Jasmin Geljo is a Bosnian-Canadian actor. He is best known for his roles in Cube Zero, as Ryjkin, and in the films Land of the Dead, Assault on Precinct 13 and The Sentinel. Is in Pop Series original, “Schitt’s Creek”, as Ivan alongside actor Eugene Levy.

Geljo was born in SarajevoPR Bosnia-HerzegovinaFPR Yugoslavia. 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 Stjepanović 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.

Born: September 18, 1959, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Education: University of Sarajevo
Children: Filip Geljo

Nominations: Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

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Jasmin Geljo je Bosansko-Kanadski glumac. Najpoznatiji je po ulogama u Cube Zero, kao Ryjkin, iu filmovima Land of the Dead, Assault on Precinct 13 i The Sentinel. U originalnoj seriji Pop, “Schitt’s Creek”, kao Ivan zajedno sa glumcem Eugene Levy.

Geljo je rođen u SarajevuBiHFPR Jugoslavija. Diplomirao je glumu na Akademiji scenskih umjetnosti u Sarajevu. Sa samo jedanaest godina, snimio je svoj prvi film pod nazivom Boy with a Violin. Nakon završene srednje škole, studirao je dramu na Akademiji dramske umjetnosti Univerziteta u Sarajevu, pod vodstvom profesora Boro Stjepanovića i svjetski poznatog redatelja Emira Kusturice. Već u drugoj godini četvorogodišnjeg akademskog programa počeo je da preuzima glavne uloge u filmu, televiziji i pozorištu u bivšoj Jugoslaviji. Godine 1984. odigrao je ulogu u Kusturičinom filmu Otac na sluzbenom putu, koji je dobio Zlatnu palmu za najbolji film godine na filmskom festivalu u Kanu. Po završetku Akademije pojavio se u brojnim produkcijama širom bivše Jugoslavije.

Rođen: 18. septembra 1959. godine, Sarajevo, Bosna i Hercegovina
Obrazovanje: Univerzitet u Sarajevu
Djeca: Filip Geljo

Career in Canada

Geljo relocated to TorontoOntario, 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.

Geljo se preselio u Toronto, Ontario, u Kanadi sredinom 1990-ih i nastavio sa svojim glumom. Od tada je proširio svoj repertoar na filmsku produkciju.

Filmography