Boris Dvornik

'Boris Dvornik' (qv) 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 full-time 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 _The Ninth Circle (1960)_ (qv). His film debut was instant success, and in his second movie, _Martin in den Wolken (1961)_ (qv), he proved his abilities in comic roles. Dvornik soon became on of the movie icons of former Yugoslavia, together with 'Bata Zivojinovic', 'Milena Dravic' (qv) and 'Ljubisa Samardzic' (qv). 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' (qv) in 1980s mostly used to work in the Croatian National Theatre in Split. In 1992, due to the friendship with 'Antun Vrdoljak' (qv), 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' (qv) and ''Dino Dvornik' (qv)', who used to cameo as children in his movies - are now major pop stars in Croatia.::Dragan Antulov <[email protected]>