Stefan Kapičić (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Капичић; born 1 December 1978) is a Serbian[1] actor best known for his role of Colossus in Deadpool (2016), Deadpool 2 (2018), and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). He is also one of three members of the Council for Film Industry of Montenegro.[2]

Stefan Kapičić
Стефан Капичић
Kapičić at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con
Born (1978-12-01) 1 December 1978 (age 45)
NationalityMontenegro
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade
OccupationActor
Years active2002–present
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[1]
Spouse
Ivana Horvat
(m. 2017)
Children2
Parents
RelativesJovo Kapičić (grandfather)

Early life

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Kapičić was born 1 December 1978 in Cologne, West Germany,[3] the son of Slobodanka "Beba" Žugić, a Montenegrin actress, and Dragan Kapičić, a retired Serbian basketball player. His father played for Saturn Köln during that time. At three years of age the family returned to SFR Yugoslavia. His grandfather Jovo Kapičić bought him his first comic book when he was six years old, which sparked what he called an "ongoing love" in a 2015 interview about his role in Deadpool.[1] He studied acting at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. He speaks Serbian, English, German and Russian.[4]

Career

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Kapičić played the role of his own father in the 2015 film Bićemo prvaci sveta (We Will Be the World Champions) about the Yugoslavian national basketball team which won the 1970 FIBA World Championship.[5]

By 2015, Kapičić had accumulated more than 80 roles in television, film, and theater.[citation needed] He made it to the second round of a secret casting process for the X-Man Colossus in the superhero film Deadpool, learning what the production was only after he passed that round. Working with first-time director Tim Miller in Los Angeles, Kapičić did 120 takes during his third call of auditions, stretching the session an additional eight hours beyond its intended four-hour duration, before flying back to Dubrovnik, Croatia to perform Romeo and Juliet. Kapičić, a self-described "comic book geek" who considered Deadpool one of his favorite characters, was especially delighted when he learned he won the role, taking over from Daniel Cudmore, who had played the role in the X-Men films. Kapičić was selected because Miller wanted his version of Colossus, who is Russian in the comics, to have a Russian accent. The 6-foot-4 Kapičić portrayed the 7-and-a-half-foot tall character through a combination of voice work and motion capture, completing filming in mid-December 2015, eight weeks before the film's 12 February 2016 release date.[1]

In 2023, he appeared as Olgaren in The Last Voyage of the Demeter.[6]

Personal life

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In December 2015, Kapičić became engaged to Croatian actress Ivana Horvat.[7] They were married in 2017.[8]

Filmography

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Stefan Kapičić at the Mayfair Hotel in Manhattan's Theater District in 2016

Film

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Year Film Role Notes
2002 Kordon
2003 Citravita Policeman in a Batman shirt Short
Skoro sasvim obična priča Bane Leskovac
2004 Slobodan pad Nikola Short
Ulični hodač
O štetnosti duvana Ahmed Crni Arapin
2006 Ne skreći sa staze Gej Deda Mraz
2008 Čarlston za Ognjenku Arsa 'Kralj čarlstona'
The Brothers Bloom German Bar Owner
2012 Big Miracle Yuri
Larin izbor: Izgubljeni princ Nikša Ivanov
2013 Hitac Crni
2015 Bićemo prvaci sveta Dragan Kapičić
2016 Deadpool Colossus
[1]
2018 Deadpool 2 Voice and MoCap
2023 The Last Voyage of the Demeter Olgaren
Slotherhouse Oliver
2024 Deadpool & Wolverine Colossus Also MoCap

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2006–2007 Obični ljudi Igor Nikolić 111 episodes
2008 Vratiće se rode Dizajner Mitrović Dečanski
The Unit Dragan Episode: "Sex Trade"
Numb3rs Lee Hagopian Episode: "Scan Man"
2010 24 Davros' Operative Episode: "Day 8: 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m."
2011 The Event Dimitri Jelavitch Episode: "Strain"
2011–2013 Larin izbor Nikša Ivanov 251 episodes
2013 Stella Zac Guest star
2013–2014 Zora dubrovačka Rocco Sorgo 48 episodes
2015 Andrija i Anđelka Tonči
2016 Prvaci sveta Dragan Kapičić
2018 Counterpart Lieber
2018–2022 Better Call Saul Casper 6 episodes[9]
2019 Love, Death & Robots Lt. Nikolai Zakharov (voice) Episode: "The Secret War"
2022 Chicago Med Nikola Corluka Season 7 Episode 22 "End of the day, anything can happen"

Serbian dubs

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Year Film Role Notes
2004 Pokémon James Seasons 15
2006 Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties Winston
Open Season Shaw
Return to Never Land Captain Hook
2015 Animal Kingdom: Let's Go Ape Édouard
Inside Out Riley's Father
2016 The Good Dinosaur Poppa Henry

Video games

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Year Title Voice role Notes
2019 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Nikolai, J-12
2022 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Nikolai

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e McGovern, Joe (22 December 2015). "Deadpool: Colossus actor revealed as Stefan Kapicic — exclusive". Entertainment Weekly.
  2. ^ "Kapičić, Garko i Bazzeli u Savjetu za filmsku djelatnost Crne Gore". CdM.me. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Stefan Kapičić". Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  4. ^ Abrams, Sean (12 February 2016). "Stefan Kapičić Brings New Life to the Metallic Mutant, Colossus". Maxim.
  5. ^ "BIĆEMO PRVACI SVETA: Stefan Kapičić u ulozi svog oca Dragana!"
  6. ^ "Universal's Dracula Film 'Last Voyage Of Demeter' Coming Ashore In 2023". Horrorfuel. 19 July 2022. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  7. ^ Nazor, Antonio (20 January 2016). "Ekskluzivni Intervju Stefan Kapičić: 'Ostvaruju mi se snovi'". Story.
  8. ^ "Stefan Kapičić Marriages and Divorces". strictlyweddings.com.
  9. ^ "'Better Call Saul' Casts 'Deadpool 2' Star Stefan Kapicic (Exclusive)". hollywoodreporter.com. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
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