Boris Dvornik
Actor
Born April 16, 1939 in Split, Croatia
Boris Dvornik was born to the family of a carpenter. His acting experience started at the age of 8 when he took parts in plays for children. In his high school days he was learning to be electrician, but soon decided to pursue full-time acting career instead. After finishing National Acting School in Novi Sad he enrolled in Drama Academy in Zagreb. While on the first academic year, he began his movie career in Deveti krug (1960). His film debut was instant success, and in his second movie, Martin u oblacima (1961), he proved his abilities in comic roles. Dvornik soon became on of the movie icons of former Yugoslavia, together with 'Bata Zivojinovic', Milena Dravic and Ljubisa Samardzic. However, the zenith of popularity was reached by his role in humorous cult series "Malo misto" (mini) and some other light pieces that followed in the 1970s. However, although still being one of the most prolific actors in history of former Yugoslav and Croatian cinema and TV, Boris Dvornik in 1980s mostly used to work in the Croatian National Theatre in Split. In 1992, due to the friendship with Antun Vrdoljak, he flirted with politics for a couple of months. Dvornik is married, has a daughter and four granchildren, while two of his sons - Dean Dvornik and 'Dino Dvornik', who used to cameo as children in his movies - are now major pop stars in Croatia.
Filmography
A Hell of a Guy
67 Days: The Republic of Uzhitze
Crnogorski partizan
Trace into Infinity
Himself
Ballad of Sharko
Muškarac
Long Dark Night
Luka Kolar
The Insanity Doctor
Prolaznik
Visa for the Future
Vinko Uskok
The Last Will
Jure
Transatlantic
The Canyon of Dangerous Games
Frane
Nausicaa
Carnival, Angel and Dust
Visko (segment "Karneval")
Spy In High Heels
Božur
Thirty Horses
Bare
Tight Skin 2
Vujo
Wartime
Bronco
Marjuca or Death
Ivanko
Better Life
Lujo Lukšić
Journey to Vucjak
Đula Boroš
From One Friday to the Next
The Secret of an Old Attic
Šime
Heads or Tails
Bajin brat
Cyclops
Starojugoslavenski oficir
Cervantes from the Small Town
Roko Prč
My Part-Time Dad
Bora
The Big Town
Meštar
Two Coffins of Dynamite
Times, Waters
Narednik Žika
The Return
Barba Frane
Occupation in 26 Pictures
Vlaho
Roko and Cicibela
Roko
Wolf Hunters of Upper and Lower Polacha
Man and Architecture
Špiro
Fliers of the Open Skies
Tomo
Daredevil Times
Dane Desnica
The Bonfires of Kapela
Dimnjačar
Hitler from Our Street
Marko
Covik I po
Red Blow
Kapetan avijacije
The Dervish and Death
Hasan Dželevdžija
What Are We In This World...
Marko Uvodic
The Battle of Sutjeska
Dalmatinac
To Live on Love
Medan
Traces of a Black Haired Girl
Jova
The Deer Hunt
Konobar Zeljo
The Pine Tree in the Mountain
Dikan
The Bet
Vozač kamiona
Zagrebians
Roko Prč
Pero the Lump's Gang
Policajac Jozo
Our Little Town
Roko Prc
Indian Summer
Kapetan
Life Is a Mass Phenomenon
Adio
Love and Sometimes a Curse
Mate Pivac
The Battle of Neretva
Stipe
An Event
Lugar
The Bridge
Zavatoni
When You Hear the Bells
Kubura
Kaya
Crnokošuljaš
Thunder at the Border
Pater
On the Mountain of Konjuh
Mešo
Man of the World
Ive
Man Is Not a Bird
Boško, vozač kamiona
Mad Summer
Ive
Sunrise
Pomoćni šofer Stevo
Face to Face
Andrija Mačkić
Radopolje
Čovek bez čavala
Double Circle
Krile
Countrymen
Nikola, traktorista
Did a Good Man Die?
Miki
Three-Hearts Locket
(segment "Priča 3")
Superfluous
Dane
Martin in the Clouds
Martin Barić
The Ninth Circle
Ivo Vojnović