Faruk Begolli, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Faruk Begolli

kosovar actor

Date of Birth: 14-Feb-1944

Place of Birth: Pejë, Peć District, Kosovo

Date of Death: 23-Aug-2007

Profession: actor, film director

Nationality: Serbia

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Faruk Begolli (14 February 1944 – 23 August 2007) was a prominent Yugoslav actor of Albanian descent.He attended high school in Pristina and graduated from the Academy of Film in Belgrade (1966).
Begolli played in more than 60 films, starting with Veljko Bulajic's Pogled u zenicu Sunca (1966).
He cooperated with director Puriša Ðordevic in his films Podne (Noon), Jutro (The Morning), and San (The Dream), and his notable roles include Bitka na Neretvi, Cuvar plaže u zimskom periodu and Derviš i Smrt (The Dervish and Death). In the late 1980s, Begolli returned from Belgrade to Kosovo, where he worked as a professor at the Faculty of Drama of the University of Pristina . His last major lead role was in Ekrem Kryeziu's Dashuria e Bjeshkëve të Nemuna (The Love of the Accursed Mountains, 1997), and his work was Etjet e Kosovës (Kosovo's Thirsts, 2006), for which he co-wrote the script.
He made a last appearance in the short film '10 Minuta' (2004) Film by Director Burim Haliti. Faruk Begolli died in 2007 after a long battle with cancer. His brother, Adil Begolli, was a prolific film and television producer.