Stefan Kapičić

Stefan Kapičić
Kapičić promoting Deadpool at the Mayfair Hotel in Manhattan in 2016
Born	1 December 1978 Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Alma mater	University of Belgrade
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002–present
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Partner(s)	Ivana Horvat (2014-present)

Stefan Kapičić (born 1 December 1978) is a German-born Serbian actor with numerous screen credits to his name, best known for providing the voice of Colossus in Deadpool (2016).

Early life

Stefan Kapičić was born December 1, 1978 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany,^[1] the son of Slobodanka Zugić, a Montenegrin actress, and Dragan Kapičić, a retired Yugoslav and Serbian basketball player. Stefan 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 1970 FIBA World Championship.^[2] He studied acting at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. He speaks Serbian, English and Russian.^[3]

His grandfather bought him his first comic book when he was six years old, which sparked what he called an "ongoing love" in a 2015 interview.^[4]

Career

By 2015, Kapičić had accumulated more than 80 roles in television, film, and theater. 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 Montenegro 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. Kapicic was a last minute replacement for Andre Tricoteux, and was selected by Miller in part 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 voice work, completing filming in mid-December 2015, eight weeks before the film's February 12, 2016 release date.^[4]

Personal life

In December 2015, Kapičić became engaged to Croatian actress Ivana Horvat.^[5][6]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Kordon
2006-2007	Obicni ljudi	Igor Nikolic
2008	Vratice se rode	Dizajner Mitrovic Decanski
2008	The Unit	Dragan
2008	Numb3rs	Lee Hagopian
2010	24	Davros' Operative
2011	The Event	Dimitri Jelavitch
2013	Stella	Zac
2011-2013	Larin izbor	Niksa Ivanov
2013–2014	Zora dubrovačka	Rocco Sorgo

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2002	Kordon
2003	Citravita	Policeman in a Batman shirt	Short
2003	Skoro sasvim obična priča	Bane Leskovac
2004	Slobodan pad	Nikola	Short
2004	Ulični hodač
2004	O štetnosti duvana	Ahmed Crni Arapin
2006	Ne skreći sa staze	Gay Deda Mraz
2008	Čarlston za Ognjenku	Arsa 'Kralj carlstona'
2008	The Brothers Bloom	German Bar Owner
2012	Big Miracle	Yuri
2012	Larin izbor: Izgubljeni princ	Niksa Ivanov
2013	Hitac	Crni
2015	Bićemo prvaci sveta	Dragan Kapičić
2016	Deadpool	Piotr Rasputin / Colossus	Voice[4]

References

1. "Stefan Kapičić". Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
2. "BIĆEMO PRVACI SVETA: Stefan Kapičić u ulozi svog oca Dragana!"
3. Abrams, Sean (February 12, 2016). "Stefan Kapičić Brings New Life to the Metallic Mutant, Colossus". Maxim.
4. McGovern, Joe (December 23, 2015). "Meet Stefan Kapicic, the Serbian actor inside the 7-and-a-half-foot tall mutant Colossus in Deadpool". Entertainment Weekly.
5. "Ovako su Stefan Kapičić i Ivana Horvat proslavili veridbu!". Story. December 23, 2015.
6. Nazor, Antonio (January 20, 2016)

External links

• Stefan Kapičić at the Internet Movie Database