# Bogdan Diklić

Bogdan Diklić (Serbian Cyrillic: Богдан Диклић;; born 1 August 1953) is a Serbian actor. He has been active since the late 1970s and starred in over one hundred Yugoslav films and television series. Diklić made ten films with director Goran Marković. In August 2009, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award "Pavle Vujisić" for his body of work in Yugoslav cinematography.

## Early life

He finished primary and secondary school in Bjelovar. In 1972, he enrolled in acting at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade in the class of Ognjenka Milićević.

## Career

He became popular after his notable role in the film National Class Category Up to 785 ccm (1979). His notable film roles include All That Jack's (1980), Variola vera (1982), The Marathon Family (1982), Unseen Wonder (1984), Oktoberfest (1987), The Meeting Point (1989), Three Tickets to Hollywood (1993), Barking at the Stars (1998), Cabaret Balkan (1999) and Small World (2003).
On television, he acted in the series The Unpicked Strawberries (1976), The Siamese (1981), Truckers 2 (1983), Erased space (1985), Balkan Express 2 (1989), Open Doors (1995).
From 1975 to 1995, he was a permanent member of the National Theater in Belgrade and acted in the plays Caligula, War and Peace, As You Like It, Trouble with the Mind, The Minister's Wife, Orestia, Tartif and A Swanky Pumpkin.
Since 1995, he has been a member of the JDP in Belgrade, where he acts in the plays Belgrade Trilogy, Moliere: Another Life, Italian Night, and in the play Pandora's Box at the Belgrade Drama Theater. He acted in Oxymoron at the Kult Theater in Belgrade. In the Zvezdara Theater, he acted in the plays The Professional, Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Funny Side of Music.
In 2011, he published the book About acting without acting. He lives and works in Belgrade.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1979 | National Class Category Up to 785 ccm | Mile |
| 1980 | All That Jack's | inspector Simić |
| 1982 | The Marathon Family | Mirko Topalović |
| 1982 | Variola Vera | Duško |
| 1983 | Balkan Express | Žuti |
| 1984 | In the Jaws of Life | Pipo |
| 1984 | Unseen Wonder | engineer |
| 1984 | The End of the War | Alojziije |
| 1985 | Taiwan Canasta | Draženko |
| 1985 | Three for Happiness | Jozo |
| 1987 | Oktoberfest | Vanja |
| 1987 | King's Endgame | Božo |
| 1989 | The Fall of Rock and Roll | Slobodan |
| 1989 | The Meeting Point | Petar |
| 1992 | We Are Not Angels | Pavle |
| 1992 | The Black Bomber | Glavonja |
| 1993 | Three Tickets to Hollywood | Zivadin |
| 1998 | Cabaret Balkan | Jovan, the VW Driver |
| 1998 | Barking at the Stars | Đuro Dragićević |
| 1998 | Wheels | Coric |
| 1999 | The White Suit | Machine worker |
| 2001 | No Man's Land | Serbian officer |
| 2001 | Absolute 100 | Raša Knežević |
| 2002 | Headnoise | Teršič |
| 2003 | The Cordon | Borko |
| 2003 | Fuse | Zaim |
| 2004 | The Robbery of the Third Reich | Doktor |
| 2004 | Sex, Drink and Bloodshed | neighbour |
| 2004 | Take a Deep Breath | Miloš |
| 2006 | The Border Post | Col. Rade Orhideja |
| 2006 | Grbavica | Šaran |
| 2007 | The Trap | Doktor Lukić |
| 2007 | The Fourth Man | Colonel |
| 2008 | The Tour | Commander ZNG |
| 2010 | 72 Days | Joja |
| 2013 | Falsifier | lawyer |
| 2013 | Mamaroš | Pera Ilić |
| 2018 | South Wind | Lazar Maraš |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1975 | The Unpicked Strawberries | Bogdan Ž. Savić „Boca” („Čombe”) |
| 1978 | The return of the Written Offs | Žule |
| 1994 | Open Doors | Svetislav "Bata" Anđelić |
| 2017 | Shadows over Balkan | Obrad Savković |
| 2020 | South Wind | Lazar Maraš |