdom	Bole
	Agi i Ema	Dragan	Minor role
2008	Bledi mesec	Norm	Cameo
	Citalja za Eskobara	Pavle	Supporting role
2009	Technotise: Edit & I	Jovan Vu	Voice role; lead role
	St. George Shoots the Dragon	Rajko Pevac	Lead role
2010	Vladan	Branislav	Cameo
2011	The Parade	Borna	Supporting role
2012	Žena	Ukino	Minor role
2013	Spidi Gonsales	Spidi	Cameo
2014	Monument to Michael Jackson	Marko	Lead role
	Jednaki	Vojislav
2015	Alaska	Chapi
2016	Helena	Boris
2017	Psi laju, vetar nosi	Razvigor
2018	Walker	Jovica	Cameo
2019	Four Roses	Beli	Lead role
	Taxi Blues	Astronaut
2021	Vikend s caletom	Bambus	Post-production

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986-1987	Smešne i druge priče	Branko	Supporting role; 6 episodes
1986-1989	16 puta Bojan	Bojan	Lead role; 20 episodes
1987	Soba 405	Boca	Supporting role; 3 episodes
1988	Vuk Karadžić	Sava Karadžić	Supporting role, 15 episodes
2002-2005	Lisice	Andrej	Lead role
2009-2011	The Myth of Sisyphus	Hades	Lead role; 17 episodes
2009-2013	Žene sa Dedinja	Bogi	Supporting role; 10 episodes
2010-2017	Veče sa Ivanom Ivanovićem	Himself	Guest; 6 episodes
2013	Tvoje lice zvuči poznato	Himself Magnifico Đorđe Balašević Tina Turner Elvis Presley Ivica Dačić Momčilo Bajagić Tony Cetinski Ana Kokić MC Hammer Željko Joksimović Seka Aleksić Miodrag Kostić Paul McCartney	Contestant
2014-2019	Zlatni Krug	Himself	Host
2017-2019	Psi laju, vetar nosi	Razvigor	Lead role, 24 episodes
2018–present	Šifra: Despot	Cifra	20 episodes
2018-2019	Besa	Miša	15 episodes
2019	Ujak: Novi Horizont	Stole	3 episodes
2019–present	Žigosani u reketu	Tesa	13 episodes
2020	Močvara	Goran the Bartender	3 episodes

Serbian movie voice dubs

Year	Title	Role
2002	The Lion King	Ed
2003	Finding Nemo	Gill
	Monsters, Inc.	Mike Wazowski
2004	Shrek 2	Puss in Boots
	The Incredibles	Edna Mode
2005	Chicken Little	Mayor Turkey Lurkey
	Madagascar	King Julien
	The Jungle Book	Bagheera
	Home on the Range	Lucky Jack
2006	Cars	Mater
	The Wild	Kazar
2007	Shrek the Third	Puss in Boots
	Bee Movie	Mooseblood
	The Simpsons Movie	Principal Skinner Chief Wiggum Moe Szyslak Professor Frink
2008	Horton Hears a Who!	Horton the Elephant
	Kung Fu Panda	Grand Master Oogway
	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	King Julien
2009	The Princess and the Frog	Ray
2010	Shrek Forever After	Puss in Boots
	Beauty and the Beast	Le Fou
2011	Cars 2	Mater
	Rango	Ambrose
	Kung Fu Panda 2	Grand Master Oogway
2012	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	King Julien
2013	Monsters University	Mike Wazowski
2014	The Nut Job 2	Surly
2016	Kung Fu Panda 3	Grand Master Oogway
	Zootopia	Mr. Big
	Finding Dory	Gill
	The Angry Birds Movie	Chuck
2017	Cars 3	Mater
	The Nut Job 2	Surly
2018	Incredibles 2	Edna Mode
2019	The Angry Birds Movie 2	Chuck
	How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World	Ivar the Whitless

External links

• Boris Milivojević at IMDb