Nikola Pejaković

Nikola Pejaković
Pejaković in 2019
Born (1966-09-16) 16 September 1966
Alma materUniversity of Arts in Belgrade
Occupation(s)Actor, television director, screenwriter, musician, singer, songwriter
Musical career
Also known asKolja
OriginBelgrade, Serbia
GenresBlues rock, acoustic rock, folk rock, funk, soul, comedy rock, rock
Instrument(s)vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica
Years activesince the mid-1980s
LabelsSystem Records

Nikola Pejaković (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Пејаковић; born 16 September 1966) is a Serbian actor, screenwriter and musician. After finishing Secondary Art School he entered the Art Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, department of theater directing. Beside his acting career, Pejaković is also a musician, playing the guitar, piano and harmonica. Since he was born without a little finger on his right hand, he is a four fingered guitarist, registered at the American Coalition for Disabled Musicians. He composed the ultimate kafana hit "Haljinica boje lila" ("Lilac-colored dress").

Pejaković wrote scenarios and appeared as actor in the movies Lepa sela lepo gore (Pretty village, pretty flame) and Rat uživo (War live). He directed the Složna braća television series and acted in the movies Mi nismo anđeli (We are not angels), directed by Srđan Dragojević, and Rock and roll uzvraća udarac (We Are Not Angels 3: Rock and roll strikes back), directed by Petar Pašić. He is a theatre director and his plays usually feature the mise-en-scene, costumes and soundtrack entirely created by him.