Ivan Bosiljčić

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Ivan Bosiljčić Иван Босиљчић
Born	Ivan Bosiljčić January 15, 1979 (1979-01-15) (age 29) Titovo Užice, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Years active	2002 - present

Ivan Bosiljčić (Serbian: Иван Босиљчић) (born January 15, 1979 in Titovo Užice, Serbia, Yugoslavia) is an established young actor from Serbia. He is popular for his leading roles in theatrical musicals such as Chicago and Kiss me Kate and his television and cinematographic roles.

1 Early life to professional
2 Personal life
3 Filmograhy
4 Notes
5 External links

[edit] Early life to professional

During high school, he showed musical talent and he set up his own band Rok Apoteka. Upon completing high school Bosiljčić moved to Novi Sad in Northern Serbia to complete the Academy of Arts under the leadership of Vida Ognjenović in 2001. He later moved to Belgrade to peruse his acting career. His first role was to provide the voices (dubbed in Serbian) for children’s animated programmes such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the part of Donatello and in Yu-Gi-Oh!.^[1]

His first appearance in a more serious role occurred in 2004 when he stared in a television film produced by the Radio Television of Serbia named "O štetnosti duvana" (English: About the dangers of tobacco). Although Ivan from an early age stared in some musical productions such as Grease it wasn’t until his breakthrough roles in the Theatre on Terazije located in Belgrade (the Serbian equivalent to Broadway) that he became noticed.

Nationally he became known in the 2006 series Stižu dolari (The dollars are coming).^[2] He appeared in both seasons one and two as a young accountant. He is currently one of the main characters in the television show "Ljubav i Mržnja" (Love and Hate) where he plays a sleazy, cheating doctor.

Ivan has a strong fan base especially amongst younger women. He has been described as a man with the looks and the voice.^[1]

[edit] Theatre

Ivan mostly stars in musicals. He has been praised for his current roles in musicals “Cigani lete u nebo (Gypsies fly in the sky), Kiss me Kate, Chicago, Svetlosti pozornice (Lights of the stage) and A Chorus Line.^[3] All of these are performed at the Theatre on Terazije. He also stars in the emotional drama "Jasmin na stranputici" (Jasmin on the crossroads) in the Slavija Theatre in Belgrade.

In 2007 he became a regular in the famous musical Les Misérables at the Belgrade Madlenianum Opera House.^[4] Some other theatre productions he has appeared in are "Hamlet", "Bogojavljanska noć" (for which he received an award for the best young actor), "Mileva Einstein" and "Brzina tame" (The speed of the night).

Bosiljčić will star in the Theatre on Terazije production of "Maratonci trče počasni krug" to be premiered in May 2008. He will play the role of Mirko Topalović.^[5]

[edit] Television

Currently Bosiljčić appears in "Bela Lađja", a drama series on RTS1 and "Ljubav i Mržnja", a soap on RTV Pink

He has also had previous television roles:

Name	Year	TV network
O štetnosti duvana	2004	RTS 1
Stižu dolari	2004 (season one), 2006 (season two)	RTS 1
M(j)ešoviti Brak	2006	RTV Pink
Ljubav, navika, panika	2006	RTV Pink
Bela Lađa	2006/07 (season one), 2008 (season two)	RTS 1
Ljubav i Mržnja	2007 (season one), 2008 (season two)	RTV Pink
Poslednja audijencija	2009	TBA

[edit] Movies

Ivan Bosiljčić appeared in the following movies:

Name	Year of release	Role
Gde cveta limun žut (International English title: Where the Yellow Lemon Blooms)	2006	Pantelija
Na lepom plavom Dunavu (International English title: On the Beautiful Blue Danube)	2008	Vasile

He has also had minor roled in "Spleen" produced by an Italian film maker with an Italian crew, Serbian movies "Strah od letenja" (Fear of flying) and "Moné".

[edit] Personal life

In national Serbian press, in April 2008, it was reported that Ivan Bosiljčić is dating singer Jelena Tomašević, Serbia’s 2008 Eurovision Song Contest representative.^[6] In 2006 Ivan completed compulsory military service, which must be completed by law in Serbia, lasting only a few months.