Nikola Đuričko

Nikola Ðuričko (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Ђуричко; born 9 July 1974) is a Serbian actor.^[1]

Nikola Đuričko
Никола Ђуричко
Đuričko in 2011
Born	(1974-07-09) 9 July 1974 (age 50) Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Citizenship	Serbian
Education	Faculty of Dramatic Arts
Alma mater	University of Arts in Belgrade
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1980–present
Known for	Yuri Ismaylov (Stranger Things) Darko ("In the Land of Blood and Honey")
Spouse	Ljiljana Nešić ​ (m. 2002)​
Children	2
Relatives	Tomanija Đuričko (grandmother)

Active in film, television, and in theater, his first notable role was in 1989, in the film Poslednji krug u Monci.

In 1991, he played Djura in the play Dawn in East by Gordan Mihić.^[2]

He has received the Zoran Radmilović Award (2011), Miloš Žutić Award (2015), and the award for Best Actor at the FEST International Film Festival (2021).

Personal life

Ðuričko was born in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia and graduated from the Belgrade University of Arts School of Dramatic Arts. His first notable role was in 1989, in the film Poslednji krug u Monci.

On 7 June 2004 Ðuričko married a woman he had met earlier that year on the set of The Cordon, where she worked as a production assistant and he had a leading role. Together they have a daughter and a son.

In late 2019, he moved from Serbia to Los Angeles^[3] with his family.

In 2022 he was based in Los Angeles.^[4]

Selected filmography

Film

Year	English title	Native title	Role	Language	Notes
1998	Barking at the Stars	Лајање на звезде Lajanje na zvezde	Milić Gavranić - Tupa	Serbian
2001	Thunderbirds	Муње Munje!	Gojko Sisa	Serbian	Also released internationally as Dudes
	Boomerang	Бумеранг Bumerang	Stampedo	Serbian
	Natasha	Наташа Nataša	Marko	Serbian
2002	T.T. Syndrome	Т.Т. Синдром T.T. Sindrom	Sale	Serbian
	Frozen Stiff	Мртав 'ладан Mrtav 'ladan	Limeni	Serbian
2003	Yu	Бумеранг Bumerang		Serbian
2004	Mirage	Илузија (Iluzija)	Paris	Macedonian
	Take a Deep Breath	Диши дубоко Diši duboko	Bojan	Serbian
	When I Grow Up, I'll Be a Kangaroo	Кад порастем бићу Кенгур Kad porastem biću Kengur	Kengur	Serbian
	The Robbery of the Third Reich	Пљачка Трећег рајха Pljačka Trećeg rajha	Kalauz	Serbian
2006	Seven and a Half	Седам и по Sedam i po	Simke	Serbian
2009	Technotise: Edit & I	Технотајз: Едит и ја Technotis: Edit i Ja	Bojan	Serbian
2010	Montevideo, God Bless You!	Монтевидео, Бог те видео! Montevideo, Bog te video!	Živković	Serbian	Also released internationally as Montevideo, Taste of a Dream
2011	In the Land of Blood and Honey	[U zemlji krvi i meda] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |3= (help)	Darko	Bosnian
2012	Death of a Man in the Balkans	Смрт човека на Балкану Smrt čoveka na Balkanu	Real-estate broker	Serbian
	Children of Sarajevo	Djeca	Tarik	Bosnian
2013	World War Z		Captain of "Belarus Airlines"	English
2023	The Machine		Igor	English

Television

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1994–1995 2013–2014	Otvorena vrata	Vojislav Jakovljević "Vojkan"	Serbian	60 episodes
2007–2008	Vratiće se rode	Predrag Švabić "Švaba"	Serbian	25 episodes
2014–2020	Hollands Hoop	Sasha Milos (Sasha's father)	Dutch	19 episodes
2015	Legends	Tamir Zakayev	English	9 episodes
2018	Informer	Lorik Gramos	English	4 episodes
2021	For All Mankind	Stepan Petrovich Alexseev	English	2 episodes
2022	Stranger Things	Yuri Ismaylov[5]	English	6 episodes

References

1. Odabašić, Jelena (January 31, 2011). "Sloboda Mićalović i Nikola Đuričko: Večeras pravimo spektakl u Sava centru". Blic Online. Archived from the original on February 4, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
2. Nikola Djuricko, nikoladjuricko.com, 2022, retrieved 2022-07-14
3. Serbian star actor Nikola Djuricko joins the casts of "Stranger Things", Hungary: Duart.hr, 2020-04-14, retrieved 2022-07-13
4. Bio, nikoladjuricko.com, 2022, retrieved 2022-07-14
5. Nikola Đuričko dobio ulogu u Netfliksovoj hit seriji "Stranger things"

External links

• Nikola Đuričko at IMDb