Sergej Trifunović

Sergej Trifunović (, ; born 2 September 1972) is a Serbian actor, comedian, singer, politician and citizen activist.

In 2014, he founded a charity foundation Podrži život (Support Life), that helps underprivileged children with serious medical conditions get adequate treatment. He was the president of the Movement of Free Citizens from 2019 to 2020.

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.

His father was born in Mali Popović near Jagodina. In 1990, Trifunović enrolled in the Belgrade Faculty of Drama Arts; fellow students included Nataša Ninković, Vojin Ćetković and Nebojša Glogovac. During the 2017 presidential election campaign, he endorsed Saša Janković.

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

On January 26, 2019, Trifunović became the 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. The first round of inter-party European Parliament-mediated dialogue in Serbia took place two months later. In December 2019, following three rounds of dialogue, the EP delegation members announced that conditions for fair and free elections had not been established. On January 20, 2020, the Movement of Free Citizens announced a 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.

On 16 June 2020, Sergej Trifunović published and then deleted the video showing him, along with Srbijanka Turajlić, singing a Chetnik song, which was followed by heavy criticism on social networks from the liberal and leftist public in Serbia.

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

Filmography Films Year Film Role 1993 Raj 1995 Someone Else's America Lukas Premeditated Murder Krsman Jakšić 1998 Ljubinko i Desanka Ljubinko The Hornet Miljaim Savior Goran Cabaret Balkan The hitchhiker of the bus 1999 Ljubavnici Dragan 2001 Tri posle ponoći Raša Munje! Pop Treći kanal od sunca 2002 Ko čeka dočeka 2003 The Professional Silent lunatic 2004 When I Grow Up, I'll Be a Kangaroo Braca 2005 A View from Eiffel Tower A man with his feet in a laurel Ljubav Vanja Novaković 2006 Aporija Zoran The Border Post Ljuba Paunović Uslovna sloboda Driver All For Free Warehouse worker 2007 Next Mr. White U ime sina Tarik Maska Branko Radičević 2008 War, Inc. Ooq-Mi-Fay Taqnufmini The Tour Arkan 2009 Viko Ivan Srpski ožiljci Beni Wait for Me and I Will Not Come PE teacher 2010 Montevideo, God Bless You! Anđelko Komatina A Serbian Film Vukmir Vukmir The Whistleblower Ivan Neke druge priče Đorđe 2011 Turneja Leader of Panthers Dodir Father 2012 Zalet Gavran sailor Volim i ja tebe Semir Odbrana i zaštita Whiskey Smuggler 2013 Falsifier Enes Mamaroš policeman Dub Play Boban Kostić Bili 2014 Little Buddho Mišo Jednaki Po redu nastajanja Nebojša Mihajlović 2015 We Will Be the World Champions Ranko Žeravica Bourek 2016 Ime: Dobrica, prezime: nepoznato Mirko On the Milky Road The Samurai in Autumn Policeman 2017 Kozje uši Električar A Balkan Noir 2018 Grande Punto Apsurdni eksperiment Volja sinovljeva Tuđin 2019 Ajvar Bane 2024 Cat's Cry (Mačji krik) 2026 Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead Lazar

Television Year Title Role Notes 2003 Lisice Nebojsa Djuricko One episode 2003 Crni Gruja Crni Gruja 12 episodes 2006 Sleeper Cell One episode 2007 Bitange i princeze Menadzer Kocka 2 episodes 2009 Neki čudni ljudi Putujuci glumac One episode 2009 Na terapiji Boris 9 episodes 2009-2010 Ono kao ljubav Dzoni 20 episodes 2012 Montevideo, Bog te video! Nacelnik Komatina 5 episodes 2015 Andrija i Anđelka Drugar One episode 2016 Prvaci sveta Ranko Zeravica 6 episodes 2018-2019 Žigosani u reketu Petar 11 episodes 2019 Dug moru Djordje 10 episodes Ujka – novi Horizonti Besic One episode 2024 Tajne vinove loze Jagodinac 16 episodes