Svetozar Cvetkovic was born in 1958 in Belgrade, Serbia (Yugoslavia). He completed his degree in 1980 in acting at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. That year he joined the ensemble of the Atelje 212 Theatre and is still there as an actor and manager. In the meantime he had many successful projects with other theatres in Zagreb, Novi Sad, Maribor...
He had roles in over 50 feature films, TV series, TV productions, mostly produced in ex-Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro, some of them produced abroad. He has worked with distinguished directors in national and international cinematography: Dusan Makavejev, Zivojin Pavlovic, Stole Popov, Bata Cnegic, Enki Bilal, Boris Jurjasevic, Goran Rebic, Eduard Galic, Aleksandar Petkovic, Goran Paskaljevic, Miroslav Lekic, Franco Rossi and Milos Radivojevic.
He had guest appearances in various theatre productions in Yugoslavia, Canada, Austria, Switzerland, Great Britain, Slovenia and Croatia.
In the past 25 years he awarded for his acting on all major film and theatre festivals in Yugoslavia.
In 1997 Belgrade City Council appointed him as the General Manager of Atelje 212 theatre. He works as actor, manager and film producer.
He is member of The European Film Academy since 2003.
In 2004, Cvetkovic formed the production company, Testament Films.