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Dilyan Kalchev was born 30th of June 1996. He is the son of a well-known Bulgarian psychologist mother. At an early age he started practicing sports such as: football, water polo, skiing and many more. He used to ride skateboard as teenage winning few youth competitions. His love for acting started after watching a million times the movie "Power Rangers Mighty Force". After learning the whole script just by watching and playing alongside the actors, at that time, his dream was destined.

3 years later he joins the theater academy of the Bulgarian professional actor and voice-actor Petar Varbanov. During his studies he performed acts such as: "Anthony and Cleopatra" and "King Richard III" by William Shakespeare, "Camino Real" by Tennessee Williams and "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck in a theater for amateurs. With the role of "Curly" in "Of Mice and Men" the acting troupe won the prize for "Best Performance".

In 2014 he signed a contract with the best model agency in Bulgaria "Ivet Fashion", where he gained a lot of experience in this sphere. While this period as a Model, he lands an episodic role for the teenage TV-Series "Revolution Z" where he appears in few episodes as "Viktor". Later on he is chosen to be the voice of the famous beverage brand "Fanta" on TV-Commercials signing a contract for 6 months.

After graduating from high school, he was accepted at "Coventry University" doing Media Production course for the next 4 years. He spends his 3rd year at 'Universidad Europea DE Madrid" with the program "Erasmus". While his stay abroad, he manages to sign a contract with top model agency in India, Mumbai (Inega Model Management) where he spends 3 months in the summer of 2016.

A year later he lands a minor role in the Hollywood production "Will" as "Topcliffe Guard", where he has the chance to meet Ewen Bremner, Jamie Campbell Bower, and Kenneth Collard. During his period in the UK and Spain he was working on a few short film projects with both universities.

After graduating in 2019, he immediately starts working as journalist at "NOVA Broadcasting Group" on the morning show "Hello, Bulgaria", where he continues to gain experience in front of the camera. During this period he landed a few roles in short films, and is still keen on becoming an actor. He believes that no matter when, he will fulfill his dream and step on the red carpet in Hollywood. He is a big fan of fantasy and sci-fi movies, in which he would like to be part of. MCU Superhero character is his biggest goal, hopes that one day he can bring a Slavic/Balkan superhero.

He is inspired by Leonardo DiCaprio, Will Smith, Tobey Maguire, Matthew McConaughey and Christoph Waltz.

Filmography

Actor

Type

Year

Murda Boyz - Mahlenska Klasa Feature Film2023Georgi

The Drop Short Film2021Rogue Agent

Real Stories TV Series2017Radoslav

Will TV Series2017Topcliffe Guard

True Stories TV Series2014Radoslav

Revolution Z TV Series2012Viktor

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