Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
8/10/1964
Place of Birth
Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Also Known As
Gueorgui StaykovGeorgi StaikoGeorgi Staikov
Georgi Staykov
Biography
Georgi Staykov is a Bulgarian actor, born in the town of Veliko Tarnovo on the 10th of August 1964. In 1989 he graduates from the Bulgarian Acting Academy, where his mentor is Encho Halachev, and leaves for Sweden. In Swedish movies he often portrays Eastern-European characters, many of them antagonistic, or, as he himself states, "all bad guys who eventually die". His most wide success is the portrayal of Alexander Zalachenko, a former Soviet spy, in the Swedish film trilogy "Millenium", based on the books by Stieg Larsson. In Bulgaria, Staykov is known for his roles in movies like "Vchera" (...
Known For
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
as Alexander Zalachenko
Offside
as Branko
Night of the Wolf
as E-Chief
The Girl Who Played with Fire
as Alexander Zalachenko
Baba's Cars
as Ivan
Paradiset
as Ratko
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
as Alexander Zalachenko
The King of Ping Pong
as Father
The Quiet Game
as Nicolai
The Babylon Syndrome
as Pauline's father
Wallander: The Witness
as Vyautas
Tilt
as Katev
Sandor /slash/ Ida
Unknown Role
Omnipresent
as Tunchev
The Land of Dreams
as Arnold Ruthstein
God Willing
Unknown Role
It's All About Love
as Bookish Interpreter
All She Wrote
Unknown Role
The Berlin Conspiracy
as The Swede
Made in YU
as Stevo