Zlatan Zuhrić
Zlatan Zuhrić, known as Zuhra, is a Croatian actor, comedian and television host, best known as Aljoša Kapulica, the pupil he played in the comedy show Večernja škola (Evening School). He was born in Zagreb on 21 April 1962 and grew up in the Črnomerec neighbourhood; his father's family came from Cazin and his mother's from Dubrovnik. After finishing the Fifth Gymnasium he graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing at the University of Zagreb. His comedy career began in 1987 in a double act with Željko Pervan, as part of the Zločesta djeca (Naughty Kids) team on Radio 101. His popularity peaked with Večernja škola, in which Pervan played the teacher, and the character of Aljoša made him famous across Croatia and beyond; he returned to the role in Večernja škola: Povratak upisanih (2005–2006). After leaving Večernja škola he moved to Nova TV, where he had his own talk show for one season and at the same time played the lead, Joško Macola, in the sitcom Cimmer fraj (2006–2007), leaving after one season together with his co-star Arijana Čulina. He then returned to the national broadcaster HRT, where for a year he co-hosted the talk show 69 with actor Hrvoje Kečkeš. In 2007 he also hosted the Zuhra Light Show. His long list of television roles includes Danilo Vratina in Obećana zemlja (2002), Thomas Mršić in Bumerang (2005–2006), Bitange i princeze, Nagib and Bahro Burek in the long-running sitcom Lud, zbunjen, normalan (2007–2020), Luda kuća (2007), Stipe u gostima (2009), Instruktor (2010), Crno-bijeli svijet (2015), Na granici (2018), Blago nama (2020) and San snova (2023). He took part in Zvijezde pjevaju in 2011 and appeared on The Masked Singer in 2022 as the Stuffed Pepper. On film he has appeared in Svjetsko čudovište (2003), Lopovi prve klase and Posljednja pričest (2005), Jasmina (2009), Duh babe Ilonke (2011) and Sonja i bik (2012), and he voiced Maurice in the Croatian dub of Madagascar.
