He has appeared on stage about 4,000 times, and starred in over 90 films and 30 TV series, mostly in lead roles.

He was born on 26 October 1952, in Ravno Selo village, part of Vrbas, SR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia (modern Serbia), into a family of Yugoslav colonists, his father being born in Macedonia and was from Gugjakovo and his mother in Montenegro.

He most recently played Russian president-elect and former Army General Arkady Fedorov in Pierce Brosnan's movie The November Man which came out in 2014.

[10][11][12] Ristovski is the organizer of the Ravno Selo Film Festival which was held for the first time in June 2017.

[13][14] He is also the author of four books; Belo odelo (The White Suit),[15] Kako sam dobio Oskara (How I Got an Oscar),[16] Jednostavne priče (Simple Stories)[17] and Ulična akademija (Street Academy).