Begolli attended high school in
Pristina and graduated from the Academy of Film in
Belgrade (1966).
Career
Begolli played in more than 60 films, starting with
Veljko Bulajić's Pogled u zenicu Sunca (1966). He cooperated with director
Puriša Đorđević in his films Podne (Noon), Jutro (The Morning), and San (The Dream), and his notable roles include Bitka na Neretvi, Čuvar plaže u zimskom periodu and Derviš i Smrt (
The Dervish and Death).
His last major lead role was in
Ekrem Kryeziu's Dashuria e Bjeshkëve të Nemuna (The Love of the Accursed Mountains, 1997), and his work[clarification needed] was Etjet e Kosovës (Kosovo's Thirsts, 2006), for which he co-wrote the script. One of h last film appearances was in the short 10 Minuta (2004), directed by Burim Haliti.
Personal life
In the late 1980s, Begolli returned from Belgrade to
Kosovo, where he worked as a professor at the Faculty of Drama of the
University of Pristina.
Begolli died in 2007 after a long battle with
cancer.