Dragan Nikolić was a Serbian actor. He studied at Dramatic Arts Academy in Belgrade. In 1967 he starred in the film Kad budem mrtav i beo, which was the beginning of a career that lasted 50 years. Dragan Nikolić has since appeared in many films of different genres and portrayed various characters, becoming one of the most recognizable actors in Serbian cinema. In 2000, he received the "Pavle Vuisić" Award for his lifework. From 2011 to 2013, he was the television host on the Serbian edition of quiz Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. His best known role was as Prle, a wisecracking World War II resistance fighter whom he portrayed in 1970s TV series Otpisani and Povratak otpisanih.

Filmography

• The Jagodic Family — Grof Milan Jagodić
• 2012The Whirl — Kaletov stric, DB-ovac
• 2011Albatross — Gligorije Giga Geršić
• All These Plains — Милан Јагодић
• 2010Seventy-Two Days — Kamatar 1
• 2009St. George Shoots the Dragon — Sveštenik
• 2009The Ruin
• 2009The Village Is Burning... and So On — Sudija Velibor
• Things Like Love — Gaga Nikolić
• 2009Wounded Eagle — Uglješa Knežević
• 2008The Beautiful Blue Danube — Publisher from France
• 2008The Kingdom of Serbia — Narator
• 2008The Principality of Serbia — Narator
• 2008The Tour — Miško
• Wounded Eagle — Uglješa Knežević
• 2007Black Gruja and the Stone of Wisdom
• 2007Change Me — Milan
• 2007The Black Dawn — Niko
• 2007The Fourth Man — Političar
• The Storks Will Return — Mutavi
• The Village Is Burning, and the Grandmother Is Combing Her Hair — Sudija Velibor
• Theater at Home — Batica Nikolajević, Bratislav Nikolajević
• 2006Sheitan Warrior — Telal
• 2005Chasing Luck(y) — Mafijaški bos
• 2005I Have Something Important to Tell You — Profesor
• 2005Ivko's Feast — Predsednik opštine
• 2005Love Stars — Grof
• 2004The Robbery of the Third Reich — Glavonja
• 2002Labyrinth — Pavle Aksentijević 'Pop'
• 2002Operation Tiger — Vukota Krcunović
• 2002Zamfir's Zona — Hadži Zamfir
• 2001Her Mother, the Whore — Boksic
• 2001She Likes Red Star — Dacin otac
• 2001Virtual Reality — Zoran
• 1999Lovers — Zlatan
• 1999The Knife — Hodža
• 1999The White Suit — Makro
• 1998Cabaret Balkan — Sveta
• 1998Place Vendôme — Janos
• 1996Duel for Three — Igorov otac
• Once Upon a Time There Was a Country — Filmski Reditelj
• 1995The Tragic Burlesque — Milan
• 1995Underground — Film Director
• 1994In the Middle of Nowhere — Igla
• 1994It Will Be Better — Dule
• 1993Gunfight at Casino Cabaret — Rile
• 1993Three Tickets to Hollywood — Aldo
• 1992A Little Joke — Đorđe
• 1992The Big Fuss — Čeda
• 1992Tito and Me — Kole (Gane's father)
• 1991The Big Small Prom
• 1991The Original of the Forgery — Pavlović
• 1989Happy End — Otac
• 1989Meeting Place — Janko
• 1989Migrations — Pavle
• 1989Migrations II — Pavle Isaković
• 1989The Cabinet Minister's Wife — Pera Kalenić
• 1989The Last Lap at Monza — Urke
• 1988Blackbird — Čavkin otac
• 1987Wanderer — Mirko
• Grey Home — Zeka
• 1986Miss — Andrej
• 1986Promised Land — Zec
• 1986Protest Album — Emil
• 1985Life Is Beautiful — Gara
• 1984Fever of Love — Advokat
• 1984Unseen Wonder — Karuzo
• 1983Balkan Express — Popaj
• 1983Something in Between — Marko
• 1983The Falcon — Alija
• The Teacher — Učitelj Miloš
• 1982Let's Move On — Miloš
• The Last Act — Major Ljuba Popović
• 1981Season of Peace in Paris — Dragan
• 1981Shady Business — Stole Haringa
• 1981Some Other Woman — Boban
• Hot Wind — Dragan Nikolić
• 1980Transgression — Boris
• 1980Who's Singin' Over There? — Pevač
• 1979National Class Category Up to 785ccm — Brana 'Floyd'
• 1978Moment — Novak
• Return of the Written Off — Prle
• 1977One Summer at Spa — Janko Katić
• 1977The Love Life of Budimir Trajković — Zvonko (voice)
• 1976Maiden Bridge — Kosmajac
• 1976The Written Off Return — Prle
• 1975Backbone — Pavle Gvozdenović
• 1975Sons — Poslodavac
• 1974The Written Off — Prle
• The Written Off — Prle
• 1972How the Two Fools Loved Each Other
• 1972Murder on the Night Train — Putnik u vozu #2
• 1972Without a Word — Mladić
• 1971Early Works — (voice)
• 1971The Last Stop
• 1971The Role of My Family in the World Revolution — Vaculić
• 1971Young and Healthy as a Rose — Stiv
• 1970Brigandage — Milan Brkić, hajduk #1
• 1970Homo homini
• 1970This Crazy World of Ours — Dragan
• 1969Horoscope — Vidak
• 1969The Daughter-in-Law — Džo
• 1968Three Hours to Love — Riki
• 1967Children of Duke Schmidt
• 1967When I Am Dead and White — Džimi Barka
• 1966The One Eyed Soldiers — Officer

Appearances as themselves (4)

• 2021One Hell of an Actor — Himself (archive footage)
• 2012Sonja — Himself
• 2010All Right, I Won — Himself
• 2006Where the Yellow Lemon Blooms — Himself - Narrator