
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
January 1, 1962 (64 years old)
Popovitsa, Plovdiv, People's Republic of Bulgaria [now Bulgaria]
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
Acting

A House of Dynamite
2025

Elsbeth
2024

The Good Ship Murder
2023

The Irrational
2023

The Kill Room
2023

Litvinenko
2022

First Love
2022

NCIS: Hawaiʻi
2021

For All Mankind
2019

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
2019

Manifest
2018

Mr. Robot
2015

Gotham
2014

The Americans
2013

Third Watch
1999

Law & Order
1990







