Branko Tomovic is a European actor born in Muenster, Germany, although his actual origin is from the Carpathians in Serbia. His parents emigrated to Germany in the 1970s from the Golubac Fortress area on the Danube, and Branko was raised between Germany and Serbia before studying acting at the prestigious Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York City.
Tomovic first appeared on the big screen in the lead role of the award-winning American Film Institute/Sundance drama Remote Control (2001),for which he received the OmU-Award at the Potsdam Film Festival. He has since settled in London and has appeared in striking roles on British television.
Some of his notable roles include the creepy main suspect Antoni Pricha, the Morgue Man, in the Jack the Ripper thriller Whitechapel (2009),the pyromaniac Junky-Henchman Marek Lisowski in the final episodes of A Touch of Frost (1992),and Polish fighter pilot Miroslaw Feric in the WW2 drama The Untold Battle of Britain (2010).
He has been named "One to watch" by Moviescope Magazine and has worked with internationally respected film directors such as Ken Loach, Sönke Wortmann, and Paul Greengrass. In 2010, he won the 'Best Actor' Award at the San Francisco Short Film Festival and at The Accolade Film Awards for his performance as a Serbian soldier who is tormented by grief and guilt after being a witness of war crimes in the drama Inbetween (2008).
Tomovic has also starred opposite Debbie Harry in Jimi Cauty's Road movie Believe the Magic (2012) and Steve Stone's ghost thriller Entity (2012) with Dervla Kirwan and Charlotte Riley. Entity won two awards at the London Independent Film Festival 2013 and Best Film at the British Horror Film Festival, where Tomovic was also nominated for Best Actor.
The British Filmmakers Alliance honored him as Best International Actor for his role. He is set to play the title character of Nikola Tesla in the upcoming bio-pic Tesla. In 2014, he played Jack Bauer's right-hand man, the mysterious and dangerous Belcheck, next to Kiefer Sutherland in 24: Live Another Day. He was also seen opposite Brad Pitt and Logan Lerman in David Ayer's WWII drama Fury.
In 2016, Tomovic made his directorial debut with Red, a short dark thriller set in the underground world of illegal organ trade. He stars in the lead role of Niklas alongside Dervla Kirwan and Francesca Fowler. The film has played numerous prestigious festivals, including the San Diego International Film Festival, Tangier International Film Festival, and the European Film Award qualifying International Short Film Festival in Drama.
His second film as a writer/director, The Smell of Petrol, deals with human trafficking and the current refugee crisis. It world-premiered at the Oldenburg Film Festival in 2018 and won Best UK Short Film Special Mention at the Winchester Film Festival and the Grand Prix Festival Award at the Jahorina Film Festival.
His feature debut as a writer/director is the European arthouse horror film Vampir, in which he also stars. It had its world premiere at the Sitges International Film Festival in October 2021 in the New Visions competition, followed by the UK premiere at the Raindance Film Festival and the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, where it was nominated for a Silver Méliès Award as Best European Fantastic Film.
Tomovic has won numerous awards and nominations for his work, including the Oscull Award for his special contribution to film art at the Festival of Serbian Fantastic Film and the German Cinema New Talent Award (Förderpreis Neues Deutsches Kino) as well as the Hof Gold Prize (Hofer Goldpreis) at the prestigious 56th Hof International Film Festival in Germany.
