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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Todor Kolev
Person · male · Bulgaria · Shumen · born 1939 · died 2013 · recording since 2001
actor, singer, musician, comedian and politician (1939–2013)
Also known as Todor Kolew · 托多尔·科列夫
Timeline
4 events◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1▣ Album 1† Death 1
1930s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Best of
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
2010s
Biography
English biography196 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1376864372
Biography
Todor Petrov Kolev (Bulgarian: Тодор Петров Колев; 26 August 1939 – 15 February 2013) was a leading Bulgarian film and stage actor, singer, comedian and TV presenter.
Biography
Born in Shumen, his first major film was Tsar i General (Tsar and General) in 1966. He has appeared in more than 30 films. He is best known to the Bulgarian audience by his roles in comedies such as Gospodin za edin den (King for a day), Dvoynikat (The Double), Prebroyavane na Divite Zaytsi (The Hare Census), Tsarska Piesa (Royal Play), Posledniyat Ergen (The Last Bachelor), Opasen Char (Dangerous Charm).
During the Communist rule, he was temporarily exiled from Sofia to Sliven for a joke he made in public that there were three Toshkos who made Bulgarians laugh ("Toshko" is the diminutive form of the name Todor in Bulgarian): the Communist leader Todor Zhivkov, the clown Toshko Kozarev and himself. However, in his biography Varnenskoto Sofianche Ot Shumen, Todor Kolev denies having ever said this.
Todor Kolev was a host of the late night TV show "Kak Shte Gi Stignem with Todor Kolev" (1994-1998) and "Free Entry" (1998-1999).
He died of lung cancer on 15 February 2013 in Sofia.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 14 | 70.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 1 | 73.9th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 0 | 9.4th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (1 release groups · 1 studio albums)
Albums · 1
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks
1Jalba za mladost2Avtobiografia3Pesen za lyubimiya grad4Cherno more5100 Kila6Kamion me blusna7Kyuchek8Violeta9Nashiyat signal10Urok po frenski11Kak shte gi stignem Amerikantsite?12Samotniyat chovek13Jenata Maria14Pesen za srednata vuzrast15Klounat16Jena na vsichki vremena17Pesen za jivotnite18Petimata muzikanti19Golemi I malki20Falshiv geroy21Nezakonna lyubov22Malkata
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Todor Kolev head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 14 | 70.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 1 | 73.9th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 0 | 9.4th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Todor-Kolev-3.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/978bcaab-3ac8-4f76-8423-fcc4999fc6e9discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/978bcaab-3ac8-4f76-8423-fcc4999fc6e9core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2332524seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todor_Kolev_%28actor%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todor_Kolev_%28actor%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Bulgarian musicians and singers
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Vassia Atanassova - Spiritia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q2332524 · MusicBrainz: 978bcaab-3ac8-4f76-8423-fcc4999fc6e9