Stefan Danailov

Stefan Lambov Danailov (Bulgarian: Стефан Ламбов Данаилов; 9 December 1942 – 27 November 2019) was a Bulgarian actor who served as Minister of Culture of Bulgaria (August 2005 – July 2009).

Stefan Danailov
Стефан Данаилов
Danailov in 2006
Minister of Culture
In office 16 August 2005 – 27 July 2009
Prime Minister	Sergey Stanishev
Preceded by	Bozhidar Abrashev
Succeeded by	Vezhdi Rashidov
Member of the National Assembly
In office 14 July 2009 – 27 November 2019
Constituency	16th MMC - Plovdiv (2009-2013) 15th MMC - Pleven (2013-2014) 24th MMC - Sofia (2014-2019)
In office 5 July 2001 – 16 August 2005
Constituency	24th MMC - Sofia
Personal details
Born	Stefan Lambov Danailov (1942-12-09)9 December 1942 Sofia, Tsardom of Bulgaria
Died	27 November 2019(2019-11-27) (aged 76) Sofia, Bulgaria
Political party	Bulgarian Socialist Party
Other political affiliations	Bulgarian Communist Party (until 1989)
Alma mater	National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts
Occupation	Actor, politician

With the president Georgi Parvanov, 2006

The first film Danailov took part in was The Traces Remain (Следите остават) when he was a child. At that time he did not want to be an actor but in 1966, he graduated from VITIZ (the Bulgarian Theatre Academy). His best-known work was as Major Deyanov in the series На всеки километър (At Each Kilometer). He participated in numerous films and plays for which he won a lot of prizes. For 20 years he was a professor at the Theatre Academy in Sofia, teaching there since 1988.

On 2 December 2019, The Bulgarian National Theater organized the biggest memorial service in Stefan Danailov's name.

Selected filmography

At Each Kilometer on display in Sofia

• The Traces Remain (Следите остават) (1956) - Veselin
• The Inspector and the Night (Инспекторът и нощта) (1963) - Tom
• Quiet Paths (Мълчаливите пътеки) (1967)
• The Sea (Морето) (1967) - Toni
• Taste of Almonds (С дъх на бадеми) (1967) - Belokozhev
• The First Courier (Първият куриер) (1968) - Zagubanski
• At Each Kilometer (На всеки километър) (1969, TV Series) - Nikola Deyanov
• The Prince (Князът) (1970) - Knyaz Svetoslav
• The Black Angels (Черните ангели) (1970) - Panter
• There is Nothing Finer Than Bad Weather (Няма нищо по-хубаво от лошото време) (1971) - Lyubo
• At Each Kilometer-II (На всеки километър – II) (1971, TV Series) - Nikola Deyanov
• Affection (Обич) (1972) - Nikolay
• Nona (Нона) (1973) - Poruchik Galchev
• Ivan Kondarev (Иван Кондарев) (1974) - Kostadin Dzhupunov
• Houses Without Fences (Къщи без огради) (1974) - Kerkeneza
• Glow over Drava (Зарево над Драва) (1974) - Poruchik Bozhev
• Life or Death (На живот и смърт) (1974, TV Movie) - D-r Milev
• The Weddings of King Ioan Assen (Сватбите на Йоан Асен) (1975) - Burgundetza
• Tozi istinski mazh (1975) - Sasho
• Nachaloto na denya (1975) - Andrey Stoychev
• Guilt (Вината) (1976) - Zhivko Georgiev
• Samodivsko horo (1976)
• Vinata (1976) - Zhivko Topalov
• Dopalnenie kam zakona za zashtita na darzhavata (1976) - Kapitanat provokator
• Godina ot ponedelnitzi (1977) - Inzhener Halachev
• RMS Five (Петимата от РМС) (1977, TV Series)
• Yuliya Vrevskaya (1978) - Karabelov
• Dying in the worst case ("Умирай само в краен случай) (1978) - Dzho Rayt
• Oncomming Traffic (Насрещно движение) (1978, TV Movie) - Chavdar Bonev
• Toplo (1978) - Workman / Gyp
• Migove v kibritena kutiyka (1979) - Kvartirantat
• Something Out of Nothing (От нищо нещо) (1979) - Pancho
• Voynata na taralezhite (1979)
• Ladies' Choice (Дами канят) (1980) - Vasil Gramatikov
• Blood Remains (Кръвта остава) (1980) - Yakim (the driving instructor)
• The Queen of Tarnovo (Търновската царица) (1981) - D-r Stariradev
• Autumn Sun (Есенно слънце) (1982) - Kiril Dechev
• Crystals (Кристали) (1982) - Cholakov
• Twenty-four Hours Raining (24 часа дъжд) (1982) - Kapitan Vasil Altunov
• Edna odiseya v Deliormana (1983) - Ofitzer Ivanov
• Ravnovesie (1983) - Aktyora
• Aris (1983)
• Tazi krav tryabvashe da se prolee (1985) - Yuvigi han
• The Conversion to Christianity & Discourse of Letters (Борис I) (1985) - Boris I
• Maneuvers On the Fifth Floor (Маневри на петия етаж) (1985) - Danton Tahov
• Coasts in the Mist (1986) - Sokrat
• Transport of Death (Ешелоните) (1986) - Mitropolit Kiril
• Three Marias and Ivan (Три Марии и Иван) (1986) - Ivan
• Poema (1986) - Anton Cholakov
• Dreamers (Мечтатели) (1987) - Nachalnikat na politziyata
• Nebe za vsichki (1987) - Velikov-Slantzeto
• Ne se motay v krakata mi (1987)
• Levakat (1987) - Kapitan Hristo Pashov
• Zashtitete drebnite zhivotni (1988)
• Monday Morning (Понеделник сутрин) (1988) - Krastyo
• Big Game (Большая игра) (1988, TV Mini-Series)
• Zapadnya (1988)
• The Carnival (Карнавалът) (1990) - Konstantinov
• Live Dangerously (Живей опасно) (1990)
• Iskam Amerika (1991) - Rezhisyorat Paskalev
• The Berlin Conspiracy (1992) - Actor
• Crisis in the Kremlin (1992) - Anton Ambrazis
• Don Quixote is Coming Back (Дон Кихот возвращается) (1997) - Duke
• Ispanska muha (1998) - Uycho
• Sled kraja na sveta (1998) - Albert Cohen (Berto)
• A Spanish Fly (Испанска муха) (1998)
• After the End of World (След края на света) (1998) - Albert Cohen (Berto)
• Druids (2001)
• Forgive Us (Прости нам) (2003, TV Movie) - Chicho Petyo
• La Masseria Delle Allodole (2007) - Presidente Tribunale
• St. George Shoots the Dragon (2009) - Minta Ciganin
• Staklenata reka (2010)
• Incognita (2012) - Director of the Foundation
• Reunion (2019) - Grandfather (final film role)

External links

• Stefan Danailov at IMDb