Dragan Nikolic's movie debut was in 1964 (Pravo stanje stvari (1964)), but he started his career with role Dzimi Barka in movie Quand je serai mort et livide (1967), directed by Zivojin Pavlovic and for this role, he was awarded with Diploma at Pula Film Festival in 1968. He appeared in more than 80 feature films. In 1985 he received the "October award" of Belgrade. He is married to Milena Dravic.
He live in Belgrade, working in theatre and acting in TV series like Bolji zivot (1987) and Porodicno blago (1998). He was regular member of famous Belgrade theatre "Atelje 212" (1969-2009) where he realized more than 40 roles, such as Berger in "Hair" by Gerome Ragni and James Rado, Djenka Djavo in "The Marathon Family" by Dusan Kovacevic, Gavrilo in "St. George Kills The Dragon" by Dusan Kovacevic and The Unknown in "The Visitor" by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt.
