Filip Nikolic ( Serbian: Филип Николић, ''Filip Nikolić''; 1 September 1974 – 16 September 2009) was a French actor and singer of Serbian extraction, best known as the lead of the French boy-band

2Be3 2Be3 was a French boy band that was active from 1996 to 2001. History 2Be3 was formed in 1996 and comprised three childhood friends from Longjumeau (a suburb of Paris): Filip Nikolic, Adel Kachermi and Frank Delay. Inspired by English bands li ...

. Born at

Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine (, literally ''Saint-Ouen on Seine'') is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department in the Île-de-France region of France. It is located in the northern suburbs of Paris, from the centre of Paris. The commune was ca ...

, he was raised with two siblings in

Longjumeau Longjumeau () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. Inhabitants of Longjumeau are known as ''Longjumellois'' (). History Longjumeau Party School In 1911, Lenin founded the Longjumeau ...

, a suburb of

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

. Filip was a French singer, but he also featured in acting roles in a TV shows such as ''Navarro'' and ''Pour être libre'', a series centred on 2Be3. He also appeared in the US movie ''

Simon Sez ''Simon Sez'' is a 1999 action film starring Dennis Rodman, Dane Cook, and John Pinette. The film was directed by Kevin Alyn Elders, and the score was composed by Brian Tyler. The film received extremely negative reviews and became a box offic ...

'' with

Dennis Rodman Dennis Keith Rodman (born May 13, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player. Known for his fierce defensive and rebounding abilities, his biography on the official NBA website states that he is "arguably the best reboundin ...

in 1999. He was also runner-up in the French version of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' in 2006.

Death

He died on 16 September 2009, aged 35, reportedly while preparing a solo album. According to the first reports the cause of the death was a heart attack due to a combination of pills he used to get to sleep.

References

External links

* 1974 births 2009 deaths People from Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine French people of Serbian descent French pop musicians French male television actors Drug-related deaths in France 20th-century French musicians {{France-musician-stub