| Gojko Mitić | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gojko Mitić June 13, 1940 Strojkovce, Morava Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Occupation | actor, stuntman,director |
Gojko Mitić (Гojкo Митић) (born June 13, 1940 in Leskovac, Morava Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is a Serbian director, actor, stuntman, and author. He lives in Berlin.
He is known for a numerous series of Red Westerns from the GDR DEFA Studios, featuring Native Americans as the heroes, rather than white settlers as in John Ford's Westerns. Beginning with The Sons of the Great Mother Bear (1966), Mitić starred in 12 films of this type between 1966 and 1984. In an attempt to move away from his fame based on these Westerns, Mitić in his later career increasingly sought to appear in other genres, on film, on television and on stage. Among other roles he played Spartacus on stage and presented several TV shows. He also played the Winnetou in seasons at the "Karl-May-Festspiele" until 2006 in Bad Segeberg near Hamburg, Germany. In one episode he played a role at the German television program Schloss Einstein.
Bulgarian punk rock & ska group Hipodil has a song 'Bate Goiko' dedicated to and speaking about Gojko Mitić. Neither the song, nor the name of Gojko Mitić is widely known in modern Serbia. Moreover, had Mitić not been the recipient of the Brothers Karić Award in 2010 most of the people in Serbia would have never heard his name. His adult life and career are based in Germany.