Niko Bellic (Croatian: Niko Belić) (Serbian: Нико Белић) is the playable protagonist of Grand Theft Auto IV. Born 1978 in Yugoslavia, he worked as a soldier in the Yugoslav Wars during adolescence; as a young man he worked as a smuggler across the Adriatic Sea. In 2008, he moved to Liberty City to get rich with his cousin Roman, but instead ended up involved in a life of crime. He's currently 46 years old. His birthday is January 14, 1978, in Yugoslavia, Serbia. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.