Žarko Laušević was born on 19 January 1960, in Cetinje, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia.
In 1982, immediately upon graduating from the University of Belgrade’s Academy of Theatrical Arts, he was cast in his first lead film role.
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, he received mostly lead roles in 25 movies, 17 TV shows and numerous theatrical productions across Yugoslavia.
This escalated into a fist fight, culminating in Laušević firing multiple rounds from his handgun, killing two of the youths and seriously wounding one.
On 29 December 2011, Serbian president Boris Tadić gave Laušević amnesty from further charges regarding the 1993 double murder.