Lazar Ristovski
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 26, 1952 (age 74)
- Birthplace
- Ravno Selo near Vrbas, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Biography
Lazar Ristovski (born October 26, 1952, Ravno Selo, Vojvodina, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian actor, director, producer, and writer of Macedonian descent, who has appeared on stage approximately 4,000 times and starred in over 90 films and 30 TV series, mostly in lead roles. He graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts at the University of Belgrade and is best known for his role as Petar "Blacky" Popara in Emir Kusturica's Palme d'Or-winning Underground (1995). As a producer, he founded Zillion Film, which has produced or co-produced over 27 feature films, and directed The White Suit (1999) and White Lions (2011). He briefly served as a member of the Serbian National Assembly in 2022 and was awarded the Order of the Karađorđe's Star in 2023. He was married to actress Danica Ristovski from 1980 until their divorce in 2022; they have two sons, Jovan and Petar. His most notable film credits include Underground (1995) (Miki Manojlović, Mirjana Joković), Casino Royale (2006) (Daniel Craig, Eva Green), The November Man (2014) (Pierce Brosnan, Luke Bracey), and Train Driver's Diary (2016) (Petar Korać, Mirjana Karanović), the latter of which he produced and which won the Grand Prix, Best Actor, and Best Feature Film at the 2017 Prague Independent Film Festival. He also starred in Tito i ja (1992), King of Thieves (2004), St. George Shoots the Dragon (2009), Along the Roadside (2013), King Peter of Serbia (2018), Dream Team (2021), and Saligia (2024).
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Filmography
War with the Salamanders
Movie
Dream Team
TV · 28 eps
Svetozar Markovic
TV · as Svetozar Marković · 1 ep
Saligia
Movie · as Choirmaster
Tunnel
TV · as Malić · 12 eps
Dream Team
TV · as Ika · 14 eps
Neverending Past
Movie · as Čovjek koji traži mrtvog sina (segment "III priča")
Leeches
Movie · as Stjepan Stroh
King Petar the First
Movie · as Kralj Petar I Karađorđević
The Man Who Bought The Moon
Movie · as Taneddu
What a Country!
Movie · as Karlo
On the Other Side
Movie · as Zarko
Point Blank
Movie · as Aco Gorić
Train Driver's Diary
Movie · as Ilija
For the King and Fatherland
Movie
We Will Be the World Champions
Movie · as Tito
The November Man
Movie · as Arkady Federov
Rock the Trumpet
Movie · as Himself
Along the Roadside
Movie · as Milutin
Who Is This Kusturica?
Movie
The Priest's Children
Movie · as Biskup
Flat Hill
TV · as Đeneral Borivoje Mirković · 10 eps
White Lions
Movie · as Dile
St. George Shoots the Dragon
Movie · as Đorđe
Honeymoons
Movie · as Verin ujak
Devil's Town
Movie · as Rajko Zorić
Sonetàula
Movie · as Egidio Malune
Save Our Souls
Movie · as Gvozden
The Village Is Burning, and the Grandmother Is Combing Her Hair
TV · as Jovan · 17 eps
Tomorrow Morning
Movie · as Zdravko
The Optimists
Movie · as Profesor Gavrilo / Simon / Pokojni Ratomir / Gazda Pera / Aleksa Pantić
Tailor's Secret
Movie · as Pukovnik
Casino Royale
Movie · as Kaminofsky
Well Tempered Corpses
Movie · as Ruždija Kučuk
Midwinter Night's Dream
Movie · as Lazar
Falling in the Paradise
Movie · as Ljubiša Kundačina
King of Thieves
Movie · as Caruso
Small World
Movie · as Ras
Boomerang
Movie · as Bobi
The White Suit
Movie · as Savo / Vuko Tiodorović
Goodbye, 20th Century
Movie · as Santa Claus
The Second Wife
Movie · as Fosco
Cabaret Balkan
Movie · as Svetin kum
Rage
Movie · as Kovač
Balkan Rules
Movie · as Matori
My Country
Movie
Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground
Movie · as Himself
Once Upon a Time There Was a Country
TV · as Petar "Crni" Popara · 6 eps
Underground
Movie · as Petar 'Crni' Popara
Byzantine Blue
Movie · as Aranđel
Tito and Me
Movie · as Raja
A Little Joke
Movie · as Svetislav
The Original of the Forgery
Movie · as Pavle
Let's Make Love 3
Movie · as Miloje
The Border
Movie · as Topić
The Bizarre Country
Movie · as Putnik
The Way Steel Was Tempered
Movie · as Leo
Knot
Movie · as Nikola
Miss Julie
Movie · as Žan, sluga
The Killer
Movie · as Stojan Stanojević, inženjer
The Damned Yard
Movie · as Ljubitelj žena
Zadar's Memento
Movie · as Krševan Stipčević
The Igman March
Movie · as Josip Broz Tito
The Terrace
Movie · as Vladan
The Petty Bourgeois
Movie · as Nil, posinak
Wild Flesh
Movie · as Steva Andrejević, sin
Svetozar Markovic
Movie · as Svetozar Marković
Breakdown
Movie · as Psihijatar Savić
Manhunt
Movie · as Ivan