Mihajlo-Bata Paskaljevic was a Serbian stage, film, and television actor, permanent member of the Belgrade Drama Theatre since 1950. He was born on January 14, 1923 in Pozarevac, Serbia, to the family of a wealthy Greek Zoe Paskal. He spent his childhood and youth years in Krusevac. Most of his stage and film career were comic roles. His first dramatic role was that of the father of a protagonist Olgica in the 1987 film Reflections by Goran Markovic, for which he received the award for the best male supporting role at Nis Film Festival.