Gojko Mitić

Gojko Mitić (lahir 13 Juni 1940, di Strojkovce dekat Leskovac, Morava Banovina, Kerajaan Yugoslavia) adalah sutradara, aktor, pemeran pengganti, dan penulis Serbia. Dia tinggal di Berlin. Ia dikenal dengan serangkaian Red Westerns dari GDR DEFA Studios, yang menampilkan penduduk asli Amerika sebagai pahlawan, bukan pemukim kulit putih seperti di Westerns karya John Ford. Dimulai dengan The Sons of Great Bear (1966), Mitić membintangi 12 film jenis ini antara tahun 1966 dan 1984. Ia berkontribusi pada citra populer penduduk asli Amerika di negara-negara berbahasa Jerman. Dalam upaya untuk menjauh dari ketenarannya berdasarkan orang-orang Barat ini, Mitić di kemudian hari semakin berupaya untuk tampil di genre lain, di film, di televisi, dan di atas panggung. Di antara peran lainnya, ia memerankan Spartacus di atas panggung dan membawakan beberapa acara TV. Dia juga memainkan Winnetou karya Karl May pada musim-musim di "Karl-May-Festspiele" hingga 2006 di Bad Segeberg dekat Hamburg, Jerman. Dalam salah satu episodenya ia berperan di program televisi Jerman, Schloss Einstein. Grup punk rock & ska Bulgaria Hipodil menggubah sebuah lagu, Bate Goiko, yang didedikasikan untuk Gojko Mitić. Pada tahun 2010, dia menerima Anugerah Brothers Karić di Serbia. (dari Wikipedia)

Gojko Mitić (was born June 13, 1940, in Strojkovce near Leskovac, Morava Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is a Serbian director, actor, stuntman, and author. He lives in Berlin. He is known for a numerous series of Red Westerns from the GDR DEFA Studios, featuring Native Americans as the heroes, rather than white settlers as in John Ford's Westerns. Beginning with The Sons of Great Bear (1966), Mitić starred in 12 films of this type between 1966 and 1984. He contributed to the popular image of Native Americans in German-speaking countries. In an attempt to move away from his fame based on these Westerns, Mitić in his later career increasingly sought to appear in other genres, on film, on television, and on stage. Among other roles, he played Spartacus on stage and presented several TV shows. He also played Karl May's Winnetou in seasons at the "Karl-May-Festspiele" until 2006 in Bad Segeberg near Hamburg, Germany. In one episode he played a role at the German television program, Schloss Einstein. Bulgarian punk rock & ska group Hipodil composed a song, Bate Goiko, dedicated to Gojko Mitić. In 2010, he received the Brothers Karić Award in Serbia. (from Wikipedia)