Nikola Rakočević (; born 27 June 1983, Kragujevac, Serbia) is a Serbian actor proclaimed as one of Europe’s leading young screen actors. Rakočević has received numerous awards at major international film festivals.
The 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).
Rakočević 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. He voiced Fred in the Serbian-language version of Big Hero 6 (2014).
In 2001, he began his drama study at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Dramatic Arts, from which he graduated in 2005. He lives in Belgrade with his wife and son.
Selected filmography Year Title Role Notes 2015Meet Me in VeniceDraganThe Sky Above UsBojan 2014The Man Who Defended Gavrilo PrincipRudolf ZistlerTravelatorSlav 2013CirclesVojna akademija 2Milan Laki Lakićević 2011OktobarDejansegment "Graduation" 2010The Woman with a Broken NoseMarkoSkinningNovica 2009Život i smrt porno bandeUnnamed theater actor 2007S. O. S. - Spasite naše dušeBorder guard 2006SinovciMilan SrećkovićŠejtanov ratnik Novica
Awards Shooting Stars Award (2014)
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