The Most Famous

ACTORS from Bosnia and Herzegovina

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This page contains a list of the greatest Bosnian, Herzegovinian Actors. The pantheon dataset contains 13,578 Actors, 11 of which were born in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This makes Bosnia and Herzegovina the birth place of the 53rd most number of Actors behind Morocco, and Georgia.

Top 10

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Bosnian, Herzegovinian Actors of all time. This list of famous Bosnian, Herzegovinian Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Bosnian, Herzegovinian Actors.

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1. Bekim Fehmiu (1936 - 2010)

With an HPI of 61.40, Bekim Fehmiu is the most famous Bosnian, Herzegovinian Actor.  His biography has been translated into 26 different languages on wikipedia.

Bekim Fehmiu (Albanian: [bɛˈkim fɛhˈmiu]; Cyrillic: Беким Фехмију; 1 June 1936 – 15 June 2010) was a Yugoslavian theater and film actor. He was the first Eastern European actor to star in Hollywood during the Cold War, and one of the internationally best-known ethnic Albanian actors.

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2. Silvana Armenulić (1939 - 1976)

With an HPI of 59.75, Silvana Armenulić is the 2nd most famous Bosnian, Herzegovinian Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Zilha Armenulić (née Bajraktarević; 10 February 1939 – 10 October 1976), known professionally as Silvana Armenulić (pronounced [silvǎːna armɛ̌nulit͡ɕ]), was a Yugoslavian singer-songwriter and actress and one of the most prominent commercial folk music and traditional sevdalinka singers in Yugoslavia. She is called the "Queen of Sevdalinka". Her life was cut short when she died in a car crash at the age of 37, but she continues to be well regarded in the region and she is recognized for her unique singing style and voice. Armenulić's song "Šta će mi život" (What Do I Need a Life for), written by her friend and contemporary Toma Zdravković, is one of the best-selling singles from the former Yugoslavia. Two of her sisters were also professional singers: Mirsada "Mirjana" Bajraktarević and Hajrudina "Dina" Bajraktarević.

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3. Mustafa Nadarević (1943 - 2020)

With an HPI of 55.76, Mustafa Nadarević is the 3rd most famous Bosnian, Herzegovinian Actor.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Mustafa Nadarević (2 May 1943 – 22 November 2020) was a Bosnian actor. Widely considered one of the greatest actors from the former Yugoslavia, he starred in over 70 films, including The Smell of Quinces (1982), When Father Was Away on Business (1985), Reflections (1987), The Glembays (1988), Kuduz (1989), Silent Gunpowder (1990), The Perfect Circle (1997), Days and Hours (2004), Mirage (2004) and Halima's Path (2012). More recently, Nadarević was best known for playing Izet Fazlinović in the sitcom Lud, zbunjen, normalan from the beginning of the series in 2007 until his death in 2020.

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4. Branko Đurić (b. 1962)

With an HPI of 50.72, Branko Đurić is the 4th most famous Bosnian, Herzegovinian Actor.  His biography has been translated into 20 different languages.

Branko Đurić (Cyrillic: Бранко Ђурић; born 28 May 1962), also known by his nickname Đuro (Cyrillic: Ђуро), is a Bosnian-born Serbian actor, comedian, film director and musician, who lives and works in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Born and raised in Sarajevo, Đurić rose to prominence throughout Yugoslavia during the 1980s on the hit comedy series Top lista nadrealista. Đuro became something of an epitome for the Bosnian people, primarily due to his accent and slang. He was also one of the founding members of SCH and the frontman of the award-winning Sarajevo rock band Bombaj Štampa. In August 1992, several months into the Bosnian War, he moved to Slovenia where he has been residing ever since. He has starred in the Academy Award-winning film No Man's Land and has had supporting roles in numerous high-profile films, including The Smell of Quinces, Time of the Gypsies, Kuduz, Bal-Can-Can, In the Land of Blood and Honey and See You in Montevideo. He has also created the comedy series Naša mala klinika, which has spawned an entire franchise with Slovenian, Croatian and Serbian counterparts.

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5. Semka Sokolović-Bertok (1935 - 2008)

With an HPI of 50.21, Semka Sokolović-Bertok is the 5th most famous Bosnian, Herzegovinian Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Semka Sokolović-Bertok (22 December 1935 – 4 March 2008) was a Bosnian and Croatian actress. She also was a competitive chess player in her youth, winning the Croatian Chess Juniors Championship eight times.

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6. Jasna Diklić (b. 1946)

With an HPI of 48.20, Jasna Diklić is the 6th most famous Bosnian, Herzegovinian Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Jasna Diklić (born March 8, 1946) is a Bosnian theatre and film actress. She was born in Sarajevo. Her mother was also an actress and a puppeteer. Diklić's first theatre experiences began at MESS Festival's experimental theatre studio, after which she proceeded to study acting at the Department of Performing Arts in Sarajevo. She was first engaged professionally by Banja Luka's National Theatre in 1969. Shortly thereafter, she was hired by a small Sarajevo theatre presently known as Kamerni Teatar 55. She has appeared in over 150 theatre and film roles. She has won a number of awards for her roles and is one of the founders of The Sarajevo War Theatre. In 2017, she has signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.

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7. Ivana Miličević (b. 1974)

With an HPI of 46.82, Ivana Miličević is the 7th most famous Bosnian, Herzegovinian Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 35 different languages.

Ivana Miličević (Croatian pronunciation: [ǐʋana milǐːt͡ʃevit͡ɕ]; born April 26, 1974) is a Bosnian-born actress and model based in the United States, best known for her starring roles in the Cinemax action-drama series Banshee (2013–2016) and The CW science fiction drama series The 100 (2018–2020). Miličević had roles in films such as Vanilla Sky (2001), Down with Love (2003), Love Actually (2003), Just like Heaven (2005), Casino Royale (2006), Running Scared (2006), What's Your Number? (2011), and Catfight (2016). She guest starred in numerous television series, including Seinfeld (1997), Felicity (1998–1999), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2002), Friends (2003), Charmed (2003), One on One (2004), American Dad! (2006–2008), Ugly Betty (2007), Chuck (2008), Power, and Gotham (2016–2017).

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8. Davor Dujmović (1969 - 1999)

With an HPI of 44.84, Davor Dujmović is the 8th most famous Bosnian, Herzegovinian Actor.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Davor Dujmović (20 September 1969 – 31 May 1999) was a Yugoslavian actor best known for his memorable roles in Emir Kusturica's movies as Mirza in When Father Was Away on Business, Perhan in Time of the Gypsies and Bata in Underground.

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9. Srđan Aleksić (1966 - 1993)

With an HPI of 43.55, Srđan Aleksić is the 9th most famous Bosnian, Herzegovinian Actor.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Srđan Aleksić (Serbian Cyrillic: Срђан Алексић; 9 May 1966 – 27 January 1993), nicknamed Srđo, was a Bosnian Serb amateur actor, prospective swimmer, and soldier in the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) during the Bosnian War. He saw his neighbour, an ethnic Bosniak, being harassed by a group of VRS soldiers, whom he then tried to stop; the soldiers turned on Aleksić, beating him with their rifle butts until he fell into a coma. He died a week later at the hospital. He has received several posthumous awards for his act, viewed of as deeply heroic in a time of bloody war. A documentary about his life, Srđo, was made by RTS in 2007.

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10. Nataša Ninković (b. 1972)

With an HPI of 40.36, Nataša Ninković is the 10th most famous Bosnian, Herzegovinian Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 21 different languages.

Nataša Ninković (Serbian Cyrillic: Наташа Нинковић; born 22 July 1972) is a Serbian actress, best known for her roles in the films Savior, War Live, The Professional and The Trap.

People

Pantheon has 12 people classified as Bosnian, Herzegovinian actors born between 1935 and 1984. Of these 12, 6 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Bosnian, Herzegovinian actors include Branko Đurić, Jasna Diklić, and Ivana Miličević. The most famous deceased Bosnian, Herzegovinian actors include Bekim Fehmiu, Silvana Armenulić, and Mustafa Nadarević. As of April 2024, 1 new Bosnian, Herzegovinian actors have been added to Pantheon including Jasna Diklić.

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