Zlatko Burić

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Zlatko Burić
Born (1953-05-13) 13 May 1953 (age 70)
OccupationActor
Years active1981–present
Spouse
Dragana Milutinović
(m. 1998)

Zlatko Burić (born 13 May 1953) is a Danish-Croatian actor. He is best known for his performances in the Pusher film trilogy (1996–2005) and the films 2012 (2009) and Triangle of Sadness (2022). For the latter, he won a European Film Award and a Guldbagge Award.

Biography[edit]

He was born in Osijek where he was educated at the Dramski Studio in 1972. In the 1970s and early 1980s, Burić belonged to the experimental theater group Kugla Glumište (formed in 1975) together with Željko Zorica-Šiš and Damir Bartol-Indoš.

He moved to Denmark in 1981 where he married Sonja Hindkjær, with whom he has three children. After their divorce, he married Dragana Milutinović, on 7 October 1998. He has appeared in several successful Danish films from the 1990s and 2000s, frequently appearing in films directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, including Bleeder and Milo in The Pusher Trilogy. For his role in Pusher, he won the Bodil Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1997.[1][2]

In 2009, Burić had a large supporting role in the apocalyptic film 2012, as Yuri Karpov, a Russian billionaire. In 2012, he reprised his role as Milo in the British remake of Pusher.[3][4][5][6]

Zlatko Burić talking about the work in Kugla Glumište after the screening of Soft Ships documentary
Burić on Kugla Glumište, talk in Zadar, 2023

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Film Role Notes
1996 Pusher Milo Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
1997 Sinans bryllup (Sinan's Wedding) Sinans father
1998 Baby Doom Lazlo
Nattens engel (Angel of the Night) Taxi driver
1999 Bleeder Kitjo
Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen Tsatsiki's dad voice
2000 Hjælp, jeg er en fisk (Help! I'm a Fish) Bus driver voice
2001 Meningen med Flemming Thomas
Woyzecks sidste symfoni Woyzeck Lotzki
En Kort, en lang (Shake It) Taxi driver
2002 One Hell of a Christmas Ibrahim
Dirty Pretty Things Ivan
2003 Kærlighed ved første hik 3 – Anja efter Viktor Tattoo Mogens
Covac The scientist
2004 Pusher II Milo
2005 Bag det stille ydre (Restless Souls) Drago
Pusher III Milo
2007 Pistoleros Ivan
2008 Løftet (Milo's Wheels) Goran
Himmerland Stipe
2009 2012 Yuri Karpov
2012 Pusher Milo English-language remake
St George's Day Vladimir Sukhov
2014 Kolbøttefabrikken Omar
2015 Min søsters børn og guldgraverne Fred
Iqbal & den hemmelige opskrift Baba Ganus
2016 Quit Staring at My Plate Lazo
Iqbal & superchippen Baba Ganus
2017 Alle for tre Signor Pelliccia
2018 Teen Spirit[7] Vladimir Brajković
Comic Sans Bruno
Kursk Kulkin
Iqbal & den indiske juvel Baba Ganus
2019 Killerman Perico
Extracurricular Drago
2021 Mayday Max/The Cook
2022 Triangle of Sadness Dmitry European Film Award for Best Actor
Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
2023 Bosnian pot
Good Times, Bad Times[8][9]

Television[edit]

Year Film Role Notes
1981 Kugla glumiste
1997 Karrusel (Circle of Desire) Customer voice
Episode "Linda og Mads " (1.1)
1997–1999 TAXA Meho Selimoviz 56 episodes
2001 Sjätte dagen Night manager 1 episode (2.13)
2003 Timm & Gordon Unfaithful wife's lover
2004 Vikaren
2005 Omars jul Polish Pixy 2 episodes
2006 Johanne i Troldeskoven Troll 13 episodes
2014 1864 Ignazio 4 episodes
2018 Snatch Beni Ladrani 1 episode
2022 Copenhagen Cowboy Miroslav 4 episodes
2024 Jana: Marked for Life "Baba"/Gavril Bolanaki

References[edit]

  1. ^ Piil 2000, p. 454.
  2. ^ "1997". Bodilprisen (in Danish). 19 October 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  3. ^ "A Crime Drama in Need of a Push". NPR.org. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Pusher | The Village Voice". www.villagevoice.com. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  5. ^ "'Pusher' review: Crime doesn't pay". SFChronicle.com. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  6. ^ Dargis, Manohla (25 October 2012). "Cocaine Peddler Pays a Bloody Price". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  7. ^ Whittaker, Richard (18 April 2019). "Singing a Musical Fairytale in Teen Spirit". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  8. ^ "GOOD TIMES, BAD TIMES". Pula Film Festival. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  9. ^ Stojiljković, Marko (27 July 2023). "Review: Good Times, Bad Times". Cineuropa. Retrieved 5 September 2023.

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