Zijah Sokolović (born 22 December 1950) is a Bosnian actor, writer and director.[1] He is the director of Theaterland in Salzburg, professor at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz, artistic director of Dežela gledališča theatre in Ljubljana and artistic project leader for Dramatic society, Dramatično društvo, but also directs plays in Belgrade, Zagreb, Banja Luka and in his hometown of Sarajevo.He also voiced Mr. Ping in the Serbian dub of the Kung Fu Panda franchise.Sokolović is married to Lidija Stanković, and together they have a daughter named Hana Selena.[4] On 25 February 2021, he was admitted to a Banja Luka hospital because of heart problems.