Lazar Ristovski

Lazar "Laza" Ristovski is a Serbian former actor, director, producer and writer. He has appeared on stage about 4,000 times, and starred in over 90 films and 30 TV series, mostly in lead roles. He briefly served as a member of the National Assembly from 1 August 2022 until his resignation on 9 August 2022.

WWW lazarristovski.com

Biography

He was born on 26 October 1952, in Ravno Selo village, part of Vrbas, SR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia, into a family of Yugoslav colonists, his father being born in Macedonia and was from Gugjakovo and his mother in Montenegro. He graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts of the University of Belgrade as an actor.
In 1999, The White Suit an auteur film by Ristovski was at the Cannes Film Festival in the Critics Week program. The White Suit was the Serbian entry for the 72nd Academy Awards.
Lazar Ristovski is the sole owner of
In 2006, he made a small appearance in the James Bond film Casino Royale. He played Caruso in the 2004 movie King of Thieves. He starred as Đorđe in the award-winning 2009 film St. George Shoots the Dragon.
Ristovski has achieved his "Hollywood dream" by acting in the indie movie . He most recently played Russian president-elect and former Army General Arkady Fedorov in Pierce Brosnan's movie The November Man which came out in 2014.
He played in movies outside of Serbia: The Second Wife and .
In 2016, he starred in and produced the film Train Driver's Diary which was the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. The film won three awards at the 2017 Prague Independent Film Festival – the Grand Prix, Best Actor, and Best Feature Film.
Ristovski is the organizer of the which was held for the first time in June 2017.
He is also the author of four books; Belo odelo , Kako sam dobio Oskara , Jednostavne priče and Ulična akademija .

Selected filmography

Hajka – IvanKvar – psihijatar SavićSvetozar Marković – Svetozar MarkovićIgmanski marš – Josip Broz TitoZadarski memento – Krševan StipčevićJazol – NikolaThe Way Steel Was Tempered – LeoThe Bizarre Country – PutnikGranica – TopićHajde da se volimo 3 – MilojeThe Original of the Forgery – PavleTito and Me – RajaVizantijsko plavo – AranđelUnderground – Crni / Actor playing BlackyRage – KovačBalkanska pravila – MatoriCabaret Balkan – The Boxer Who Takes the TrainThe Second Wife – FoscoGoodbye, 20th Century! – Santa ClausBelo odelo – Savo / Vuko TiodorovićBoomerang – BobiMali svet – Stariji vodnik RasKing of Thieves – CarusoFalling in the Paradise – Ljubiša KundačinaMidwinter Night's Dream – LazarDobro uštimani mrtvaci – Ruždija KučukKrojačeva tajna – PukovnikTomorrow Morning – ZdravkoOptimisti – Profesor Gavrilo / Simon / Pokojni Ratomir / Gazda Pera / Aleksa PantićCasino Royale – KaminofskyS. O. S. – Spasite nase duše – GvozdenSonetàula – Egidio MaluneSt. George Shoots the Dragon – Đorđe žandarĐavolja varoš – Rajko ZorićHoneymoons – Verin stricBeli lavovi – DileThe Priest's Children – BiskupAlong the Roadside – MilutinThe November Man – Arkady FederovWe Will Be the World Champions – Josip Broz TitoZa kralja i otadžbinu On the Other Side – ŽarkoTrain Driver's Diary – IlijaKing Peter of Serbia – King Peter I The Man Who Bought the Moon King Peter of Serbia - King Peter I Neverending Past - Covek koji trazi mrtvog sinaLeeches - Stjepan StrohDream Team - Ilija Ika SrdićMind Tunnel - Miodrag MalićDream Team 2 - Ilija Ika SrdićSaligia - Horovođa