Nickolai Stoilov ( bg, Николай Стоилов) is a Bulgarian-American film and stage actor, and writer. He is best known for his performance as Darco Lucev in the American film ''Lana's Rain'' (2002), as well as his roles in '' NCIS: Los Angeles'', ''

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'', and voice in ''

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''. He is also skiing competitively in the Far West Masters League.

Biography and career

Nickolai Stoilov has graduated the

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in Sofia in 1987. He has served for two years in the Bulgarian military as a parachutist. 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

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until 1994. He has also graduated the Advanced Acting Program of the

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. American film critic

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describes 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''. Stoilov speaks Bulgarian, English, French and Russian, and plays piano and accordion. He is married, with one child.

Filmography

Films

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- 2014 * NCIS: Los Angeles (TV series) - 2011 *

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(TV series) - 2010 * El Padrino 2 - 2008 *

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- 2005
Lana's Rain
- 2002 *

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* Vampires, Goblins (in Bulgarian) - 1992

Theater

* Idiot by F. Dostoyevski - the role of Kniaz Mishkin * The Resurrection by W.B.Yeats - the role of the Syrian * Hamlet by W. Shakespeare - the role of HamletBulgarian Magazine ''The Woman Today''
(in Bulgarian), September 2011

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

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stoilov, Nickolai 1968 births Living people American male film actors Bulgarian male film actors Bulgarian male stage actors Bulgarian male voice actors Bulgarian male video game actors Bulgarian emigrants to the United States Bulgarian expatriates in the United States