Nikolai Tsankov
Biography
Nikolai started acting as a child in Eastern Europe. He later became a member of the Bulgarian National Theatre, and starred in numerous features produced for TV and the big screen in Bulgaria, Russia, and Germany. After immigrating to the U.S. in 1990, Nikolai continued to act on stage and in front of the camera. With the advent of the Internet and personal computing, he fell in love with technology and began a new journey in the digital world. Nikolai "paused" acting for about 15 years while building a prosperous career as an Information Network Engineer with leading hi-tech companies, such as I.B.M. and Google. In 2016, Nikolai decided to return to New York and to acting with much passion and appreciation. He is proud of his successful comeback, and enjoys working on the sets of various film and TV productions.
Known For
All Movies (11)
- A House of Dynamite2025 · as Russian General #2
- The Kill Room2023 · as Andrei
- Little Ukraine2022 · as Vlad
- First Love2022 · as Father Alex
- Confetti2020 · as Mr. Loran
- The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot2019 · as The Russian
- Échappé2018 · as Lionidze
- Marital Jokes1989
- The Thirteenth Bride of the Prince1987 · as Boyan
- Boris I: Part 1 – The Baptizing1985 · as Kalugerche-stranniche
- Boris I - Part 2 - Word For Letters1985 · as Kalugerche-stranniche
All TV Shows (16)
- Imperfect Women2026 · as Dimitar
- Steal2026 · as Stefan
- Elsbeth2024 · as Fisnik Raapi
- The Good Ship Murder2023 · as Yuval Goldmann
- The Irrational2023 · as Cosmo
- The Last Thing He Told Me2023 · as Tomas Perec
- Litvinenko2022 · as Boris Berezovsky
- NCIS: Hawaiʻi2021 · as Lev Fedorov
- For All Mankind2019 · as Colonel Vidor Kolikoff
- Manifest2018 · as Marko Valeriev
- Mr. Robot2015 · as Russian Oligarch
- Gotham2014 · as Boris
- The Americans2013 · as Kirill
- Third Watch1999 · as Mr. Adel
- Law & Order1990 · as David Dementev
- Васко да Гама от село Рупча1986 · as Атанасов - втори помощник капитан