Plamen Peev

Plamen Peev is a Bulgarian stage, film, television and voice actor and comedian, best known for his work at the Ivan Vazov National Theatre in Sofia. He was born in Haskovo on 16 May 1958 and graduated in 1987 from the Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (VITIZ) in puppet theatre acting, in the class of Professor Bogdan Sarchadzhiev, where he studied together with his close friend Teodor Elmazov.

Even before graduating he worked in the puppet theatres of Haskovo and Blagoevgrad. After his studies he joined the Variety and Satirical Theatre in Gabrovo at the invitation of director Vili Tsankov, then the Apostol Karamitev Drama Theatre in Dimitrovgrad, and spent a season at the Sliven Drama Theatre. In 1993 director Aleksandar Morfov invited him to the National Theatre, where he made his debut in Morfov's Don Quixote.

His National Theatre roles since then include Gogo in Magic Night after Beckett, Mrożek and Ionesco, the Gypsy in Yordan Radichkov's Commotion, Snout in A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Shepherd in The Winter's Tale, a guard in Victor Hugo's Ruy Blas, the Tatar in Gorky's The Lower Depths, Pantalone in Carlo Gozzi's The King Stag, Dimitroto in Vazov's Hashove and Vaklin in Kamen Donev's Day Off. Over the years he has worked with directors including Aleksandar Morfov, Marius Kurkinski, Robert Sturua, Ivan Dobchev, Kamen Donev, Yavor Gardev, Margarita Mladenova and Ivaylo Hristov.

Alongside the theatre, Peev has a long list of film and television appearances and is a familiar voice in Bulgarian dubbing.