Deyan Donkov

Deyan Donkov graduated from the Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in 1997 and studied with Krikor Azaryan and made his debut as Solyony in Three Sisters at the Sofia Theatre. Since 2003 he has belonged to the Ivan Vazov National Theatre, where his parts have run from Othello and Kent through Molière's Don Juan and Rostand's Cyrano to Camus's Caligula. Born in Vidin in 1974, his awards include Askeers in 1999, 2004, 2007, 2010 and 2011 and Icarus awards in 2001 and 2003; he works in Bulgarian cinema and television, and appears in projects that set theatre alongside literature and music. In 2019 he directed Pinter's The Lover at the National Theatre, playing Richard opposite Radina Kardzhilova.