Jasmin Geljo

Jasmin Geljo (born September 18, 1959) is a Bosnian-Canadian actor. He is best known for his roles on Cube Zero as Ryjkin and in the films Land of the Dead, Assault on Precinct 13 and The Sentinel.

Biography

Jasmin Geljo was born in Sarajevo. He graduated acting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo. At only eleven years of age, he made his first film called Boy with a Violin. After completion of high school, he studied drama at the University of Sarajevo’s Academy of Dramatic Arts, taught by professor Boro Stjepanovic and the world-renowned director, Emir Kusturica. Already in the second year of the four-year-long academic program, he started getting principal roles in film, television and theatre in former Yugoslavia. In 1984 he played a role in Kusturica’s film When Father Was Away on Business, which received a Golden Palm for best film of the year at the Cannes Film Festival. After graduating from the Academy, he appeared in numerous productions all over former Yugoslavia.

Career in Canada

Geljo relocated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the mid-1990s and has continued his acting. He has since expanded his repertoire to include film production.

In 2016, he garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actor at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards, for his performance in the film The Waiting Room.^[1]

Filmography

• Noc strijepnje (1982)
• Pismo – Glava (1983)
• Samek (1983)
• Provincija u pozadini (1984)
• Veliki talenat (1984)
• When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
• Audicija (1985) as Mima Sis
• Azra (1988) as Ibro
• Covjek koji je znao gdje je sjever a gdje jug (1989) as Ivan
• Hajde da se volimo 2 (1989) as Vatrogasac 1
• Sa 204-272 (1991) as Otas
• Voajer (1992)
• Peacekeepers (1997) as Cowboy
• After Alice (2000) as Immigrant Husband
• Beyond Borders (2003) as Truck Driver
• Cube Zero (2004) as Ryjkin
• Left Behind: World at War (2005) as Russian Officer
• Neil (2005) as Davor
• Land of the Dead (2005) as Tambourine Man
• Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) as Marko
• Citizen Duane (2006) as Barber
• The Battery-Powered Duckling (2006) as The Guard
• Skinwalkers (2006) as Cabin Person #1
• The Sentinel (2006) as Assassin
• Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming (2007) as Maintenance Man
• Snijeg (2008) as Miro
• Gangster Exchange (2009) as Gogo Wolf
• The Shrine (2010) as Purple Cloaked Man #2
• The Waiting Room (2015)

TV

• Brisani prostor (1985) as Bili (3 episodes)
• ZOS: Zone of Separation (2009) as Vilko the Red (3 episodes)

References

External links

• Jasmin Geljo at the Internet Movie Database