Stefan Danailov

Biography

Stefan Lambov Danailov (Bulgarian: Стефан Ламбов Данаилов) (born 9 December 1942) is a Bulgarian actor and former Minister of Culture of Bulgaria (August 2005 – July 2009). 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 (Bulgarian Theatre Academy). His best-known work is as Major Deyanov in the series На всеки километър (At Each Kilometer). He has participated in numerous films and plays for which he won a lot of prizes. For several years he has been a professor at the Theatre Academy in Sofia.