Valeri Yordanov was born on February 22, 1974 in Sofia, but raised in Pleven village Gornik – his parents were northerners. He graduated from the National Academy in 1996 in the class of Professor Stefan Danailov. He played in the Youth Theatre, Theatre “Sfumato”, Theatre 199 and others. Among his the theatrical roles are: Neoptolemus in “Dream Odyssey” by Heiner Müller and Child of the Devil in “Apocrypha” by M. Mladenova and Ivan Dobchev in Theater “Sfumato”, Santiago in “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho and Drummer in “The Night of Rock and Roll” by Donny in Theatre 199; Waller in “Tartuffe” by Moliere, Stefan in “Yesterday” by Stefan Mavrodiyev, Sky in the “French Quarter” by Tennessee Williams, George in “All My Sons” by Arthur Miller at the Youth Theatre. He is in troupe of the National Theatre from 2004 and among his roles are: Kuhn in “The visit of the Old Lady” by Dürrenmatt, Characters in “The rifle will shoot after intermission” by Anton Chekhov, Horus in “With Love not Joke” by A. de Musset, Don Carlos in “Don Juan” by Moliere, Oswald in “King Lear”, Brachkov in “Outcasts” by Ivan Vazov, Lvov in “Ivanov” by Chekhov. He plays in the most popular contemporary Bulgarian movies, including ” Stolen Eyes ” (2004), ” The Trap ” (2003), “A trip to the horizon”, “Emigrants” (2002) and “Wolf Hunt” (2000). In 2009, he wrote and made his directorial debut with Ivan Vladimirov, with the movie “Sneakers”. In “Crabs” (2009) he starred with Philip Avramov, Rangel Vulchanov, Nikolay Urumov, Nikolay Shterev, Krasimir Dokov, Eugenia Barakovova, Marin Marinov, Ivan Raynov, Alexander Marinov – Sancho; a director and screenwriter is Ivan Cherkelov. He has several awards, including “Asker” for leading actor and “Golden Rose”; Special diploma of “FIPRESCI” of “Sofia Film Fest”; Prize of the Ministry of Culture for the promotion and development of Bulgarian culture – in 2005 and Best Young Actor Award “Ivan Dimov” in 2004.

DIRECTOR & WRITER

Shakespeare Like a Street Dog
◦ Director & Writer
◦ 2022

Sneakers
◦ Director & Writer
◦ 2011

ACTOR

The Art of Falling
◦ Valyo
◦ 2022

In the Heart of the Machine
◦ Tolyata
◦ 2022

The Windseeker
◦ The fisherman
◦ 2022

The Short Straw
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◦ 2022

(D)evil’s Throat
◦ Pope
◦ TV Series
◦ 2019
◦ 12 episodes

Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
◦ Serrano
◦ Video
◦ 2018

Gotcha!
◦
◦ Short
◦ 2018

Voevoda
◦ Stoyan
◦ 2017

Annie’s Birthday
◦ Christo
◦ Short
◦ 2016

Liaisons
◦ Aleksander Panov
◦ TV Series
◦ 2015–2016
◦ 19 episodes

Câini
◦ Leonid
◦ 2016

Zeus
◦ Vassil
◦ Short
◦ 2015

The Petrov File
◦
◦ 2015

Ombre
◦ Angel
◦ 2014

Code Red
◦ Hans
◦ 2013

The Tree of Life
◦ Haramiyata Tancho
◦ TV Series
◦ 2013
◦ 2 episodes

The Paraffin Prince
◦ Ferty
◦ Short
◦ 2012

Faith, Love + Whiskey
◦ Val
◦ 2012

Sneakers
◦ Gray
◦ 2011

Crayfish
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◦ 2009

Outcasts
◦ Bruchkov
◦ TV Series
◦ 2009

The Investigation
◦ Driver
◦ 2006

A Journey to the Horizon
◦ Spasitelyat
◦ Short
◦ 2006

Chinese Wife
◦ Pusher
◦ TV Mini Series
◦ 2006

The Mechanik
◦ Alexi
◦ 2005

Icon
◦ Young Mafia Thug (as Valery Yordanov)
◦ TV Movie
◦ 2005

Stolen Eyes
◦ Ivan
◦ 2005

Don Gnocchi – The Children’s Angel
◦ Ballerini (as Valery Yordanov)
◦ TV Movie
◦ 2004

Parched
◦ Camp foreman
◦ 2004

Marines
◦ Russian Soldier
◦ Video
◦ 2003

I’am David
◦ Bulgarian Soldier
◦ 2003

The Emigrants
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◦ 2002

Sombrero Blues
◦ Country bachelor
◦ TV Movie
◦ 1999

BG – Unbelievable Stories About a Contemporary Bulgarian
◦ BG at Irechek and at the Pesthera railway station; a boy from Plovdiv
◦ TV Movie
◦ 1996