He graduated from the Belgrade Faculty of Drama Arts in 1971. He has been member of the Yugoslav Drama Theatre since 1969. He has played in over 30 movies and a number of TV series and dramas. He won almost all relevant domestic theatre awards, including three Sterija awards for acting, an annual award of the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad, an annual award of CNP from Podgorica, eight annual awards of the Yugoslav Drama Theatre in Belgrade, etc.

Of all of his roles arguably the best known is Tihi, wisecracking World War II resistance fighter whom he portrayed in cult 1970s TV series Otpisani and Povratak otpisanih.
He served as the Minister of Culture in the Government of Serbia in front of Democratic Party between 2007 and 2008. In July 2008, he was appointed to be an advisor on culture to the President Boris Tadić.

Filmography

Balkan ekspres 3 (2007), Zona mrtvih (2007), Žena bez tijela (2007), Crni Gruja i kamen mudrosti (2007), "Ljubav, navika, panika" (2006), Lele, bato (2005), Ivkova slava (2005), "Idealne veze" (2005), "Smešne i druge price" (2004), Jesen stiže, dunjo moja (2004), Skela (2004), Izmedju izgubljenog i neodržanog (2004), "M(j)ešoviti brak" (2003), "Kazneni prostor" (2002), Siroti Mali hrčki 2010 (2003), Gajba od 500 Weiferta (2002), "Metla bez drške 5" (2001), Bure baruta (1998), Povratak lopova (1998), Tango je tužna misao koja se plese (1997), Kir Janja (1997), Urnebesna tragedija (1994), "Metla bez drške 4" (1993), Tito i ja (1992), Pohvala svetom knezu Lazaru (1992), Tesna koža 4 (1991)..