Voja Mirić

Voja Mirić (Воја Мирић) (7 April 1933+) is a Serbian television and film actor most noted for his role as Ahmed Nurudin in the 1974 Yugoslav movie Dervis i smrt (literally "Dervish and Death" but more popularly known as Death and the Dervish).

Life

Voja Mirić (also known variously as Vojislav Mirić, VojoMirić, Voja Mirik and Voja Mirikj) was born on 7 April 1933 in Trstenik, central Serbia. His film career spanned over 30 years. His first appearance was on television in 1960 : Veliki poduhvat. In 1964 he won the "Silver Arena" award as Best Actor in the Pula Film Festival of Yugoslavian Films for the Fadil Hadzic movie Sluzbeni polozaj. His last appearance was in Amnezija in 1994. However it was his performance as the medieval Bosnian Dervish in the 1974 movie Dervis i smrt (The Dervish and Death) that made him famous.

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