Boris Dvornik

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 fulltime 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