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N I K X H E L I L A J

Born in Tirana Albania in 1983, Nik Xhelilaj studied acting in the Albanian capital and played in various theater productions in his homeland before following in his family’s military background and enrolling in a military high school in Istanbul at age 14. But it was a path which would not last, and after seven short months he deci-ded to give up a career in the armed forces and follow his passion of acting.

He started his career with „The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider „, the official Albanian contribution to the 2008 Academy Award for best foreign language film. In addition to appearing in films such as“ Single Use „(2005) and“ Alive! „(2009), in 2010 he received the Actor Award of the Moscow International Film Festival for his acting performance in the German-Albanian film „The Albanian.“ A year later he was honored for the drama among other awards as an Albanian „Shooting Star“ at the International Film Festival in Berlin.

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For the Albanian-British co-production SEVEN LUCKY GODS (The Seven Lucky Gods - 2012) he was honored as „Best Actor“ at the Houston Film Festival and for CROSSROADS (2014) he was also named „Best Actor“ at the Prishtina International Film Festival.In Germany, he is known for playing in the new edition of the clas-sic Winnetou by Karl May, as the main actor the role of Winnetou.

In addition to acting, he also acts as a moderator, leading the Al-banian preliminary vote for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2012. November 14th the series „Milk and Honey“ will be launched, an unusual mix of fun, eroticism with serious undertones. Nik is play-ing Arian the only remaining employee of an apiary who becomes very creative to generate income.

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