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Dragan Nikolić

Dragan Nikolić

Actor · Died March 11, 2016, aged 72 · Belgrade, Serbia

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
August 20, 1943
Died
March 11, 2016 (aged 72)
From
Belgrade, Serbia
Works as
Actor
Titles
6 on MovieCove · 106 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 18% in 30 days

What are Dragan Nikolić's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
33%
Society
15%
Power
13%
Bonds
10%
Self
10%
Morality
10%
Ideas
7%
Addiction2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 3

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Absurd
3
Melancholic
4
Contemplative
1
Warm
1

How their films linger

Bittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Bittersweet3
  • Tragic2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Dragan Nikolić's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Dragan Nikolić's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted.

Filmography

106 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Whirl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Kaletov stric, DB-ovac

  • The Jagodic Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 32 episodes · as Grof Milan Jagodić

  • Albatross (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Gligorije Giga Geršić

  • 72 days(2010)

    as Kamatar 1

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • All These Plains (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 12 episodes · as Милан Јагодић

  • The Village Is Burning... and So On (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Sudija Velibor

  • Things Like Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Gaga Nikolić

  • The Ruin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Actor

  • Wounded Eagle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Uglješa Knežević

  • St. George Shoots the Dragon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Sveštenik

  • Wounded Eagle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 17 episodes · as Uglješa Knežević

  • Turneja(2008)

    as Miško

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Beautiful Blue Danube (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Publisher from France

  • The Kingdom of Serbia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Narator

  • The Principality of Serbia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Narator

  • The Storks Will Return (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 25 episodes · as Mutavi

  • The Black Dawn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Niko

  • Change Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Milan

  • Theater at Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 13 episodes · as Batica Nikolajević · as Bratislav Nikolajević

  • The Village Is Burning, and the Grandmother Is Combing Her Hair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 17 episodes · as Sudija Velibor

  • The Fourth Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Političar

  • Black Gruja and the Stone of Wisdom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Actor

  • Sheitan Warrior (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Telal

  • Ivko's Feast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Predsednik opštine

  • Chasing Luck(y) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Mafijaški bos

  • Love Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Grof

  • I Have Something Important to Tell You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Profesor

  • The Robbery of the Third Reich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Glavonja

  • Zamfir's Zona (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Hadži Zamfir

  • Labyrinth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Pavle Aksentijević 'Pop'

  • Operation Tiger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Vukota Krcunović

  • She Likes Red Star (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Dacin otac

  • Virtual Reality(2001)

    as Zoran

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Her Mother, the Whore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Boksic

  • Lovers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Zlatan

  • The White Suit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Makro

  • The Knife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Hodža

  • Place Vendôme(1998)

    as Janos

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Cabaret Balkan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Sveta

  • Once Upon a Time There Was a Country (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 6 episodes · as Filmski Reditelj

  • Duel for Three (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Igorov otac

  • Underground(1995)

    as Film Director

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The Tragic Burlesque (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Milan

  • In the Middle of Nowhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Igla

  • It Will Be Better (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Dule

  • Three Tickets to Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Aldo

  • Gunfight at Casino Cabaret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Rile

  • A Little Joke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Đorđe

  • The Big Fuss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Čeda

  • Tito and Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Kole (Gane's father)

  • The Big Small Prom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Actor

  • The Original of the Forgery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Pavlović

  • The Last Lap at Monza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Urke

  • Migrations II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Pavle Isaković

  • Migrations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Pavle

  • Meeting Place (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Janko

  • Happy End (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Otac

  • The Cabinet Minister's Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Pera Kalenić

  • Blackbird (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Čavkin otac

  • Wanderer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Mirko

  • Promised Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Zec

  • Protest Album (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Emil

  • Grey Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 12 episodes · as Zeka

  • Miss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Andrej

  • Life Is Beautiful (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Gara

  • Fever of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Advokat

  • Unseen Wonder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Karuzo

  • The Falcon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Alija

  • The Teacher (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 7 episodes · as Učitelj Miloš

  • Balkan Express (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Popaj

  • Something in Between (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Marko

  • Let's Move On (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Miloš

  • The Last Act (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 4 episodes · as Major Ljuba Popović

  • Season of Peace in Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Dragan

  • Shady Business (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Stole Haringa

  • Some Other Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Boban

  • Who's Singin' Over There?(1980)

    as Pevač

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Hot Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 10 episodes · as Dragan Nikolić

  • Transgression (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Boris

  • National Class Category Up to 785ccm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Brana 'Floyd'

  • Moment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Novak

  • Return of the Written Off (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 13 episodes · as Prle

  • The Love Life of Budimir Trajković (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Zvonko (voice)

  • One Summer at Spa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Janko Katić

  • The Written Off Return (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Prle

  • Maiden Bridge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Kosmajac

  • Backbone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Pavle Gvozdenović

  • Sons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Poslodavac

  • The Written Off (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 13 episodes · as Prle

  • The Written Off (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Prle

  • How the Two Fools Loved Each Other (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Actor

  • Murder on the Night Train (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Putnik u vozu #2

  • Without a Word (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Mladić

  • Young and Healthy as a Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Stiv

  • The Role of My Family in the World Revolution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Vaculić

  • Early Works (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as (voice)

  • The Last Stop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Actor

  • Homo homini (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Actor

  • This Crazy World of Ours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Dragan

  • Brigandage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Milan Brkić, hajduk #1

  • Horoscope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Vidak

  • The Daughter-in-Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Džo

  • Three Hours to Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Riki

  • When I Am Dead and White (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Džimi Barka

  • Children of Duke Schmidt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Actor

  • The One Eyed Soldiers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Officer

Career shape

Star power in the 93rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 106 titles from 1966 to 2012; peak year 1979.

Biggest box office

Place Vendôme (1998)

$896K worldwide

Highest rated

Who's Singin' Over There? (1980)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Place Vendôme (1998)

Film career

19662012

Peak 1979 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1979Screen debut· National Class Category Up to 785ccm
  • 1979First top-billed film· National Class Category Up to 785ccm

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting106 of 106: 106 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score78th

By decade

1960s6 · acting1970s21 · acting1980s27 · acting1990s18 · acting2000s29 · acting2010s5 · acting

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 18% of 11 roles
7994

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Dragan Nikolić's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 78th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 71st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 6 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 6 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Mixed1

Most divisive · actor

Virtual Reality (2001)

64th percentile spread · 23% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Who's Singin' Over There? (1980)

Midcredits 99th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 67/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Dragan Nikolić work with?

People who share at least 2 of Dragan Nikolić's MovieCove titles; Bogdan Diklic shares the most, 2.