Petar Popyordanov

Petar Popyordanov

actor

Petar Popyordanov was born on Jun 11, 1964 in Bulgaria. Petar Popyordanov's big-screen debut came with Yesterday directed by Ivan Andonov in 1988, strarring Kostov. Petar Popyordanov is known for The Goat Horn directed by Nikolay Volev, Aleksandr Morfov stars as Karaivan and Elena Petrova as Mariya. The most recent award Petar Popyordanov achieved is Bulgarian Film Academy Awards. The upcoming new movie Petar Popyordanov plays is The Island which will be released on Oct 10, 2011.

Petar Ivanov Popyordanov , known as Chocho Popyordanov, is Bulgarian theater and cinema actor. He was born on June 11, 1964 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He is a son of Ivan Popyordanov (born on 1938) - a longtime Chief of the cinema center Boyana Film Studios. He was also Chief of Bulgarian National Television in 1998. The Mother of Petar Popyordanov Katya was a doctor. The father's family originated from Veles, Vardar Macedonia. Chocho great-grandfather was a first cousin of the Macedonian revolutionaries - Chieftain Mile and his younger brother Jordan Popyordanov-Ortse, leader of Thessaloniki bombers. In 1989, Petar Popyordanov graduated National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in "Acting" in the class of Professor Krikor Azaryan and Todor Kolev. He studied at the Czech Republic one year. He has played in the troupes of Theatre "Sofia", Little City Theatre "Off the Channel" and in 1994 - in the National Theater. His most famous theater roles were in performances "Outcasts," "Midsummer Night's Dream," "At the foot of Vitosha Mountain," "The Tempest," "The man who makes the rain," "Kimono", "Decameron," "Ghosts in Naples, "" Hedda Gabler. " Chocho Popyordanov has involved in cinema productions, including "Yesterday" (1988), "Rio Adio" (1989), " The Love Summer of a Schlep " (1990), "Vampires, ghouls" (1992) "Canaries Season" (1993), "Frontier" (1994), "Spanish fly" (1998), "After the end of the world" (1998), "Danube bridge" (1999), "Sombrero blues" (1999), " Wolf Hunt" (2000). Petar Popyordanov has won numerous nominations and awards, including a nomination for "Asker" in 1996 and 1997 and the prize "Golden Bayar" in Belgium for Best Actor in the film "Border". He had also a presence on the small screen, starring in the TV show "UFO Club" on "Channel 1". In 2007 he began his participation in the series "Outcasts" for "Channel 1" of Bulgarian National Television. He has nephews Helen and Peter Koshnicharski. Albeit posthumously Chocho Popyordanov became a father of adopted him months earlier daughter Ekaterina Petrova Popyordanova. He died on May 5, 2013 in Boyana, Sofia Province, Bulgaria.

  • Birthday

    Jun 11, 1964
  • Place of Birth

    Sofia, Bulgaria

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Awards

4 wins & 0 nominations

Bulgarian Film Academy Awards
1996
Best Actor (Nai-Dobur Akt'or)
Winner - UBFM Award
1990
Best Actor (Nai-Dobur Akt'or)
Winner - UBFM Award
Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film
1995
Best Actor (Meilleur Comédien)
Winner - Golden Bayard
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