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Georgi Cherkelov was a Bulgarian stage and film actor. He is one of the most prominent names in the Bulgarian theater and cinema in the last decades. Born as Georgi Ivanov Cherkelov on June 25, 1930, in the city of Haskovo, Bulgaria, he initially began studying law at the Sofia University, where he remained for three years before transferring to the National Academy for Theater and Film where he graduated in 1956. Cherkelov started his stage career in the Vratza theater. His film debut was in the 1961 film The Last Round. During the fifty years of his career, he has appeared in more than 100 roles on stage and in about 70 films. He became widely popular after the role of the anti-communist police inspector Velinski in the TV series At Every Kilometer (1969). Cherkelov appeared in many of the major Bulgarian film productions. He played the leading roles in Men on a business trip (1969), Warmth (1978), The Judge (1986). He was also in many German and Italian film co-productions. He has directed the TV film "Last Stop - Berlin" (1983). While continuing to perform on the stage of the National Theater where he has worked for decades, Cherkelov was also the artistic director of the Dramatic Theater in Pleven (1985-1990). Georgi Cherkelov was one of the most prominent Shakespearean actors in Bulgaria, with memorable performances as King Lear, Richard II, Mercutio, Banco and many other major roles. He has played almost the entire repertoire of the British bard - a privilege many actors dream of, but only a few are given. Cherkelov's style was intelligent, with expressions based on subtle nuances, heavy pauses and solidly spoken phrases. His trademark was inborn dignity, loaded calm and incredible presence - unique personal characteristics of this great actor, which he infused into the characters he played. In addition to being an extraordinary actor, Georgi Cherkelov has also staged a number of plays. Among the plays he directed are "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1982), "Wrestlers" (1981), "Huckleberry Finn" (1985), "Catcher in the Rye" (1998). Some of the adaptations for these plays he had written himself. In 2010 his book "Stories and emails" was published by Locus Publishing. In 2001, Georgi Cherkelov was decorated with the highest government prize, the Order of the Balkan Mountains, awarded to Bulgarian citizens with particularly great merit to Bulgaria. In 2009, he received the award Asker for lifetime achievement. He died on February 19, 2012 after complications from a stroke.

Clear conscience
as Д-р Кийорбашиев

Christmas Tree Upside Down

Belated Full Moon
as Priyatel

Musketeer's Honor

Press Center
as don Dzhuzeppe Vallone
The Judge
as Judge Andrey Dimov

Constantine The Philosopher

The Biggest Sin
as Rumen Abrashev
Die Priwalowschen Millionen

Khan Asparukh - Part I - Phanagoria
as Velizariy's father

Khan Asparukh - Part II - The Migration
as Velizariy's father

Khan Asparukh - Part III - Land Forever
as Velizariy's father

681 - The Glory of the Khan

Cherry Garden
as Lambev

The Central Warmth
as The Academic

Rali

Yuliya Vrevskaya
as Victor Hugo

The Tale of Two Soldiers

Presence
as Drago Badzhdarov

The Weddings of Ioan Assen
as Vatatzi

A Difficult Love
as the boss from the com-party

Dawn Over the Drava
as Colonel Demirev

The Prince
as Patriarch Ioakim

Mr. Nobody
as Kralev

Men on a Business Trip
as Bizhev

Dangerous Flight

The White Room
as Stoev

Galileo
as Toskana's ambasador

Jesse James vs. Lokum Shekerov

Tsar and General
as General Karev

Restless home
as the colonel of Police

The She-Wolf
as Inspector

The Incredible Story
as The editor-in-chief

Adventure at Midnight
as Oberts Marof

There Is No Death
as Panov

On the Quiet Coast
as Mechev

The Last Round