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Nikolai Tsankov
Nikolai Tsankov

Nikolai Tsankov

ActingBorn January 1, 1962 (age 64)Popovitsa, Plovdiv, People's Republic of Bulgaria [now Bulgaria]

Biography

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

2026
Imperfect Women

as Dimitar

TV
2026
Steal

as Stefan

TV
2025
A House of Dynamite

as Russian General #2

Movie
2024
Elsbeth

as Fisnik Raapi

TV
2023
The Good Ship Murder

as Yuval Goldmann

TV
2023TV
2023
The Kill Room

as Andrei

Movie
2023TV
2022
Litvinenko

as Boris Berezovsky

TV
2022Movie
2022
First Love

as Father Alex

Movie
2021
NCIS: Hawaiʻi

as Lev Fedorov

TV
2020
Confetti

as Mr. Loran

Movie
2019
For All Mankind

as Colonel Vidor Kolikoff

TV
2018
Manifest

as Marko Valeriev

TV
2018
Échappé

as Lionidze

Movie
2015
Mr. Robot

as Russian Oligarch

TV
2014
Gotham

as Boris

TV
2013
The Americans

as Kirill

TV
1999
Third Watch

as Mr. Adel

TV
1990
Law & Order

as David Dementev

TV
1989Movie
1986
Васко да Гама от село Рупча

as Атанасов - втори помощник капитан

TV
1985
Boris I: Part 1 – The Baptizing

as Kalugerche-stranniche

Movie
1985
Boris I - Part 2 - Word For Letters

as Kalugerche-stranniche

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJanuary 1, 1962
Place of BirthPopovitsa, Plovdiv, People's Republic of Bulgaria [now Bulgaria]
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