Irfan Mensur
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Irfan Mensur | |
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| Born | 19 January 1952 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1973–present |
Irfan Mensur (born Irfan Kurić; 19 January 1952) is a Bosnian theatre, television, and film actor.
Early life
Born to father Mensur Kurić from Niš whose family roots go back to Donji Vakuf and mother Nada Wasche from Sarajevo, Irfan grew up in Sarajevo's Dolac Malta neghbourhood.[1][2] At age 15, his parents divorced and the teenager moved to Niš with his father. In Niš, his father married actress Miroslava "Mima" Vuković, meaning that part of Irfan's adolescence was spent with a stepmother.[1]
On his stepmother's encouragement, he pursued performing arts and managed to pass the audition to enroll at the Academy of Theatre, Film, Radio and Television in Belgrade.[1] Soon after moving to Belgrade, he legally changed his last name to Mensur in honour of his father.[1]
Career
He is living and playing roles in Serbia for 30 years. He is married to actress Srna Lango. The couple lives in Belgrade and they have one son. Both have children from previous marriages.
During the 2000s decade, the couple took one of the main roles in TV serial Jelena filmed in the production of Serbian RTV BK Telecom.
In December 2010, Irfan and Srna appeared as contestants in popular reality show Parovi on the Serbian TV station Happy TV.
Selected filmography
- The Day That Shook the World (1975)
- Beach Guard in Winter (1976)
- The Dog Who Loved Trains (1977)
- The Smell of Quinces (1982)
- A Tight Spot (1982)
- Escape from Sobibor (1987)
- Battle of Kosovo (1989)
- Sky Hook (1999)
- A View from Eiffel Tower (2005)
Personal
In 1976, at the height of his Beach Guard in Winter popularity in Yugoslavia, twenty-four-year-old Mensur married the twenty-three-year-old Trebinje-born model Ljiljana Perović who had, much like him, also spent her childhood in Sarajevo before ending up in Belgrade in pursuit of a show business career.[3] The couple had a son, Filip, in 1983 before divorcing in 1984.[3]
In 1995, forty-three-year-old Mensur married twenty-four-year-old actress Srna Lango who, like Mensur, already had a son from a previous marriage.[4] Their son Pavle was born in 1999.[4] The couple divorced in 2012.[4]
In April 2013, sixty-one-year-old Mensur suffered a heart attack[5][6] while preparing a play at Zoran Radmilović Threater in Zaječar.[7] He was immediately rushed to a cardiovascular clinic where a triple bypass surgery was performed.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d "Otac mu je bio beg, a majka grofica: Njegove uloge oduševljavale su celu SFRJ, a malo ko zna da je Irfan Mensur promenio prezime, a za to je imao dobar razlog". Kurir. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Bakić, Emina (22 October 2017). "Irfan Mensur za "Dnevni avaz" o karijeri, privatnom životu, rodnom Sarajevu...: Neke uloge sam prihvatio da bih preživio!". Dnevni avaz. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Svi znaju za brak sa Srnom Lango, a ovo je prva supruga Irfana Mensura: Bila je jedna od najlepših žena Jugoslavije!". Puls online. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ a b c "Razvode se Srna Lango i Irfan Mensur". Kurir. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Irfan Mensur doživeo infarkt". B92. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Djordjevic, Vesna (11 April 2013). "Glumac Irfan Mensur doživeo infarkt, hitno operisan". Blic. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Nije znao da doživljava infarkt: Irfan Mensur se oporavlja". Kurir. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
External links
- Irfan Mensur at IMDb