Sergej Trifunović

Sergej Trifunović (Serbian Cyrillic: Сергеј Трифуновић, pronounced [sɛ̌rɡɛːj trifǔːnɔʋitɕ]; born 2 September 1972) is a Serbian actor, comedian, singer, politician and citizen activist.[1]

Sergej Trifunović
Сергеј Трифуновић
Trifunović in May 2020
Personal details
Born (1972-09-02) 2 September 1972
Mostar, SR Bosnia-Heregovina, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Political partyMovement of Free Citizens (2017–present)
RelativesBranislav Trifunović (brother)
Alma materUniversity of Arts in Belgrade
ProfessionActor

In 2014, he founded a charity foundation Podrži život (Support Life), that helps underprivileged children with serious medical condition to get adequate treatment.[2] He is the current president of Movement of Free Citizens.

Early life and education

Sergej was born in Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia to father Tomislav, an actor, and mother Slobodanka, a lawyer. His younger brother, Branislav, is also an actor.[1] His father's career made the family moving between cities, thus Sergej's early years were spent in Mostar, Užice, Kruševac and Belgrade.[3]

His father was born in Mali Popović near Jagodina.[4] In 1990, Trifunović enrolled in the Belgrade Faculty of Drama Arts; fellow students included Nataša Ninković, Vojin Ćetković and Nebojša Glogovac.[1]

Political career
Trifunović at the unveiling ceremony of the first monument to Zoran Đinđić, in Prokuplje, 1 August 2007.

Trifunović have participated in protests against authoritarian regimes under Slobodan Milošević and Aleksandar Vučić.[5] During the 2017 presidential election campaign, he endorsed Saša Janković.[6]

The joint report by European Economic and Social Committee and Civic Initiatives noted that Trifunović and his charity foundation have been target of a smear campaign and false accusations by pro-government media and members of ruling parties since 2018.[7]

On January 26, 2019, Trifunović became 2nd president of Movement of Free Citizens. After nine months of protests over the rise of political violence and after the unsuccessful conclusion of the negotiation mediated by the University of Belgrade Faculty of Political Sciences and NGOs, Trifunović wrote an open letter to David McAllister, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, asking him to consider facilitating a cross-party dialogue on media and election conditions.[8] The first round of inter-party European Parliament-mediated dialogue in Serbia took place two months later.[9] In December 2019, following three rounds of dialogue, the EP delegation members announced that conditions for fair and free elections had not been established.[10] On January 20, 2020, the Movement of Free Citizens announced boycott of the parliamentary elections, however, the decision was later overturned with the Movement of Free Citizens participating in the elections winning 1.58% of the popular vote and failing to pass the census to enter the National Assembly.[11][12]

On 8 July 2020, at a protest against the government, Trifunović was attacked by the crowd and got his arcade broken.[13] He claims that he was attacked by the undercover members of the Security Intelligence Agency, and the members of the Leviathan Movement saying that they were there to discredit the protest.[14]

Filmography

Films
Year Film Role
1993Raj
1995Someone Else's AmericaLukas
1995Premeditated MurderKrsman Jakšić
1998Ljubinko i DesankaLjubinko
1998The HornetMiljaim
1998SaviorGoran
1998Cabaret Balkanthe hicjaker of the bus
1999LjubavniciDragan
2001Tri polse ponoćiRaša
2001Munje!Pop
2001Treći kanal od sunca
2002Ko čeka dočeka
2003The Professionalsilent lunatic
2004When I Grow Up, I'll Be a KangarooBraca
2005A View from Eiffel Towera man with his feet in a laurel
2005LjubavVanja Novaković
2006AporijaZoran
2006The Border PostLjuba Paunović
2006Uslovna slobodadriver
2006All For Freewarehouse worker
2007NextMr. White
2007U ime sinaTarik
2007MaskaBranko Radičević
2008War, Inc.Ooq-Mi-Fay Taqnufmini
2008The TourArkan
2009VikoIvan
2009Srpski ožiljciBeni
2009Wait for Me and I Will Not ComePE teacher
2010Montevideo, God Bless You!Anđelko Komatina
2010A Serbian FilmVukmir
2010The WhistleblowerIvan
2010Neke druge pričeĐorđe
2011Turnejaleader of Panthers
2011Dodirfather
2012Zalet
2012Gavransailor
2012Volim i ja tebeSemir
2012Odbrana i zaštitaWhiskey Smuggler
2013FalsifierEnes
2013Mamarošpoliceman
2013Dub PlayBoban Kostić Bili
2014Little BuddhoMišo
2014Jednaki
2014Po redu nastajanjaNebojša Mihajlović
2015We Will Be the World ChampionsRanko Žeravica
2015Burek
2016Ime: Dobrica, prezime: nepoznatoMirko
2016On the Milky Road
2016The Samurai in Autumnpoliceman
2017Kozje ušiElektričar
2017A Balkan Noir
2018Grande Punto
2018Apsurdni eksperiment
2018Volja sinovljevaTuđin
2019AjvarBane

TV Shows
  • Lisice
  • Crni Gruja
  • Bitange i princeze
  • Sleeper cell
  • Neki čudni ljudi
  • Na terapiji
  • Ono kao ljubav
  • Montevideo, Bog te video!
  • Andrija i Anđelka
  • Crno-bijeli svet
  • Prvaci sveta
  • Ubice mog oca
  • Žigosani u reketu
  • Dug moru
  • Ujka - novi Horizonti
gollark: I just muted them all several months ago.
gollark: These sure are videos which exist*.
gollark: (Also, most people who die from it are still old enough that they're unlikely to have more children.)
gollark: That wouldn't actually work. People not getting a vaccine affects people other than them quite a lot.
gollark: I doubt it actually makes it problematically contagious though.

References
  1. Sergej Trifunović profile, imdb.com; accessed 28 October 2016.
  2. "How Serbia Saves Its Children With Text Messages". balkanist.net. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  3. Sergej Trifunović interview for Ilustrovana Politika: Ceo život u dva kofera Archived 2011-03-11 at the Wayback Machine, ilustrovana.com, 2003.
  4. "Biografija: glumac Tomislav Trifunović".
  5. "Sergej Trifunović". Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  6. "Janković Vučiću: Game over". Radio Television of Serbia. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  7. "7th meeting of the EU-Serbia Civil Society Joint Consultative Committee". The Office for Cooperation with Civil Society. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  8. "Leader of Serbia's opposition party asks for EP's mediation of cross-party talks in a letter to McAllister". European Western Balkans. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
  9. "First EP-mediated dialogue in Serbia: Part of the opposition refuses to participate". European Western Balkans. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
  10. "Conditions for fair elections in Serbia not established after three rounds of dialogue". European Western Balkans. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  11. "Trifunović: PSG neće učestvovati na izborima". Danas. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  12. "KONAČNI REZULTATI IZBORA Kako će izgledati sastav budućeg parlamenta". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2020-07-08.
  13. "Sergej Trifunović napadnut na protestu, pukla mu arkada". NOVA portal. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
  14. Nedeljnik.rs (2020-07-08). "Sergej Trifunović napadnut na protestu ispred Skupštine: "Pripadnici službe su želeli da bace ljagu na protest"". Nedeljnik. Retrieved 2020-07-08.

Sources
Party political offices
Preceded by
Saša Janković		 President of the Movement of Free Citizens
2019–present		 Incumbent
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