Djoko Rossich

Who was Djoko Rossich?

Đorđe "Đoko" Rosić was a Serbian Bulgarian actor who was prominent in Serbia and Hungary as well as his home country.

Rosić was born in Krupanj, Kingdom of Yugoslavia to a Serbian father and a Bulgarian mother. At age 19 in 1951, he emigrated to Bulgaria for political reasons. He graduated from what is today the University of National and World Economy in Sofia in 1957. He worked as a Bulgarian National Radio journalist for 17 years, after first being invited to work in radio because of his deep voice. Rosić shot his first film in 1963. From that time until his death in 2014 he appeared in over 110 movies, mostly Bulgarian productions, but also a large number of Hungarian films. He was married two times. First wife - Zanka Alexandrova. Second wife Liliana Lazarova. His only child is the Bulgarian drama actress Irina Rosic, but he also had a son from his second wife's first marriage - Stoyan Kolev. Rosic has four grand children - Valentin Hristov, Maria Koleva, George Sabev, Plamena Koleva. He also has one great-grandson Branimir Hristov.

Rosić died on 21 February 2014 from complications after brain tumor surgery. He was 81.