Lazar "Laza" Ristovski (lâzaːr ristɔ̌v̞skiː, ; born on 26 October 1952) is a Serbian

Serbs

The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

 actor, director, producer and writer. He has appeared on stage about 4000 times, and starred in over 40 films, TV series and TV dramas, mostly in lead roles.

Biography

He was born on 26 October 1952, in Ravno Selo

Ravno Selo

Ravno Selo is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the municipality of Vrbas, in the South Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 3,478 people .-Name:...

 village near Vrbas

Vrbas (town)

Vrbas is a city and municipality located in Serbia at , in the South Bačka District in the province of Vojvodina. In 2002 the city had a total population of 25,887, while the municipality had 45,839.-Name:...

, SR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia (modern Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

). He graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts of the University of Belgrade

University of Belgrade

The University of Belgrade is the oldest and largest university of Serbia.Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-based departments into a single university...

 as an actor.

In 1999-“The White Suit” an auteur film by Ristovski (director, writer, lead actor, and producer)
Opening night of “The White Suit” was at the Cannes Film Festival in the Critics Week program.
“The White Suit” was the Yugoslav entry for the Oscar Awards in the U.S.
Lazar Ristovski is the sole owner of Zillion Film Company - www.zillionfilm.com.

In 2006, he made a cameo appearance

Cameo appearance

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 in the James Bond

James Bond

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 film Casino Royale

Casino Royale (2006 film)

Casino Royale is the twenty-first film in the James Bond film series and the first to star Daniel Craig as fictional MI6 agent James Bond...

. He played Caruso in the 2004 movie King of Thieves

King of Thieves (film)

King of Thieves is a 2004 movie directed by Ivan Fíla, starring Lazar Ristovski, Jakov Kultiasov, Katharina Thalbach, Paulus Manker, Birol Ünel and Werner Daehn.-Plot:...

. He starred as Đorđe in the award winning 2009 film St. George Shoots the Dragon

St. George Shoots the Dragon

St. George Slays the Dragon is a Serbian World War I drama directed by Srđan Dragojević and written by Dušan Kovačević. The movie premiered on March 11, 2009....

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