Željko Božić

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Željko Božić (September 29, 1974 – June 7, 2006) was a Serbian stuntman and actor from Belgrade. He gained international fame after winning stunt awards in Moscow and Belgrade and founded the Koloseum stunt awards, an open‑source stunt project. He acted in films such as The Peacemaker (1997), Welcome to Sarajevo (1997), Gypsy Magic (1997), The Professional (2001), All the Invisible Children (2005), We Are Not Angels 2 (2004), Fade to Black (2005) and Made in YU (2004). His name is sometimes written as Zeliko Bozich. On April 27, 2006, he was severely injured performing a dangerous car stunt: he jumped from a height of 50 feet off a bridge into a river, staying inside the car, as part of a Koloseum stunt festival promo planned for September 2006. He died on June 7, 2006, leaving behind his wife Milkica Božić and their two children.