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Nikolai Tsankov
Popovitsa, Plovdiv, People's Republic of Bulgaria [now Bulgaria]
Nikolai started acting as a child in Eastern Europe. He later became a member of the Bulgarian National Theatre, and starred in numerous features produced for TV and the big scree…
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Nikolai started acting as a child in Eastern Europe. He later became a member of the Bulgarian National Theatre, and starred in numerous features produced for TV and the big screen in Bulgaria, Russia, and Germany. After immigrating to the U.S. in 1990, Nikolai continued to act on stage and in front of the camera. With the advent of the Internet and personal computing, he fell in love with technology and began a new journey in the digital world. Nikolai "paused" acting for about 15 years while building a prosperous career as an Information Network Engineer with leading hi-tech companies, such as I.B.M. and Google. In 2016, Nikolai decided to return to New York and to acting with much passion and appreciation. He is proud of his successful comeback, and enjoys working on the sets of various film and TV productions.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2026
Imperfect Women
TV show Dimitar
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2026
Steal
TV show Stefan
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2025
A House of Dynamite
Movie Russian General #2
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2024
Elsbeth
TV show Fisnik Raapi
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2023
The Good Ship Murder
TV show Yuval Goldmann
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2023
The Irrational
TV show Cosmo
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2023
The Kill Room
Movie Andrei
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2023
The Last Thing He Told Me
TV show Tomas Perec
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2022
Litvinenko
TV show Boris Berezovsky
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2022
Little Ukraine
Movie Vlad
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2022
First Love
Movie Father Alex
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2021
NCIS: Hawaiʻi
TV show Lev Fedorov
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2020
Confetti
Movie Mr. Loran
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2019
For All Mankind
TV show Colonel Vidor Kolikoff
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2019
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
Movie The Russian
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2018
Manifest
TV show Marko Valeriev
More credits
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2018
Échappé
Movie Lionidze
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2015
Mr. Robot
TV show Russian Oligarch
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2014
Gotham
TV show Boris
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2013
The Americans
TV show Kirill
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1999
Third Watch
TV show Mr. Adel
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1990
Law & Order
TV show David Dementev
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1989
Marital Jokes
Movie
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1987
The Thirteenth Bride of the Prince
Movie Boyan
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1986
Васко да Гама от село Рупча
TV show Атанасов - втори помощник капитан
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1985
Boris I: Part 1 – The Baptizing
Movie Kalugerche-stranniche
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1985
Boris I - Part 2 - Word For Letters
Movie Kalugerche-stranniche
