caption birth_place othername name birth_date yearsactive article_title birth_name occupation
nik xhelilaj at `` pri film fest '' tirana , albania nik xhelilaj kreshnik xhelilaj 05 march 1983 2005 -- present nik xhelilaj
 kreshnik xhelilaj actor
nik xhelilaj

kreshnik xhelilaj -lrb- born 5 march 1983 -rrb- , better known by his stage name nik xhelilaj , is an albanian film and stage actor .
he began his international career with the movie the sadness of mrs. snajdrova , directed by pirro milkani and was the leading actor in three critically acclaimed albanian films of the last few years , of which two entered in the list of albanian submissions for the academy award for best foreign language film in 2008 and 2009 .
nik has collected several `` best actor '' awards in various international film festivals .
