Irfan Mensur

Irfan Mensur (; born Irfan Kurić, ; 19 January 1952) is a Serbian theatre, television, and film actor of Bosnian descent. Early life Born to father Mensur Kurić from Niš whose family traces its origins to Donji Vakuf in Bosnia and Herzegovina and mother Nada Wasche from Sarajevo, Irfan grew up in Sarajevo's Dolac Malta neighbourhood. At the age of 15, as a result of his parents divorcing, young Irfan moved with his father to Niš. In Niš, Irfan's father married actress , so Irfan spent part of his teenage years with a stepmother. Encouraged by his stepmother, young Irfan pursued performing arts and successfully passed the audition to enroll at the Academy of Theatre, Film, Radio and Television in Belgrade. Soon after moving to Belgrade, he legally changed his last name to Mensur in honour of his father.