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name: "dr Nele Karajlić"
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born: "11 December 1962"
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# dr Nele Karajlić

Actor. Born 11 December 1962 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 December 1962, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- **Also known as:** Nenad Janković, Dr Nele Karajlić, Ненад Јанковић, Неле Карајлић, Dr. Nele Karajlić, Nele Karajlic

## Biography

Dr Nele Karajlić, born Nenad Janković on 11 December 1962 in Sarajevo, is a Bosnian musician, actor, writer and television director. He is one of the founders of the New Primitivism movement and was lead singer and co-author of the rock band Zabranjeno Pušenje. He co-created and appeared in the television series Top lista nadrealista and Složna braća.

During the Bosnian War he moved to Belgrade, where he continued his work with a splinter of Zabranjeno Pušenje that collaborated with Emir Kusturica and became The No Smoking Orchestra. He has acted in films including *Underground* (1995), in which he played Falling Gypsy, and *Life Is a Miracle* (2004), in which he played the cymbal player. He has also written and directed television series and composed film music.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Underground* (1995), Fi1m 66, as Falling Gypsy — [page](https://film.one/film/underground.md)

## Also known for

- *Life Is a Miracle* (2004), Cymbal Player

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