Todor Petrov Kolev (; 26 August 1939 – 15 February 2013) was a leading Bulgarian film and stage actor, singer, comedian and TV presenter.

Biography

Born in

Shumen Shumen (, also Romanization of Bulgarian, romanized as ''Shoumen'' or ''Šumen'', ) is the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, tenth-largest city in Bulgaria and the administrative and economic capital of Shumen Province. Etymology The city ...

, his first major film was ''Tsar i General'' ''(Tsar and General)'' in 1966. He has appeared in more than 30 films. He is best known to the Bulgarian audience by his roles in comedies such as '' Gospodin za edin den'' (''King for a day''), ''Dvoynikat'' (''The Double''), '' Prebroyavane na Divite Zaytsi'' (''The Hare Census''), ''Tsarska Piesa'' (''Royal Play''), ''Posledniyat Ergen'' (''The Last Bachelor''), ''

Opasen Char ''Opasen char'' () is a comedy/crime film released in Bulgaria in 1984. It was directed by Ivan Andonov and written by Svoboda Bachvarova. The story is about a highly educated and charming gentleman, who is actually a brilliant con artist, who rob ...

'' (''Dangerous Charm''). During the Communist rule, he was temporarily exiled from

Sofia Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...

Sliven Sliven ( ) is List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, the eighth-largest city in Bulgaria and the administrative and industrial centre of Sliven Province and municipality in Northern Thrace. It is situated in the Sliven Valley at the foothills of th ...

for a joke he made in public that there were three Toshkos who made Bulgarians laugh ("Toshko" is the diminutive form of the name Todor in Bulgarian): the Communist leader

Todor Zhivkov Todor Hristov Zhivkov ( ; 7 September 1911 – 5 August 1998) was a Bulgarians, Bulgarian communist statesman who served as the ''de facto'' leader of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (PRB) from 1954 until 1989 as General Secretary of the Cen ...

, the clown Toshko Kozarev and himself. However, in his biography ''Varnenskoto Sofianche Ot Shumen'', Todor Kolev denies having ever said this. Todor Kolev was a host of the late night TV show "Kak Shte Gi Stignem with Todor Kolev" (1994-1998) and "Free Entry" (1998-1999). He died on 15 February 2013 in Sofia, after a serious battle with lung cancer.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kolev, Todor 1939 births 2013 deaths Bulgarian male film actors Bulgarian male stage actors Bulgarian male television actors Bulgarian comedians 20th-century Bulgarian male singers Deaths from lung cancer in Bulgaria Members of the National Assembly (Bulgaria) Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria) politicians People from Shumen 20th-century Bulgarian male actors National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts alumni Academic staff of the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts