Vojislav "Voja" Brajović (Serbian Cyrillic: Војислав "Воја" Брајовић; born 11 May 1949) is a Serbian actor.

Vojislav "Voja" Brajović
Војислав "Воја" Брајовић
Vojislav "Voja" Brajović
Minister of Culture
In office
15 May 2007 – 7 July 2008
Preceded byDragan Kojadinović
Succeeded byNebojša Bradić
Advisor of the President of Serbia for Culture
In office
31 July 2008 – 5 April 2012
Personal details
Born (1949-05-11) 11 May 1949 (age 75)
Belgrade, FPR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
SpouseMilica Mihajlović
OccupationActor

Career

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Brajović graduated from the Belgrade Faculty of Drama Arts in 1971.[1] He has been member of the Yugoslav Drama Theatre since 1969.

He has been the recipient of many domestic theatre awards, including three Sterija awards for acting, an annual award of the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad, an annual award of CNP from Podgorica, and eight annual awards of the Yugoslav Drama Theatre in Belgrade.[citation needed]

He is best known for his portrayal of Tihi, the wisecracking World War II resistance fighter in the cult 1970s TV series Otpisani and Povratak otpisanih.[2][3]

Political career

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He served as the Minister of Culture in the Government of Serbia for the Democratic Party between 2007 and 2008.[4] In July 2008, he was appointed to be an advisor on culture to the President Boris Tadić.

Personal life

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He is married to actress Milica Mihajlović and they have one child.[5] His son from the first marriage is Vukota Brajović, an actor as well. His daughter also from the first marriage is well-known actress Iskra Brajović. His youngest son from the second marriage to actress Milica Mihajlović is Relja Brajović, the singer and lead guitarist of the hardcore band Majak.[5]

Vojislav Brajović speaks English.[citation needed]

Selected filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1992 Tito and Me Josip Broz Tito
2008 Turneja Ljubic

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1974 Otpisani Tihi TV series
1978 Povratak otpisanih Tihi TV series
1987–1988 Bolji zivot Dusan Markovic 'Terminator' TV series
2013–2019 Sindjelici Sreten 'Sreta' Sindjelic TV series
2021 Alexander of Yugoslavia Miroslav Spalajković TV series

Serbian dubs

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Year Film Role
2002 Ice Age Diego
2003 Finding Nemo Jacques
2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown Master Shifu
2008 Kung Fu Panda Master Shifu
2007 The Simpsons Movie Russ Cargill
2009 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Diego
2010 Toy Story 3 Lotso
2011 Kung Fu Panda 2 Master Shifu
2012 Ice Age: Continental Drift Diego
2015 The Good Dinosaur Butch
2016 Kung Fu Panda 3 Master Shifu
Ice Age: Collision Course Diego
Zootopia Mayor Lionheart
Finding Dory Jacques
Year Show Role
2002 ChalkZone Joe Tabootie

References

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  1. ^ Jovićević, Dragan (13 December 2009). "Ličnost Danas: Vojislav Brajović". danas.rs.
  2. ^ Morić, Danijela-Ana (17 August 2019). "Povratak otpisanog, legendarni Tihi otvorio nam dušu: 'Pakao ne postoji, a raj je upravo ovo na zemlji'". tportal.hr.
  3. ^ Matijević, Ivana (8 August 2020). "Vojislav Brajović: Tihi iz "Ledenog doba"". danas.rs.
  4. ^ Serbia Banking and Financial Market Handbook Volume 1 Strategic Information and Basic Laws. Int'l Business Publications. 2014. p. 291. ISBN 9781438742960. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  5. ^ a b Morić, Danijela-Ana (27 December 2020). "Voja Brajović bio je veliki zavodnik, a zgodni sin bi ga mogao nadmašiti". tportal.hr.
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Government offices
Preceded by Minister of Culture
2007 – 2008
Succeeded by