He completed his elementary and secondary education in Zrenjanin. He graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade in 1982, in the class of Professor
Minja Dedić. His classmates included
Sonja Savić,
Žarko Laušević,
Zoran Cvijanović,
Svetislav Gončić,
Suzana Petričević, and
Andreja Maričić. He played his first role after graduation at the National Theatre in Belgrade, in the play
Lenin, Stalin, Trotsky. In 1983, he became a permanent member of
Atelje 212. In 2014, he was elected director of the theatre. ==References==