Petar Petrov was born on September 20, 1939 in Sofia . He studied at National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in the class of Professor Krusty Mirski and Professor Atanas Mihailov . After graduation, he played four years on the stage of Burgas Theatre . In 1964 he won first prize in the first edition of the National Festival of artistic speech, reciting the poem by Nedialko Yordanov . Since then recitals are an integral part of his stage life. His first roles were in the Youth Theatre in productions , directed by Vili Tsankov , Georgi Cherkelov and Lilyana Todorova. For the children of the 70th and 80th Petar Petrov is Piero from the "Golden Key" . He played more than 100 roles in theaters in Burgas and the National Youth Theatre. He played for 35 years at the National Youth Theatre and on the eve of its 60th anniversary withdrew voluntarily. He played also in over 100 movies and TV films. In the last 20 years of his life Petar Petrov assisted television journalists in Bulgaria to improve his diction. He died on August 12, 2012 in Sofia.
