Nikola Rakocevic has been proclaimed as one of Europe's leading young screen actors, clocking up awards and critical acclaim at major international film festivals.

Jurors at the prestigious Berlin Film Festival placed Nikola among the ten European Shooting Stars in 2014.

The accolade was just one among many international Best Actor awards to acknowledge the Serbian actor's talent in features such as: Skinning / Sisanje (2010), The Sky Above Us (2015), The Man Who Defended Gavrilo Princip / Branio Sam Mladu Bosnu (2014), Travelator (2013) and Circles / Krugovi (2013)

Nikola has an integral role in the Sky TV/Canal+ crime series The Last Panthers (2015), an acclaimed European drama inspired by notorious Balkan jewel thieves, the Pink Panthers.

Nikola [born: 27 June, 1983, Kragujevac, Serbia] studied drama at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Dramatic Arts (2001-2005). He lives in Belgrade with his wife and son.