
Nikola was named after his great-grandfather, who was an protoiereus in Mostar. He made his acting debut before he turned 13, with the role of the boy Ivan in the 1980 film "Rad na određeno vreme". During the 1980s, he played notable roles in the film "Igmanski marš" (1983), the TV series "Sivi Dom" (1986), and one of the main roles in three sequels of the very popular film series Foolish Years, which profiled him as one of the most famous actors of the younger generation in the former Yugoslavia.
In 1992, he played the main role in Srđan Dragojević's film "Mi nismo anđeli" (We're Not Angels), for which he remains notable. He starred again in the 2005 sequel Mi nismo anđeli 2.
He is married to Aleksandra Đurić, with whom he has a daughter Ana (2008) and two twin daughters (2013).
He made his directing debut in the film Herd (2016).

Skinning
2010 · as Inspektor Milutin

Home
2026

The Brave Adventures of a Little Shoemaker
2013 · as Bogati košarač

It Will Be Better
1994 · as Sale

Out of the Woods
2017 · as Pop

The Return of Žika's Dynasty
2025 · as Mihajlo 'Miša' Pavlović

The Fourth Man
2007 · as Major

Sky Hook
2000 · as Zuba

Life Is a Miracle
2004 · as Filipović

The Igman March
1983 · as Jovica

We Are Not Angels
1992 · as Nikola

Zika's Dynasty
1985 · as Mihailo

To the Hilt
2014 · as Agent

Pretty Village, Pretty Flame
1996 · as Velja

The Parade
2011 · as Limun

The Wounds
1998 · as Biber

Eclipse
1991

We Are Not Angels 2
2005 · as Nikola