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Biography
Velibor Topić (born 1970 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian actor.
He's known for his roles in Snatch (2000), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Robin Hood (2010), The Counselor (2013), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), as well as for his work in British TV dramas such as Sharpe's Peril (2002), The Bill (2002) and Ambassadors (2013).
Throughout his career, Topić has worked three times with Ridley Scott as well as other well-known directors such as Guy Ritchie, Tom Hooper, Matthew Vaughn, Anthony Minghella and William Monahan.
Early life
Topić was born in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina (former SFR Yugoslavia), to a family of mixed Bosnian Serb, Bosniak and Croatian heritage.
During the war he lived in Sarajevo where he formed part of a theatre group. He also appears in one of Annie Leibovitz's photographs from the time called "Sarajevo - The Kiss".
Career
In 1996 he moved to London.
Topić has over 65 acting credits in UK film, television and Hollywood film productions.
Filmography and Television
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | The Saint (film) | Skinhead | Film starring: Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue, Rade Serbedzija |
| 1997 | Taggart | Alexei Kianovich | TV Series |
| 1997 | Police 2020 | Mikki Ostrovsky | Film starring Liam Cunningham |
| 1999 | Casualty (TV series) | Andrei Dimitriov | TV Series |
| 2000 | The Railway Children | Mr. Szczepansky | |
| 2000 | Snatch (film) | The Russian | Film starring Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro, Jason Statham |
| 2001 | As If (UK TV series) | Cabbie | TV Series |
| 2001 | Always and Everyone | Savo | TV Series |
| 2001 | Bodywork | Rudi Scott | |
| 2001 | Randall and Hopkirk | Cabbie | TV Series |
| 2002 | The Red Siren | ||
| 2002 | Ultimate Force | Haradic | TV Series |
| 2003 | Messiah (TV series) | Davor Pasovic | TV Mini Series: Messiah II: Vengeance Is Mine |
| 2003 | The Vice (TV series) | Riccardo | TV Series |
| 2003 | Prime Suspect | Duscan Zigic | TV Series starring Helen Mirren, Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness |
| 2003 | Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness | Marten Gunderson (voice) | Video Game voices: Jonell Elliott, Eric Loren |
| 2004 | William and Mary (TV series) | Bogdan | TV Series |
| 2004 | Cargo | Branko | |
| 2005 | Kingdom of Heaven (film) | Almaric | Film starring Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson, Liam Neeson, Edward Norton |
| 2005 | Silent Witness | Chric Pivcevic | TV Series |
| 2005 | Rose and Maloney | Malek Dimitriev | TV Series |
| 2006 | Holby City | Mirko Kovacevic | TV Series |
| 2006 | Second in Command | Anton Tavarov | Film starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme |
| 2006 | Coming Up (TV series) | Ilya | TV Series |
| 2006 | Breaking and Entering (film) | Vlado | Film starring Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Robin Wright |
| 2007 | The All Together | Bob Music | Film starring Martin Freeman |
| 2007 | HolbyBlue | Neculai Stenga | TV Series |
| 2007 | The Living and the Dead | Vijali | Croatian war movie Big Golden Arena for Best Film at the Pula Film Festival |
| 2007 | The Englishman | Henry | |
| 2008 | Sharpe's Peril | Dragomirov | Film starring Sean Bean |
| 2009 | Extreme Vocational Experiences | Real Assassin X | Short |
| 2009 | The Bill | Kreshnik Berisha / Slawomir Zelazny / Ion Goga | TV Series 1999-2009, starred in 6 episodes |
| 2009 | Goal III: Taking on the World | Romanian Barman | |
| 2010 | Hustle | Charlie | TV Series |
| 2010 | Robin Hood | Belvedere | Film starring Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett |
| 2010 | Thorne | Pavel | TV Series |
| 2010 | GoldenEye 007 (2010 video game) | Additional Voices (voice) | Video Game: Voices: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench |
| 2010 | London Boulevard | Storbor | Film starring Colin Farrell, Keira Knightley |
| 2011 | Cars 2 | Alexander Hugo (voice) | Voices: Owen Wilson, Michael Caine, John Turturro |
| 2012 | Children of Sarajevo | Mirsad Melic | |
| 2012 | St George's Day | Albanian Thug | |
| 2012 | 007 Legends | Additional Voices (voice) | Video Game voices: Judi Dench, Rory Kinnear |
| 2013 | Company of Heroes | Soviet soldier | Film starring Tom Sizemore |
| 2013 | Outpost : Rise of the Spetsnaz | Arkadi | |
| 2013 | The Counselor | Sedan Man | Film starring Michael Fassbender, Penelope Cruz, Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, Goran Visnjic, Natalie Dormer |
| 2013 | Ambassadors | Svecko | TV Mini Series |
| 2013 | Convenience | Ivan | |
| 2014 | Mea Culpa | Milan | |
| 2014 | Da Vinci's Demons | Mihail | TV Series |
| 2014 | Flim: The Movie | Vuk | |
| 2014 | Coming Up | Ilya | TV Series |
| 2014 | The Smoke | Dmitri | TV Series |
| 2014 | The Game | KGB Hood / Hood 1 | TV Series starring Tom Hughes, Brian Cox |
| 2014 | The Healer | Mak | |
| 2014 | Suspects | Marek | TV Series |
| 2015 | Vera | Milosh Beqiri | TV Series |
| 2015 | Never Let Go | Vladislav | Post-production |
| 2015 | Kingsman: The Secret Service | Biggest goon | Film starring Colin Firth, Michael Caine, Samuel L. Jackson |
| 2016 | Our Kind of Traitor | Emilio Del Oro | Film starring Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgård, Naomie Harris |
| 2016 | The Witness | Marko | |
| 2016 | The White Room | Mak | |
| 2016 | Mrtve ribe | ... |