Lazar Ristovski
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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Films (65)
Saligia
2026 · Choirmaster
The Name of the People
2020 · Producer
Neverending Past
2019 · Čovjek koji traži mrtvog sina (segment "III priča")
Leeches
2019 · Stjepan Stroh
What a Country!
2018 · Karlo
King Petar the First
2018 · Kralj Petar I Karađorđević
The Man Who Bought The Moon
2018 · Taneddu
Train Driver's Diary
2016 · Ilija, Producer
On the Other Side
2016 · Zarko, Co-Producer
Point Blank
2016 · Aco Gorić
For the King and Fatherland
2015
We Will Be the World Champions
2015 · Tito
The November Man
2014 · Arkady Federov
Rock the Trumpet
2014 · Himself
Who Is This Kusturica?
2013
Along the Roadside
2013 · Milutin
Bonté Divine
2013 · Biskup
White Lions
2011 · Dile, Producer, Director, Writer
Honeymoons
2009 · Verin ujak
St. George Shoots the Dragon
2009 · Đorđe, Producer
Devil's Town
2009 · Rajko Zorić
Sonetàula
2008 · Egidio Malune
Save Our Souls
2007 · Gvozden
Casino Royale
2006 · Kaminofsky
The Optimists
2006 · Profesor Gavrilo / Simon / Pokojni Ratomir / Gazda Pera / Aleksa Pantić
Tomorrow Morning
2006 · Zdravko
Tailor's Secret
2006 · Pukovnik
Well Tempered Corpses
2005 · Ruždija Kučuk
Songe d'une nuit d'hiver
2004 · Lazar, Producer
Falling in the Paradise
2004 · Ljubiša Kundačina, Producer
King of Thieves
2003 · Caruso
Small World
2003 · Ras
A Little Night Music
2002 · Producer
Boomerang
2001 · Bobi, Producer, Writer
The White Suit
1999 · Savo / Vuko Tiodorović, Director, Writer
Goodbye, 20th Century
1998 · Santa Claus
La seconda moglie
1998 · Fosco
Baril de Poudre
1998 · Svetin kum
My Country
1997
Balkan Rules
1997 · Matori
Rage
1997 · Kovač
Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground
1996 · Himself
Underground
1995 · Petar 'Crni' Popara
Byzantine Blue
1993 · Aranđel
A Little Joke
1992 · Svetislav
Tito et moi
1992 · Raja
The Original of the Forgery
1991 · Pavle
Let's Make Love 3
1990 · Miloje
The Border
1990 · Topić
The Bizarre Country
1988 · Putnik
The Way Steel Was Tempered
1988 · Leo
Miss Julie
1985 · Žan, sluga
The Killer
1985 · Stojan Stanojević, inženjer
Knot
1985 · Nikola
The Damned Yard
1984 · Ljubitelj žena
Zadar's Memento
1984 · Krševan Stipčević
The Igman March
1983 · Josip Broz Tito
The Petty Bourgeois
1983 · Nil, posinak
The Terrace
1983 · Vladan
Wild Flesh
1982 · Steva Andrejević, sin
Svetozar Markovic
1980 · Svetozar Marković
Breakdown
1978 · Psihijatar Savić
Manhunt
1977 · Ivan
War with the Salamanders
Block 62
· Co-Producer
Séries (9)
The Name Is Varvara
2026 · Producer
Crown Street 11
2024 · Writer
Tunnel
2023 · Malić, Creator
Dream Team
2021 · Ika
Flat Hill
2013 · Đeneral Borivoje Mirković
The Village Is Burning, and the Grandmother Is Combing Her Hair
2007 · Jovan
Il était une fois un pays
1996 · Petar "Crni" Popara
Dream Team
Svetozar Markovic
· Svetozar Marković