- Born
- Died
- Nickname
- Smoki
- Height6′ 6″ (1.98 m)
- Ljubisa Samardzic was born into a miner's family. His acting talent was discovered very early and he won a scholarship with respected director Bojan Stupica. After graduating Belgrade Drama Arts Academy and playing a few theater roles, Ljubisa Samardzic was given the part in Igre na skelama (1961). After that experience, he decided to quit theater and try his luck in movies. In a few years he got the leading roles in some of the most popular or influential movies ever made in former Yugoslavia and soon became one of the movie icons in that country, together with 'Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic', Milena Dravic and Boris Dvornik. In the 1980s and during the break-up of Yugoslavia his acting star began to fade but he managed to switch careers by founding his own movie production company together with his son Dragan Samardzic. The company not only survived the harsh times of UN sanctions against rump Yugoslavia, but managed to produce few successful movies that became popular in many of the former Yugoslav republics. Ljubisa Samardzic now lives and works in Belgrade, is married and has two children and two grandchildren.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Dragan Antulov <dragan.antulov@altbbs.fido.hr>
- SpouseMirjana Samardzic(July 3, 1966 - September 8, 2017) (his death, 2 children)
- On August 1995, he received Life Achievement Award "Pavle Vuisic" for his roles in Serbian cinematography.
- Father of Dragan Samardzic.
- Was member of the Central Comitee of Yugoslav Communist Party in late 1980s.
- Pictured on one of a set of eight 23d Serbian commemorative postage stamps celebrating Serbian actors and actresses, issued 27 March 2019. Stamps were issued in a single souvenir sheet. Others honored in this set were Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Mira Stupica, Slobodan Aligrudic, Predrag Lakovic, Sonja Savic, Milorad Mandic-Manda, and Nebojsa Glogovac.
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