Nik Xhelilaj

Quick Facts

Full Name	Nik Xhelilaj
Occupation	Actor
Date Of Birth	Mar 5, 1983(1983-03-05)
Age	41
Birthplace	Tirana
Country	Albania
Birth City	Tirana
Horoscope	Aries

Nik Xhelilaj Biography

Nik Xhelilaj is one of the most popular and richest Actor who was born on March 5, 1983 in Tirana, Tirana, Albania. Nik Xhelilaj was born in Tirana, on 5 March 1983, in a family originally from south Albania, his father was born in Vlore and his mother was born in Tepelena. Both of his parents are high military officers by profession. Thus, at the age of 14, also thanks to his father’s interest, he went to Istanbul to follow the military high-school. But his new path did not last more than 7 months and he decided to give up on the pursuit of the military career and to come back to Albania. Eventually he engaged with other young artist into the “Sirea Film” projects, with movie directors Leonard Bombaj and Alfred Trebicka, who advised him to compete and sign up for the Fine Arts Academy. Firstly Nik was a candidate for the Faculty of Law, where he did not win.

Nik Xhelilaj was part of the first season of the reality show Dancing with the Stars (Albania), that was held between 18 February – 7 May 2010. The couple of the actor and the professional dancer Olta Ahmetaj was the 5th to be eliminated from the competition (out of 12 couples) and thus resigning from the 1st prize of 50 thousand Euros.

Nik Xhelilaj Net Worth

Nik Xhelilaj is one of the richest Actor from Albania. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nik Xhelilaj 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Kreshnik Xhelilaj (born 5 March 1983), better known by his stage name Nik Xhelilaj, is an Albanian film and stage actor. He began his international career with the movie The Sadness of Mrs. Snajdrova, directed by Pirro Milkani and was the leading actor in three critically acclaimed Albanian films of the last few years, of which two entered in the List of Albanian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2008 and 2009. Nik has collected several “Best Actor” Awards in various international film festivals.

Then, in 2004, at the age of 21, he entered the Fine Arts Academy for acting. In 2005, after just having finished his freshman year, Nik was chosen by the experienced movie director Pirro Milkani to play the leading role of Lekë Seriani in the film The Sadness of Mrs. Snajdrova (Albanian: Trishtimi i zonjës Shnajder), which had strong autobiographical elements. The plot itself dealt in general with the life of director Milkani in the 1960s, during his studies in then-Czechoslovakia. Even though he didn’t know the Czech language at all, the young actor memorized and learned to pronounce his Czech lines for the entire film. Nik appeared nude in shower scene in this film. Also it was here that he became widely known with his stage name or nickname Nik, since the producers of the film found it hard to pronounce the Albanian name Kreshnik and thus suggested a shorter version of it. The movie was released in 2008 and was the Albanian submission of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for that year, but failed to be nominated.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Nik Xhelilaj Dating?

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Nik Ranked on the list of most popular Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Albania. Nik Xhelilaj celebrates birthday on March 5 of every year.