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Julian Kostov (Bulgarian: Юлиaн Костов; born 25 August 1989) is a Bulgarian actor, filmmaker, talent manager, and former professional swimmer based between London and Los Angeles.[1] He starred in the film Another Mother's Son (2017). On television, he is known for his recurring roles in the Sky One series A Discovery of Witches (2018), the Epix series Berlin Station (2018–2019), and the Netflix series Shadow and Bone (2021–).

Julian Kostov
Юлиaн Костов
Kostov on BNT in 2021
Born	(1989-08-25) 25 August 1989 (age 33) Varna, Bulgaria
Alma mater	University of Wales Institute Cardiff (BA)
Occupation	Actor filmmaker talent manager
Years active	2010–present
Website	www.juliankostov.com

Early life and education

Kostov was born in Varna, Bulgaria. His father owns a logistics business and his mother is a judge; he has a younger sister, Lia Kostova. Kostov learned English watching American television as a child.

Kostov attended a Spanish-language high school in Varna, IV Language School Frederic Joliot-Curie,[2] before going to the Netherlands to study International Business at Tilburg University.[3] After two years, he decided to move to the UK and pursue acting, inspired by Heath Ledger's performance in The Dark Knight. Kostov transferred to the University of Wales Institute Cardiff (now Cardiff Metropolitan University) to finish his studies, graduating with a bachelor's degree in Business Studies in 2011. He was admitted to the National Youth Theatre that same year.[3]

Athletics

Kostov holds over 60 medals as a pro swimmer, including a bronze medal at the 2007 Balkan Games. At the age of 12, Kostov became a pentathlon champion for his age group. He was a 10-time National Swimming Champion from 2005 to 2009. In 2007 and 2008, he was awarded Varna's Sportsmen #6 of the Year, and in 2008 he earned the Master of Sport title in Swimming.[4]

Career

Kostov began his acting career in Bulgarian and British productions, including a two episode guest arc on 24: Live Another Day in 2014. In 2016, he had minor roles in the films Ben-Hur and London Has Fallen. He began doing motion capture and voice acting for video games.

Kostov starred as Feodor "Bill" Burriy in the 2017 independent British war film Another Mother's Son.[5] That same year, he appeared in the American horror film Leatherface.[6] Kostov landed a number of television roles such as Timur in A Discovery of Witches on Sky One,[7] Sergei Basarov in Berlin Station on Epix, and Yuri Leniov in Treadstone. It was announced in 2019 that Kosov would play Fedyor Kaminsky in the Netflix fantasy Shadow and Bone, which premiered in 2021.[8]

In 2014, Kostov founded JupiterLights Productions, a Bulgaria-based production and talent management company. They have since run acting workshops. Their debut feature film The Dare was released in 2019.[9] Kostov is the talent manager and producing partner of Academy Award-nominated Bulgarian actress Maria Bakalova.[10][11]

Personal life

Kostov speaks Bulgarian, Italian, English, and Spanish.[12]

Filmography

Filmmaking credits

• Early Birds (2015) – wrote, produced
• The Dare (2019) – produced, second unit director

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Code Red	Harold Miller	Bulgarian production
2014	Rapid Response Corps 2: Nuclear Threat	Damon Johnson	Bulgarian production
2015	Early Birds	Jack	Short film
	Colour Me Grey	Nikolai	Short film
2016	London Has Fallen	Aide
	Ben-Hur	Wounded Soldier	[13]
	The Quickening	Mike	Short film
	Bar Tricks	Derek
2017	Another Mother's Son	Feodor "Bill" Burriy
	The Naughty List	Voiceover	Short film
	Leatherface	Ted Hardesty
2018	The Conversation	Sam Quentin	Short film
	Risk	Daniel the Host	Short film
2019	Going Country	Matey	Short film
2020	Search and Destroy	Marcus Cooper
TBA	Triumph	Private Georgi	Filming; also producer
TBA	The Toxic Avenger	Budd Berserk

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Relationships	Bogdan
2014	24: Live Another Day	Agent Harwell	Miniseries; 2 episodes
	Crystal Skulls	Hadden Security	TV film
2016	Barbarians Rising	Marcus	2 episodes
2018–present	A Discovery of Witches	Timur	Recurring role; 4 episodes
2018–2019	Berlin Station	Sergei Basarov	Recurring role (season 3); 7 episodes
2019	Flack	Juan	Episode: "Patrick"
	Wild Bill	Marek Rudnicka	Episode: "Boston, Lincolnshire"
	Treadstone	Yuri Leniov (1973)	2 episodes
2020	Back	Luca	2 episodes
2021	Shadow and Bone	Fedyor Kaminsky	Recurring role
	Temple	Max	2 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Tom Clancy's The Division	Narrator / JTF Officer / Thug
2017	The Lego Ninjago Movie Video Game	Lloyd Garmadon
	Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2
	Xenoblade Chronicles 2	Godfrey	English version
2018	Bravo Team	Mordean soldier
	A Way Out	Additional voices
	Overkill's The Walking Dead	The Family
2019	Crossfire HD	Steiner	Story mode

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Company	Notes
2010	Stadium Arts	Actor	National Youth Theatre
2016	The Millennials	Paul	Black Cat Theatre
2017	The Ballerina	Colin Clutterbuck	The Landor

References

External links

• Julian Kostov at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] Julian Kostov

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[ru] Костов, Джулиан

Джулиан Костов (англ. Julian Kostov; род. 25 августа 1989, Варна, Болгария) — болгарский актёр и бывший профессиональный пловец, известный по ролям в американских и британских фильмах и сериалах[1].

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