Biography:

Marin Yanev graduated from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in class of Metodi Andonov in 1967. He has worked in Varna Drama Theater, Plovdiv Drama Theatre, New Theatre "Tears and Laughter". Among the theatrical roles are: Earmuffs in "Comedy of Errors" by Shakespeare, Mac Murphy in "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" by D. Wasserman. Since 1985 he is in the troupe of the National Theatre "Ivan Vazov", where the main roles are: Henry in "Fireplace" by Margarit Minkov, Lord in "Church of Wolves" by Petar Atanasov, Bubnov in "The Bottom" by Maxim Gorky, Physician in "Macbeth" by Shakespeare, Professor Santana in "Ghosts in Naples" by Edward de Filippo, Preskovich in "Santa Claus is crap" from Zhozian Balasko, Messenger from Corinth in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles, Artist in "Makbed" by Eugene Ionesco, Spiridon in "Day Off" by Kamen Donev, La Farr in "King Lear" by Shakespeare, Olivares in "Doomed souls" by Dimitar Dimov, Anuchkin in "Marriage" by Nikolay Gogol, Teacher in " The Peach Thief". Marin Yanev is the winner of the Prize "Asker 1998" for Best Supporting Actor for the Lord in the "Church of Wolves" and the Best Actor Award of Union of Bulgarian Artists for Mac Murphy in "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest." He participated in Bulgarian classic films such as "The Goat Horn", "Tree Without Roots," "Where do you live?" His last performance is in the film "Buffer Zone".