Education
He graduated in acting from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts, Sofia.
He graduated in acting from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts, Sofia.
His debut in cinema was a minor role in Boris I in 1985. In Swedish cinema, he typically portrays Eastern European villains. "I"ve played this role for all possible languages which has these "bad guys" - Russian mafia, Hungarian.
Serbian of course.
Overall, I play Eastern Europeans. All bad guys who eventually die."
Staykov portrays Alexander Zalachenko, a former Soviet spy, in the 2009 film adaptations of the best-selling "Millennium Trilogy" novels. He said he embraces the role of the villain.
"Unfortunately, the underlying opinion is that negative roles are very flat and without strong character.
But I disagree. On the contrary, all the characters are flesh and blood, and as Socrates said, "Nobody is born bad — they are bad due to lack of knowledge."" He reprised the role of Zalachenko in the six-part Millennium television series that was broadcast on Swedish television in 2010. He returned to Bulgarian cinema and acted in the comedy Mission London and the drama Tilt.
He also starred in the second season of Bulgarian television series "Undercover" (Bulgarian: Под Прикритие), as well as "Where Is Magi?" (Bulgarian: Къде е Маги?), a remake of ¿Dónde Está Elisa?.
After the fall of communism, Staykov moved first to London, and later to Stockholm, Sweden.