Miloš Biković
Miloš Biković (Serbian: Милош Биковић, Russian: Милош Бикович; born 13 January 1988), is a Serbian actor and producer.
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Nationality | Serbian |
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Alma mater | University of Arts in Belgrade |
Occupation | Actor, producer |
Years active | 2004–present |
Partner(s) | Aglaya Tarasova |
He is best known for his roles in movies Sunstroke directed by Oscar-winning director Nikita Mikhalkov and Dukhless 2, and his portrayal of Aleksandar "Tirke" Tirnanić in the films Montevideo, God Bless You! and See You in Montevideo directed by Dragan Bjelogrlić. He also holds Russian citizenship.
Early life and education
His parents divorced when he was very young, after which his father moved to Germany.[1][2][3] Biković has since lived with his mother.[4] His older brother, Mihailo, is a Serbian Orthodox monk.[1][5]
Biković was educated at the XIV Gymnasium of Belgrade, and is fluent in Serbian, English and Russian.[6]
Biković is currently at Doctoral studies at the University of Arts in Belgrade.[7][8]
Acting career
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Biković made his acting debut on television, in the popular RTS series The Dollars Are Coming (Serbian Cyrillic: Стижу долари). He came to further prominence with the comedy series White Ship (Bela lađa), in which he acted from 2006 to 2011. In 2008, Biković had a supporting role in the B92 drama series The Storks Will Return (Vratiće se rode). He subsequently appeared in two short films, Assignment: Ten Minutes (Zadatak: 10 minuta) in 2009, and Plus in 2010.
In 2010, Biković was cast to portray Serbian footballer Aleksandar "Tirke" Tirnanić in Montevideo, God Bless You! (Montevideo, Bog te video!). Directed by Dragan Bjelogrlić, it is the true story of the Yugoslavia national football team qualifying for the 1930 FIFA World Cup. Biković and his castmates had to learn to play football for the film.[9] Montevideo, God Bless You! premiered on 20 December 2010, and became the highest-grossing film in Serbia and the Balkan region.[10] It was also selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards.[11] The film brought Biković MTV Adria Movie Award and Niš Film Festival for Best Actor, as well as a FIPRESCI Serbia Award for Best Actor nomination.[12] It also made him a household name in Serbia, and earned him the Hello! Magazine Award for the Personality of the Year in 2011.[13] The television series adapted from Montevideo, God Bless You!, which features some scenes and characters that do not appear in the original film, premiered on the RTS on 13 February 2012.[14]
The following year, Biković had an episode appearance in the television series Mixed Meat (Mešano meso). He also made his stage debut in the Atelje 212 production Goodbye SFRY (Zbogom SFRJ), inspired by Wolfgang Becker's film Good Bye, Lenin![15] In 2012, Biković portrayed Serbian scientist Mihajlo Petrović Alas in Professor Kosta Vujic's Hat (Šešir profesora Koste Vujića), a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Milovan Vitezović directed by Zdravko Šotra.[16] The film was critically acclaimed and commercially successful.[17]
In 2013, Biković starred the RTS series Ravna Gora that takes place in Yugoslavia during World War II and tells the story of the Chetnik resistance movement,[18] the National Theatre production of The Lady of the Camellias,[19] and the German independent short film Great.[20][21] The following year, he starred in the sequel to Montevideo, God Bless You!, the box-office hit See You in Montevideo (Montevideo, vidimo se!)[22] and its eponymous spin-off series,[23] and the film and television adaptation of Mir-Jam's novel Single in a Marriage (Samac u braku), titled, respectively, When Love Is Late (Kad ljubav zakasni) and Single in a Marriage.[24][25]
He regularly plays in Russian films. Biković appeared in Sunstroke (2014), which marking Russian debut, a film directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, based on Ivan Bunin's works Sunstroke and Cursed Days.[26][27] He also appeared in Dukhless 2 (2015).[28] Biković also acted in the 2018 films Ice and Beyond the Edge.
During 2018, Biković also acted in the movies Ice and Beyond the Edge with Antonio Banderas, Mify and TV series Hotel Eleon, which represent sequel of the famous and successful TV comedy Kitchen. Role of Pavel in series Hotel Eleon brought him a status of star in Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and rest of the former USSR countries.
In 2018, Biković appeared in the leading role of the movie “The South Wind”, directed by Miloš Avramović, which earned a record number of unique views. In 2020, he also appeared in a television series of the same name.
In 2019, Biković appeared in the leading role of the movie The Balkan Line, based on true stories. A Russian-Serbian action movie, directed by Andrei Vologin, is dedicated to the secret operation to take over Slatina airport in Kosovo and Metohija during the 1999 NATO bombing in FR Yugoslavia. It is premiered in Belgrade on March 19, 2019, five days before the 20th anniversary of the NATO bombing of the FR Yugoslavia. At the end of 2019, Biković made a leading role in the movie Servant, which became the most viewed movie in the history of cinema of Russia. In only one day, the movie watched more than 750,000 people.[29] The movie was directed by Klim Shipenko.
In 2020, he starred in the Russian-Serbian romantic comedy Hotel Beograd alongside Jakov Jevtović and Miodrag Radonjić.[30] While the film received positive reviews within critics circles for the strong acting performances[31] (particularly those of Jevtović and Biković[32][33]) and was a financial hit at the opening night,[34] the film wasn't successful at the box office overall, mostly attributed to the coronavirus pandemic.[35]
Other work
Biković and his Montevideo, God Bless You! fellows played football for various humanitarian causes, such as the Battle for Babies on 27 September 2011.[36] Along with Vlade Divac, Ana Divac, Nađa Higl and Marchelo, he took part in the Really Important campaign, led by the Vlade & Ana Divac Foundation.[37] Biković also participated in Enter the Theatre! campaign; its task is to popularize theatre among the youth.[38] In November 2012, Biković started Twitter Syndicate, a charity account on Twitter.[39]
Biković and his Montevideo, God Bless You! fellow Tamara Dragičević appeared in the music video for Kiki Lesendrić's single "Slučajno", released in May 2011.[40] In 2014, he starred in and directed the music video for Nevena Božović's song "Bal".[41]
In February 2012, Biković and other Serbian celebrities presented the new model of BMW of the BMW 3 Series.[42]
In 2016. He founded a production company Archangel studios and produced 4 projects "The South wind", "The Balkan line", "Embasy" and "Hotel Belgrade".
Personal and media life
Biković is a close friend of his Montevideo, God Bless You! fellow Petar Strugar.[43] Biković cited Zoran Radmilović as his role model,[44] and Fyodor Dostoyevsky as his favourite writer.[45] He has been compared to actors Leonardo DiCaprio, James Dean[46] and Dragan Mićanović[47] for his acting style and physical appearance.
On November 4, 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin honored Biković with a Medal of Pushkin.[48]
Filmography
Title | Original title | Year | Role | Notes |
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The Dollars Are Coming | Stižu dolari | 2004 | Nebojša Ljutić | TV series; 2004–05 |
White Ship | Bela lađa | 2006 | Filip Pantić | TV series; 2006–11 |
The Storks Will Return | Vratiće se rode | 2008 | Filip | TV series |
Assignment: 10 Minutes | Zadatak: 10 minuta | 2009 | Milan | Short film |
Plus | Plus | 2010 | Vuk | Short film |
Montevideo, God Bless You! | Montevideo, Bog te video! | 2010 | Aleksandar Tirnanić | |
Mixed Meat | Mešano meso | 2011 | Dosadnjaković | TV series; 1 episode |
Professor Kosta Vujic's Hat | Šešir profesora Koste Vujića | 2012 | Mihajlo Petrović Alas | |
Montevideo, God Bless You! | Montevideo, Bog te video! | 2012 | Aleksandar Tirnanić | TV series |
On the Road to Montevideo | Na putu za Montevideo | 2013 | Aleksandar Tirnanić | TV series |
Great | N/A | 2013 | Nikola Radošević | Short film |
Professor Kosta Vujic's Hat | Šešir profesora Koste Vujića | 2012 | Mihajlo Petrović Alas | TV series |
Ravna Gora | N/A | 2013 | 2nd Lieutenant Garić | TV series |
When Love is Late | Kad ljubav zakasni | 2014 | Radmilo Tomić | |
See You in Montevideo | Montevideo, vidimo se! | 2014 | Aleksandar Tirnanić | |
Single in a Marriage | Samac u braku | 2014 | Radmilo Tomić | TV series |
See You in Montevideo | Montevideo, vidimo se! | 2014 | Aleksandar Tirnanić | TV series |
Sunstroke | Солнечный удар | 2014 | Baron Nikolay Alexandrovich Gulbe-Levitsky | Russian debut |
Without Borders | Без границ | 2015 | Gromov | |
We Will Be the World Champions | Bićemo prvaci sveta | 2015 | Radomir Šaper | |
Soulless 2 | Духless 2 | 2015 | Roman Belkin | |
Ice | Лёд | 2018 | Vladimir Leonov, a pair skater | |
Beyond the Edge | За гранью реальности | 2018 | Michael | |
South Wind | Južni vetar | 2018 | Petar Maraš | |
Like Me a Million | Lajkuj me milion puta | 2019 | Charlie | Short film |
The Balkan Line | Балканский рубеж | 2019 | Vuk Petrović | |
Magomayev | Магомаев | 2019 | Muslim Magomayev | TV series |
Serf | Холоп | 2019 | Grigoriy | |
Hotel Belgrade | Hotel Beograd | 2020 | Pavle Arkadijevic |
Stage roles
Title | Original title | Year | Role | Production |
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Goodbye SFRY | Zbogom SFRJ | 2011–12 | Mladen Mitić | Theatre Atelje 212 |
N/A | Moj sin samo malo sporije hoda | 2013–14 | Branko | Belgrade Drama Theatre |
The Lady of the Camellias | Dama s kamelijama | 2013–present | Armand Duvall | National Theatre in Belgrade |
N/A | Kad su cvetale tikve | 2014–present | Ljuba Sretenović Vrapče | Belgrade Drama Theatre |
Novel of Palilula | Palilulski roman | 2015- | Sima | Belgrade Drama Theatre |
Awards and nominations
Award | Year | Category | Work | Result |
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FEDIS Television Festival Awards | 2012 | Best Actor | Montevideo, God Bless You! | Won[49] |
FIPRESCI Serbia Awards | 2010 | Best Actor | Montevideo, God Bless You! | Nominated |
Hello Magazine Awards | 2011 | Personality of the Year | N/A | Won |
2012 | N/A | Won[50] | ||
MTV Adria Movie Awards | 2011 | Best Actor | Montevideo, God Bless You! | Won |
Niš Film Festival | 2011 | Best Actor | Montevideo, God Bless You! | Won |
2013 | Best On-Screen Couple | On the Road to Montevideo | Won[51] | |
Marul | 2013 | Award for "My son Walks A Little Slower" | ||
Gran pri "Naisa" | 2018 | Role of Petar Maras in "The South Wind" | The South Wind | |
Medal od Pushkin | 2018 | President Vladimir Putin honored Bikovic | ||
Subtitle Spotlight European Film | 2018 | Role of Petar Maras in "The South Wind" | The South Wind | |
Annual award | 2019 | Representing and promoting Serbia's culture |
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