Nikola Rakočević

Nikola Rakočević
Nikola Rakočević at the premier of The Sky Above Us at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2015
Born	(1983-06-27) 27 June 1983 (age 33) Kragujevac, Yugoslavia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002-present

Nikola Rakočević (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Ракочевић; born 27 June 1983, Kragujevac, Serbia) is an actor proclaimed as one of Europe’s leading young screen actors, clocking up awards and critical acclaim at major international film festivals.

The prestigious Berlin Film Festival (2014) placed Nikola among its ten European Shooting Stars.

The accolade was just one among many international Best Actor awards to acknowledge the Serbian actor’s talent in feature films such as The Sky Above Us (2015), The Man Who Defended Gavrilo Princip / Branio Sam Mladu Bosnu (2014), Travelator (2013), Circles / Krugovi (2013), and Skinning / Šišanje (2010).

Nikola has an integral role in the Sky TV/Canal+ crime series The Last Panthers (2015), an acclaimed European drama inspired by notorious Balkan jewel thieves, the Pink Panthers.

Nikola studied drama at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Dramatic Arts (2001-2005). He lives in Belgrade with his wife and son.