Velimir "Bata" Živojinović is a Serbian actor. Živojinović was born in the town of Koraćica, Mladenovac, Serbia, under the Kosmaj mountain. After graduating from acting schools in Užice and Novi Sad, he enrolled at the Drama Academy in Belgrade. Velimir Živojinović preferred acting in theatre to acting on screen, and made his screen debut in 1955 film Pesma sa Kumbare was the beginning of an incredibly prolific silver screen career. Živojinović arguably played more film roles than any other actor in the history of former Yugoslavia. Bata Živojinović's played both heroes and villains and switched between leading and supporting roles. The zenith of his popularity came with WW2-themed action films in the 1970s. One of his best known films from that period was Valter brani Sarajevo (Valter defends Sarajevo), which gained major success in China. Živojinović was awarded Golden Arena for Best Actor at the Pula Film Festival three times: in 1965, 1967 and 1972.In August 1993, he was awarded Life Achievement Award "Slavica".
Movie | Ice | Deda Zivotije | 2012-10-09 |
Movie | Sisters | Deda | 2011-04-10 |
Movie | Cinema Komunisto | Himself | 2010-01-29 |
Movie | Paper Prince | Opasni čiča | 2007-08-24 |
Movie | Ivko's Feast | Mr. Mirko | 2005-11-03 |
Movie | Made in YU | Farfar | 2005-11-11 |
Movie | Amir | Amirjev oče | 2002-01-01 |
Movie | Frozen Stiff | Stanislav | 2002-03-15 |
Movie | Peasants | Jeremija | 2001-02-22 |
Movie | Everything's for People | Jeremija | 2001-11-12 |
Movie | Shadows of Memories | Ljuba Radovanović | 2000-03-31 |
Movie | War Live | Tatula | 2000-11-01 |
Movie | Wounded Country | 1999-01-01 | |
Movie | The Knife | Nićifor Jugović | 1999-03-19 |
Movie | The White Suit | Gospodin | 1999-05-14 |
Movie | Buy Me an Eliot | Adam Tabakera | 1998-05-25 |
Movie | Barking at the Stars | Bozovic | 1998-06-01 |
Movie | Balkan Rules | Sef | 1997-04-09 |
Movie | Some Birds Can't Fly | Lugar Zdravko | 1997-07-12 |
Movie | Pretty Village, Pretty Flame | Гвозден | 1996-05-11 |
Movie | See You in Chicago | Boki | 1996-06-01 |
Movie | Dark Is the Night | Komandant policijskog odreda | 1995-07-15 |
Movie | Third Time Lucky | Života | 1995-09-30 |
Movie | Sweet of Dreams | Baks | 1994-04-12 |
Movie | Three Tickets to Hollywood | Mrgud | 1993-04-09 |
Movie | Full Moon Over Belgrade | Aleksin otac | 1993-07-14 |
Series | Happy People | Aranđel Golubović | 1993-09-12 |
Movie | Be Damned, America | Kamiondžija Radovan | 1992-01-01 |
Movie | Sekula Innocent Accused | Čeda | 1992-01-01 |
Movie | The Lady Killer | Boki | 1992-08-27 |
Movie | The Big Fuss | Sima | 1992-04-27 |
Movie | Marital Travels | Gerasim Miletić | 1991-01-01 |
Movie | Holiday in Sarajevo | Inspektor Felini | 1991-01-01 |
Movie | The Original of the Forgery | Vujić | 1991-01-01 |
Movie | Sekula Is Getting Married Again | Čeda | 1991-01-01 |
Movie | Aliens Are to Be Blamed for Everything | Boki | 1991-08-16 |
Movie | Sex - Party's Enemy No. 1 | Ciganin Sekula | 1990-07-16 |
Movie | Gardens of Athos - Transfiguration | 1989-04-12 | |
Movie | The Fall of Rock and Roll | Krsta Klajić | 1989-05-07 |
Movie | Battle of Kosovo | Srbin Hamza | 1989-06-12 |
Movie | Let's Make Love 2 | Doktor | 1989-09-19 |
Movie | Hi, Inspector 2 - Vampires Are Among Us | Boki | 1989-12-11 |
Movie | Extramarital Travels | Gerasim Miletić | 1988-02-18 |
Movie | Heart and Her Children | Gospodin Mihailo | 1988-01-01 |
Movie | A Weekend of Deceased Persons | Generalen direktor | 1988-06-09 |
Movie | Balkan Express 2 | Stojko | 1988-01-01 |
Movie | Cognac | Abdullah the Great | 1988-06-21 |
Movie | Weird Years | Dr. Nedeljković / Dr. Smiljanić | 1988-10-03 |
Movie | Spy In High Heels | Ružić | 1988-10-06 |
Movie | Tight Skin 3 | Sotir Milivojević | 1988-08-08 |
Movie | Wanderer | Gazda Dača | 1987-01-01 |
Movie | Days to Remember | Onkel Savo | 1987-02-27 |
Movie | The Felons | Preiskovalni | 1987-05-30 |
Movie | Let's Fall in Love | Komandir Milanović | 1987-11-20 |
Movie | Oktoberfest | Skoblar | 1987-07-01 |
Movie | Miss | Kokos | 1986-01-01 |
Movie | Part-Time Divorce | Milutin | 1986-01-01 |
Series | Grey Home | Upravnik | 1986-01-01 |
Movie | Promised Land | Markan, predsjednik zadruge | 1986-03-20 |
Movie | The Honorary Duty | Vukadin Koviljac | 1986-01-01 |
Movie | Volunteers | Vatrogasac | 1986-07-20 |
Movie | Majstor i Šampita | Jova | 1986-10-16 |
Movie | Revenge | Milivoje Pekar | 1986-03-27 |
Movie | Second Žika's Dynasty | Dr. Nedeljković | 1986-09-01 |
Movie | Sekula and His Women | Čeda | 1986-05-03 |
Movie | The Last Switchman of the Narrow Gauge Railway | Marko Mrgud | 1986-06-30 |
Movie | It Isn't Easy to Get Along with Men | Milos | 1985-03-18 |
Movie | Women in Prison | Upravnik zatvora | 1985-01-01 |
Movie | Ada | Mladen | 1985-05-15 |
Movie | Hi, Inspector | Boki | 1985-03-02 |
Movie | And This Will Pass, Too... | Kapetan Mika | 1985-04-15 |
Movie | Zika's Dynasty | Dr. Nedeljković | 1985-10-31 |
Movie | Life Is Beautiful | Visoko pozicionirani drug | 1985-06-03 |
Movie | Fat and Thin | Aco Popara - Zver | 1985-06-17 |
Movie | Holding the Air | Buzdovan | 1985-06-07 |
Movie | Balkan Spy | Prodavac palačinki | 1984-02-23 |
Movie | In the Jaws of Life | Trokrilni | 1984-04-04 |
Movie | Watch Your Step | Funkcioner | 1984-01-10 |
Movie | What Is with You, Nina? | Miloje | 1984-05-27 |
Movie | Landscapes in the Mist | Ivanov otac | 1984-01-10 |
Movie | Unseen Wonder | 1984-01-26 | |
Movie | A Dangerous Track | Inspektor Kosta Marković | 1984-06-08 |
Movie | Fever of Love | Jordan Cvetković | 1984-07-26 |
Movie | No Problem | Brenin menadžer | 1984-10-29 |
Movie | The End of War | Bajo | 1984-07-09 |
Movie | Small Train Robbery | Todor Strašni | 1984-07-11 |
Movie | Balkan Express | Stojčić | 1983-01-24 |
Movie | This Time Only | Džek | 1983-01-01 |
Movie | Like Grandpa, Like Grandson | Dr. Nedeljković | 1983-02-22 |
Movie | Hallo, Taxi | Šuger | 1983-01-01 |
Movie | The Timok Rebellion | Kapetan Sibin | 1983-07-05 |
Movie | Sugar Water | Major Đurić | 1983-12-18 |
Movie | Stairway to Heaven | Komšija | 1983-04-15 |
Movie | Come to Me and Go from Me | Dr. Nedeljković | 1983-11-22 |
Movie | The Igman March | 1983-06-26 | |
Movie | July 13th | Stevanov otac | 1982-01-01 |
Movie | My Part-Time Dad | Milutin | 1982-01-01 |
Movie | Sunday Lunch | Dr Dušan Aranđelović | 1982-01-01 |
Movie | Persecution | Domaćin Joca | 1982-07-03 |
Movie | Let's Move On | Šopenhauer | 1982-02-16 |
Movie | A Great Guy at Heart | Doktor | 1981-01-01 |
Movie | The Promising Boy | Mašin otac | 1981-01-01 |
Movie | Dorotheus | Dadara | 1981-01-01 |
Movie | Plum Juice | Uča | 1981-01-01 |
Movie | Shady Business | Paja Glavonja | 1981-01-01 |
Movie | Erogenous Zone | Pera 'Zver' | 1981-02-04 |
Movie | Sixth Gear | Svetolik Trpković zvani Pufta kasapin | 1981-07-03 |
Movie | The Fall of Italy | Grgo Kusturin | 1981-07-07 |
Movie | The Red Horse | Boris Tušev | 1981-02-06 |
Movie | High Voltage | Čukić | 1981-02-23 |
Movie | Special Treatment | Direktor | 1980-03-08 |
Movie | Dreams, Life, Death of Filip Filipović | 1980-01-01 | |
Movie | The Theatre Connection | Viši inspektor Milan | 1980-05-03 |
Movie | Part-Time Work | Milutin | 1980-06-23 |
Movie | Radio Whirlwind Calls Andjelija | 1979-01-01 | |
Movie | The Pals | Kosta | 1979-01-01 |
Movie | Burning | Žandarm | 1979-01-01 |
Movie | The Battle of the Eagles | Vuk | 1979-07-01 |
Movie | Tit for Tat | Profesor matematike Herceg | 1978-02-02 |
Movie | Arrive Before Daybreak | Obren | 1978-01-01 |
Movie | The Tiger | Direktor | 1978-04-30 |
Movie | Moment | Arsen | 1978-07-23 |
Movie | Beasts | Bute | 1977-06-23 |
Movie | The Love Life of Budimir Trajković | Vozač GSP-a | 1977-01-01 |
Movie | The Dog Who Loved Trains | Cowboy | 1977-05-16 |
Movie | Manhunt | Vojvoda Juzbašić | 1977-06-28 |
Movie | Foolish Years | Dr. Nedeljković | 1977-12-15 |
Movie | The Peaks of Zelengore | Boro | 1976-01-01 |
Movie | The Written Off Return | Četnički oficir | 1976-12-14 |
Movie | The Beach Guard in Winter | Ljubičin otac | 1976-03-24 |
Movie | Massacre at Noon | 1975-01-01 | |
Movie | A Naive Person | Žile Akademac | 1975-01-01 |
Movie | The Story of Good People | Peter Koštrca | 1975-04-12 |
Movie | Anno Domini 1573 | Ilija Gregorić | 1975-11-14 |
Movie | The Dervish and Death | Muselim | 1974-07-11 |
Movie | The Wind | Beli | 1974-07-12 |
Movie | Red Blow | Ico | 1974-07-16 |
Movie | Hell River | Braka | 1974-07-17 |
Movie | Weights and Measures | Leibusch Jadlowker | 1973-01-26 |
Movie | The Servant | Sluga | 1973-01-01 |
Movie | The Battle of Sutjeska | Nikola | 1973-07-03 |
Movie | Mirko and Slavko | Commander | 1973-11-21 |
Movie | We're Cursed, Irina | Vitan | 1973-07-19 |
Movie | The Bombers | Đoka | 1973-07-28 |
Movie | And God Created a Tavern Singer | Ratomir Jovanović Ratko | 1972-05-11 |
Movie | The Stars Are the Eyes of Warriors | Učitelj Mladen | 1972-03-16 |
Movie | Walter Defends Sarajevo | Valter | 1972-04-12 |
Movie | Traces of a Black Haired Girl | Šinter | 1972-06-07 |
Movie | The Master and Margarita | Korovjev | 1972-07-15 |
Movie | The Bet | 1971-01-01 | |
Movie | My Crazy Head | Andrija | 1971-06-10 |
Movie | Breakfast with the Devil | Bogoljub 'Bata' Radulaški | 1971-07-13 |
Movie | Zarki | 1970-11-25 | |
Movie | A Bloody Tale | Marisav Petrović | 1969-01-01 |
Movie | The Bridge | Tigar | 1969-01-01 |
Movie | The Battle of Neretva | Stole | 1969-10-07 |
Movie | Low Tide | Kum | 1969-04-22 |
Movie | Do Not Mention the Cause of Death | Mitar Velimirović | 1968-04-16 |
Movie | Doctor Homer's Brother | Simon Petrović | 1968-01-01 |
Movie | The Girl in the Park | Profesor | 1968-07-17 |
Movie | Operation Belgrade | Pukovnik Vili Fuks (as Bata Zivojinovic) | 1968-09-20 |
Movie | Escapes | Viktor | 1968-07-28 |
Movie | It Rains in My Village | Ispovednik | 1968-10-30 |
Movie | The Feast | 1967-01-01 | |
Movie | The Demolition Squad | Korčagin | 1967-01-01 |
Movie | The Knife | Islednik Marko | 1967-01-01 |
Movie | I Even Met Happy Gypsies | Mirta | 1967-03-27 |
Movie | The Birch Tree | Marko Labudan | 1967-06-27 |
Movie | Send a Man at Half Past One | Đino | 1967-08-17 |
Movie | Before the War | G. Novakovic | 1966-06-15 |
Movie | Looking Into the Eyes of the Sun | Mornar | 1966-03-28 |
Movie | The Return | Al Kapone | 1966-07-13 |
Movie | The Dream | Lazar | 1966-07-14 |
Movie | Clay Pigeon | Kosta | 1966-07-17 |
Movie | The Enemy | Slobodan Antić | 1965-06-11 |
Movie | Three | Milos Bojanic | 1965-05-12 |
Movie | Liar | Bonivan | 1965-07-12 |
Movie | People's Deputy | Ivković | 1964-01-01 |
Movie | The Man from the Oak Forest | Profesor | 1964-04-28 |
Movie | Good Luck Hunting | Marko | 1964-07-15 |
Movie | Men | Lale | 1963-01-01 |
Movie | Double Circle | Pavle | 1963-04-15 |
Movie | Countrymen | Jole | 1963-01-01 |
Movie | Thundering Mountains | Poručnik Kostić | 1963-07-12 |
Movie | Radopolje | Božina | 1963-07-13 |
Movie | The Rakoc Cross | Beli | 1962-01-01 |
Movie | Kozara | Sorga | 1962-07-25 |
Movie | Dr | Dr. Milorad Cvijović | 1962-01-01 |
Movie | Boom Town | Monter Luka | 1961-07-19 |
Movie | The Poem | Đorđe | 1961-08-02 |
Movie | The Dreams Came by Coach | Vasilije | 1960-01-01 |
Movie | Signal Over the City | Tošo | 1960-11-23 |
Movie | Train without a Timetable | Duje | 1959-03-14 |
Movie | The Wind Dropped Before Dawn | Agent policije | 1959-07-24 |
Movie | Canyon | Ajkin brat, drvoseča | 1956-01-23 |
Movie | Shoes on Asphalt | Mladić | 1956-01-01 |
Movie | The Song from Kumbara | Velja iz Belog Potoka | 1955-11-14 |