Vojislav Brajović
Serbian actor and politician
Vojislav "Voja" Brajović (Serbian Cyrillic: Војислав "Воја" Брајовић; born 11 May 1949) is a Serbian actor.
Career
Brajović graduated from the Belgrade Faculty of Drama Arts in 1971. He has been a member of the Yugoslav Drama Theatre since 1969.
He has been the recipient of many 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, and eight annual awards of the Yugoslav Drama Theatre in Belgrade.
He is best known for his portrayal of Tihi, the wisecracking World War II resistance fighter in the cult 1970s TV series Otpisani and Povratak otpisanih.
Political career
He served as the Minister of Culture in the Government of Serbia for the Democratic Party between 2007 and 2008. In July 2008, he was appointed to be an advisor on culture to the President Boris Tadić.
Personal life
He is married to actress Milica Mihajlović and they have one child. His son from the first marriage is Vukota Brajović, an actor as well. His daughter also from the first marriage is well-known actress Iskra Brajović.
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