Petar Popyordanov

Born: 1964-06-11

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, as a result of injuries from a fall.


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The Island

as uncredited
Released: 2011-05-16

In Paris, Sophie and Daneel make a solid couple. Nothing, it seems, can separate them - until...

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Canary Season

as Ivan, Father of Malin
Released: 1993-11-26

It's 1980. Malin is fatherless, angry, and in trouble. At 20, he's spent a year in jail for...

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Adio, Rio

as Chocho, Trainee investigator
Released: 1989-04-10

Stoev, a talented architect is working in Rio de Janeiro. All along the design stages, Stoev's...

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Granitza

as Попа
Released: 1994-02-04

There is a small frontier post. A soldier abiding by the rules of the system gradually turns...

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Yesterday

as Kostov
Released: 1988-01-25

The 1960s was the time of Beatles and Rolling Stones, the time of sexual revolution. These...

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Az grafinyata

as Boyko
Released: 1989-08-18

A Bulgarian "Drugstore Cowboy." A teenage girl's rebellion through drugs becomes a metaphor for...

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Scar-Free

as Pantata
Released: 1989-01-01

This is a film about a famous Bulgarian wrestler who is forced by the police authorities to work...

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Silence

as Pavkata
Released: 1991-01-21

A young sculptor has been preparing his first exhibition for years. In the autumn of 1962 it...

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The Love Summer of a Schlep

as Svezhia
Released: 1990-05-07

Four friends and three girls spend a summer on a desolated beach, living in an abandoned hut.

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And Where Do We Go from Here?

as Dimo
Released: 1988-10-17

During an imaginary actors exam, in order to choose the best, the jury utilizes immoral ways of...

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Orpheus Descending

as uncredited
Released: 1996-01-26

Eurydice is a singer in a group that plays in country fairs. The group is not successful and...

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Exitus

as uncredited
Released: 1989-05-15

A small town movie theater manager is tortured by childhood trauma of having abandoned his...

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Le Dernier Seigneur des Balkans

as Enver Hoxha
First aired: 2005-11-18

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