Zlatko Burić is a Croatian and Danish actor. He is best known for his performances in the Pusher film trilogy (1996–2005), and the films Bleeder (1999), 2012 (2009), Triangle of Sadness (2022), Superman (2025), and The Bride! (2026). In television, he portrayed Von Kovak in Wonder Man (2026). For Triangle of Sadness, he won a European Film Award and a Guldbagge Award.
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Early life and education
Burić was born in the city of Osijek in the former Yugoslavia (now located in Croatia) where he was educated at the Dramski Studio in 1972.
Career
In the 1970s and early 1980s, Burić belonged to the experimental theater group Kugla Glumište (formed in 1975) together with Željko Zorica-Šiš and Damir Bartol-Indoš.
He has appeared in several successful Danish films from the 1990s and 2000s, frequently appearing in films directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, including Bleeder and Milo in The Pusher Trilogy. For his role in Pusher, he won the Bodil Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1997.
In 2009, Burić had a large supporting role in the apocalyptic film 2012, as Yuri Karpov, a Russian billionaire. In 2012, he reprised his role as Milo in the British remake of Pusher.
Personal life
Burić moved to Denmark in 1981 where he married Sonja Hindkjær, with whom he has three children. After their divorce, he married the Danish-Serbian actress Dragana Milutinović, on 7 October 1998.
