Tarik Filipović

Tarik Filipović
Born (1972-03-11) 11 March 1972 (age 52)
Zenica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Occupations
  • TV presenter
  • actor
Spouse
Lejla Šehović
​
(m. 2007)​
Children2

Tarik Filipović (born 11 March 1972) is a Bosnian-Croatian television presenter and actor. He has appeared in over 800 theatre plays since his debut in 1985. He has also been in many films and TV dramas produced throughout the areas of former Yugoslavia.

He presents quiz shows Tko želi biti milijunaš? (Croatia's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?) on Croatian Radiotelevision, and Potjera (Croatia's The Chase) on HRT1.[1] In 2001, Filipović starred in Behind Enemy Lines as a Serbian soldier.

Personal life

Born in a Bosniak family in Zenica, Filipović went to Zagreb at the young stage of his life. Filipović is married to Lejla Šehović with whom he has one son, Arman.[2] He is the stepfather to her son Dino Majoli form her previous marriage to Dado Majoli.[2] He is also a supporter of NK Čelik Zenica.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1993 Okus limuna Croatian film
1994 The Price of Life
1995 Washed Out
1998 Agonija Inspector Croatian film
2000 Srce nije u modi Croatian soldier
2001 Polagana predaja
2001 Behind Enemy Lines Serbian soldier
2002 24 Hours Žuti
2003 Witnesses Javni tužitelj
2004 Long Dark Night Joka
2005 First Class Thieves Narrator Voice
Two Players from the Bench Antiša
Go West Milan Acting together with Rade Šerbedžija
Dobro uštimani mrtvaci Mario
2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown Diego Uncredited
2007 Ritam života Damir
2009 Storm Mladen Banovic
U zemlji cudesa Profesor
2012 Ice Age: Continental Drift Diego Voice
2014 Devet položaja samoće
Markov trg Marko Crnogača TV movie
2016 ZG80 Policeman from train #1
2019 General Davor Domazet Lošo
2022 Olympics Dragan Matutinović [es][3]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Smogovci Spasoje Croatian TV-series
2002 Naši i vaši prosjak-voditelj 1 episode
2004 Long Dark Night Joka
2005 A Mess in the House Himself 1 episode
2005–2010 Bitange i princeze Teodor "Teo" Friščić
2006 Ljubav, navika, panika Damir 1 episode
2006–2007 Kazalište u kući Karlo Mamić
2007 Dobre namjere Ante Liverić Croatian TV-series
2007 Tito Tito's doctor Croatian TV series about Tito's life
2015–2016 Lud, zbunjen, normalan Avdija 30 episodes
2018–2019 Konak kod Hilmije Sturmbannführer Schiling 24 episodes

As television host

TV show
Year Title Role Notes
2002–2008; 2009–2010, 2019–Present Tko želi biti milijunaš? Host Croatian version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
2008–2009; 2010–2011 1 protiv 100 Host Croatian version of 1 vs. 100
2011–2013 Sve u sedam Host Croatian version of Success Verzekerd
2013–2019 Potjera Host Croatian version of The Chase

References

  1. ^ Rožman, Klara (11 April 2019). "VELIKA ROŠADA NA HRT-u: TARIK FILIPOVIĆ VRAĆA SE U KVIZ 'TKO ŽELI BITI MILIJUNAŠ' 'Žao mi je što ću morati reći zbogom Potjeri'". Jutarnji list.
  2. ^ a b "Presretni Tarik Filipović: Super sam! Sad sam tata!" (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  3. ^ Reić, Zdravko; Rožman, Klara (24 June 2022). "Tarik Filipović u španjolskom filmu glumi vaterpolsku legendu: 'Zvao me sto puta, tražio silu detalja'". Jutarnji list.