Konstantin Kotsev

Biography

Born Konstantin Vasilev Kotsev on June 4, 1926 in the city of Istanbul, he entered the law faculty at the St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia where he graduated in 1950. Subsequently, he enrolled acting at The National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts graduating in 1958.

After the graduation, Kotsev was appointed in the Burgas Theatre for a year. In 1959, he joined the troupe of the newly founded Satirical Theatre „Aleko Konstantinov“ in Sofia where he remained until 1984. During the end of the 1980s, Kotsev was part of the Municipal Theatre of Sofia.

His film debut in a main role was in 1958 in the Bulgarian film classic On a Small Island directed by Rangel Valchanov.

Kotsev has a son Dimitar (born 1971) and a daughter Zornitsa (born 1972).

Known For

Time of Violence
Time of Violence
Escape to Ropotamo
Escape to Ropotamo
The White Room
The White Room
Noshtnite bdeniya na pop Vecherko
Noshtnite bdeniya na pop Vecherko
On the Small Island
On the Small Island
The Inspector and the Night
The Inspector and the Night
Equilibrium
Equilibrium
The Central Warmth
The Central Warmth
Up in the Cherry Tree
Up in the Cherry Tree

Filmography

1988 Time of Violence
as Karaibrahim's father dyado Galushko
1986 Home for Our Children
as съученик на Невена Алданова
1984 Up in the Cherry Tree
as Peshev
1983 Equilibrium
as The Director
1981 Neochakvana Vakancia
as Local Authority
1980 Noshtnite bdeniya na pop Vecherko
as Pop Vecherko
1978 The Central Warmth
as The Retiree Snegov
1975 Eternal Times
as Bosyo
1974 Houses Without Fences
as Elenko
1973 Escape to Ropotamo
as Spiro
1972 The Quiet Fugitive
as Gosho Kalimanski
1971 There Is Nothing Finer Than Bad Weather
as Van Alten
1970 Aesop
as Seer
1969 Armando
as
1969 Birds and Greyhounds
as Prosecutor
1968 Sets
as Balas
1968 The White Room
as Vasil Radev
1968 The Penleve Case
as Ivan Gandzhulov
1965 Úplně vyřízený chlap
as
1963 The Inspector and the Night
as dr. Kolev