Acting
Lazar Ristovski
CS, HR, SR, IT cinema · 65 credits
Born
26 October 1952 (age 74)
Birthplace
Ravno Selo near Vrbas, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Also known as Лазар Ристовски
Lazar Ristovski (born October 26, 1952, Ravno Selo, Vojvodina, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian actor, director, producer, and writer of Macedonian descent, who has appeared on stage approximately 4,000 times and starred in over 90 films and 30 TV series, mostly in lead roles. He graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts at the University of Belgrade and is best known for his role as Petar "Blacky" Popara in Emir Kusturica's Palme d'Or-winning Underground (1995). As a producer, he founded Zillion Film, which has produced or co-produced over 27 feature films, and directed The White Suit (1999) and White Lions (2011). He briefly served as a member of the Serbian National Assembly in 2022 and was awarded the Order of the Karađorđe's Star in 2023. He was married to actress Danica Ristovski from 1980 until their divorce in 2022; they have two sons, Jovan and Petar. His most notable film credits include Underground (1995) (Miki Manojlović, Mirjana Joković), Casino Royale (2006) (Daniel Craig, Eva Green), The November Man (2014) (Pierce Brosnan, Luke Bracey), and Train Driver's Diary (2016) (Petar Korać, Mirjana Karanović), the latter of which he produced and which won the Grand Prix, Best Actor, and Best Feature Film at the 2017 Prague Independent Film Festival. He also starred in Tito i ja (1992), King of Thieves (2004), St. George Shoots the Dragon (2009), Along the Roadside (2013), King Peter of Serbia (2018), Dream Team (2021), and Saligia (2024).
Known for
Filmography
Block 62
Co-Producer
Saligia
as Choirmaster
Neverending Past
as Čovjek koji traži mrtvog sina (segment "III priča")
Leeches
as Stjepan Stroh
King Petar the First
as Kralj Petar I Karađorđević
The Man Who Bought The Moon
as Taneddu
What a Country!
as Karlo
On the Other Side
as Zarko, Co-Producer
Point Blank
as Aco Gorić
Train Driver's Diary
as Ilija, Producer
The November Man
as Arkady Federov
Rock the Trumpet
as Himself
Along the Roadside
as Milutin
The Priest's Children
as Biskup
White Lions
as Dile, Producer, Director, Writer
St. George Shoots the Dragon
as Đorđe, Producer
Honeymoons
as Verin ujak
Devil's Town
as Rajko Zorić
Sonetàula
as Egidio Malune
Save Our Souls
as Gvozden
Tomorrow Morning
as Zdravko
The Optimists
as Profesor Gavrilo / Simon / Pokojni Ratomir / Gazda Pera / Aleksa Pantić
Tailor's Secret
as Pukovnik
Casino Royale
as Kaminofsky
Well Tempered Corpses
as Ruždija Kučuk
Midwinter Night's Dream
as Lazar, Producer
Falling in the Paradise
as Ljubiša Kundačina, Producer
King of Thieves
as Caruso
Small World
as Ras
A Little Night Music
Producer
Boomerang
as Bobi, Producer, Writer
The White Suit
as Savo / Vuko Tiodorović, Director, Writer
Goodbye, 20th Century
as Santa Claus
The Second Wife
as Fosco
Cabaret Balkan
as Svetin kum
Rage
as Kovač
Balkan Rules
as Matori
Underground
as Petar 'Crni' Popara
Byzantine Blue
as Aranđel
Tito and Me
as Raja
A Little Joke
as Svetislav
Let's Make Love 3
as Miloje
The Border
as Topić
The Bizarre Country
as Putnik
Knot
as Nikola
Miss Julie
as Žan, sluga
The Killer
as Stojan Stanojević, inženjer
The Damned Yard
as Ljubitelj žena
Zadar's Memento
as Krševan Stipčević
The Igman March
as Josip Broz Tito
The Terrace
as Vladan
The Petty Bourgeois
as Nil, posinak
Wild Flesh
as Steva Andrejević, sin
Svetozar Markovic
as Svetozar Marković
Breakdown
as Psihijatar Savić
Manhunt
as Ivan