Nickolai Stoilov

Nickolai Stoilov (Bulgarian: Николай Стоилов) is a Bulgarian and American film and stage actor, and writer.

Nickolai Stoilov
Николай Стоилов
Born (1968-06-02) 2 June 1968
Sofia, Bulgaria
NationalityBulgarian, American
CitizenshipAmerican, Bulgarian
EducationMaster of Arts in Acting[1]
Alma materKrastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts
Occupationactor
Years active1992 – present
AgentDPN Talent[2]
Notable work
Despicable Me 2, Lana's Rain
AwardsTimmy Award (2005)
Websitenickolaistoilov.com

He is best known for his performance as Darco Lucev in the American film Lana's Rain (2002),[3] as well as his roles in NCIS: Los Angeles, Alias, and voice in Despicable Me 2.[4] He is also skiing competitively in the Far West Masters League.[5]

Biography and career

Nickolai Stoilov has graduated the First English Language School in Sofia in 1987.

He has served for two years in the Bulgarian military as a parachutist.[6]

Stoilov received his Master of Arts degree in acting from the Bulgarian Academy for Theater and Film Arts in Sofia in 1992 (graduating one year earlier!), and then continued to study at the Guildford School of Acting until 1994. He has also graduated the Advanced Acting Program of the British American Drama Academy at Stanford University.

American film critic Roger Ebert describes[7] Stoilov in his role of Darko in Lana's Rain as

" ... a low-life Scarface, with a stable of hookers, a big cigar, and a bottle and gun under his coat ...

On the basis of his work as the brother, Nickolai Stoilov has a future as a Bond villain."

Nickolai Stoilov has also co-written and published a book, The Ph.D. Horror Story.[8]

Stoilov speaks Bulgarian, English, French and Russian, and plays piano and accordion.[9] He is married, with one child.[10]

Filmography

Films

Theater
  • Idiot by F. Dostoyevski - the role of Kniaz Mishkin[4]
  • The Resurrection by W.B.Yeats - the role of the Syrian[4]
  • Hamlet by W. Shakespeare - the role of Hamlet[4][12]

Voice Over
  • Despicable Me 2 (voice) - 2013

Video games
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (voice) - 2019
  • Battlefield 4 (voice) - 2013
  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (voice) - 2012
  • Ace Combat: Assault Horizon (voice) - 2011
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (voice) - 2011
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops (voice) - 2010
  • Medal of Honor: European Assault (voice) - 2005

Commercials
  • Strepsils (Europe)
  • BBB - Juice (Europe)

References
  1. NATFA list
  2. DPN profile
  3. Lana's Rain at IMDb
  4. "Resume". IMDb. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  5. "Nickolai Stoilov, class 4, Far West". Ski Racing Magazine. February 7, 2011. p. 41.
  6. DPN site - actor's profile
  7. Lana's Rain Movie Review by Roger Ebert (1942-2013)
  8. The Ph.D. Horror Story A book by Svetlin Stratiev and Nickolai Stoilov
  9. Interviews BG A short presentation (in Bulgarian)
  10. IkarPress - And the Winner Is... Nickolai Stoilov An Article in Bulgarian
  11. IMDb Full Cast and Crew
  12. Bulgarian Magazine The Woman Today (in Bulgarian), September 2011
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