Velibor Topic

Velibor Topić (born 24 July 1970 in Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian actor.

He is known for his roles in Snatch (2000), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Robin Hood (2010), The Counselor (2013), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), as well as for his work in British TV dramas such as Sharpe's Peril (2002), The Bill (2002), Prime Suspect series 6 (2003), and Ambassadors (2013).

Throughout his career, Topić has worked three times with Ridley Scott as well as other well-known directors such as Guy Ritchie, Tom Hooper, Matthew Vaughn, Anthony Minghella and William Monahan.

Early life

Topić was born in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina (former SFR Yugoslavia), to a family of mixed Serbian, Bosniak and Croatian heritage.

During the war he lived in Sarajevo where he formed part of a theatre group. He also appears in one of Annie Leibovitz's photographs from the time called "Sarajevo – The Kiss".

Career In 1996 he moved to London.

Topić has over 69 acting credits in UK film, television and Hollywood film productions.

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes 1997 The Saint Skinhead Film starring: Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue, Rade Serbedzija 1997 Taggart Alexei Kianovich TV series 1997 Police 2020 Mikki Ostrovsky Film starring Liam Cunningham 1999 Casualty Andrei Dimitriov TV series 2000 The Railway Children Mr. Szczepansky 2000 Snatch The Russian Film starring Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro, Jason Statham 2001 As If Cabbie TV series 2001 Always and Everyone Savo TV series 2001 Bodywork Rudi Scott 2001 Randall and Hopkirk Cabbie TV series 2002 The Red Siren 2002 Ultimate Force Boban Haradic TV series 2003 Messiah Davor Pasovic TV miniseries: Messiah II: Vengeance Is Mine 2003 The Vice Riccardo TV series 2003 Prime Suspect Dusan Zigic TV series starring Helen Mirren, Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness 2003 Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness Marten Gunderson (voice) Video game voices: Jonell Elliott, Eric Loren 2004 William and Mary Bogdan TV series 2004 Cargo Branko 2005 Kingdom of Heaven Almaric Film starring Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson, Liam Neeson, Edward Norton 2005 Silent Witness Chric Pivcevic TV series, Episode: "The Meaning of Death" 2005 Rose and Maloney Malek Dimitriev TV series 2006 Holby City Mirko Kovacevic TV series 2006 Second in Command Anton Tavarov Film starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme 2006 Coming Up Ilya TV series 2006 Breaking and Entering Vlado Film starring Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Robin Wright 2007 The All Together Bob Music Film starring Martin Freeman 2007 HolbyBlue Neculai Stenga TV series 2007 The Living and the Dead Vijali Croatian war movie Big Golden Arena for Best Film at the Pula Film Festival 2007 The Englishman Henry 2008 Sharpe's Peril Dragomirov Film starring Sean Bean 2009 Extreme Vocational Experiences Real Assassin X Short 2009 The Bill Kreshnik Berisha / Slawomir Zelazny / Ion Goga TV series 1999–2009, starred in 6 episodes 2009 Goal III: Taking on the World Romanian Barman 2010 Hustle Charlie TV series 2010 Robin Hood Belvedere Film starring Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett 2010 Thorne Pavel TV series 2010 GoldenEye Additional voices (voice) Video game: Voices: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench 2010 London Boulevard Storbor Film starring Colin Farrell, Keira Knightley 2011 Cars 2 Alexander Hugo (voice) Voices: Owen Wilson, Michael Caine, John Turturro 2012 Children of Sarajevo Mirsad Melic 2012 St George's Day Albanian Thug 2012 007 Legends Additional Voices (voice) Video game voices: Judi Dench, Rory Kinnear 2013 Company of Heroes Soviet soldier Film starring Tom Sizemore 2013 Outpost : Rise of the Spetsnaz Arkadi 2013 The Counselor Sedan Man Film starring Michael Fassbender, Penélope Cruz, Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, Goran Visnjic, Natalie Dormer 2013 Ambassadors Svecko TV miniseries 2013 Convenience Ivan 2014 Mea Culpa Milan 2014 Da Vinci's Demons Mihail TV series 2014 Flim: The Movie Vuk 2014 Coming Up Ilya TV series 2014 The Smoke Dmitri TV series 2014 The Game KGB Hood / Hood 1 TV series starring Tom Hughes, Brian Cox 2014 The Healer Mak 2014 Suspects Marek TV series 2014 Kingsman: The Secret Service Biggest goon Film starring Colin Firth, Michael Caine, Samuel L. Jackson 2015 Vera Milosh Beqiri TV series 2015 Never Let Go Vladislav 2016 Our Kind of Traitor Emilio Del Oro Film starring Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgård, Naomie Harris 2016 The Witness Marko 2016 The White Room Mak 2017 Dead Fish (Mrtve ribe) Dragan 2017 - 2018 Čista ljubav Dominik TV series 2018 Rest in Peace Igla TV series 2018 Experiment 77 Jake 2018 Dead In A Week (or your money back) Ivan 2018 Mission: Impossible – Fallout Zola Enforcer 2025 Den of Thieves 2: Pantera Mirinko