From the performance "Vazov's People" / photo credit: Guergana Damianova
Graduated from the Higher Institute of Theatre Arts in 1996 in the class of Prof. Stefan Danailov. He began his professional career at the Youth Theatre where his roles were: Valére in "Tartuffe" by Moliere, Santiago in "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho, Skye in "The French Quarter" by Tennessee Williams, George in "All My Sons" by Arthur Miller, Beranger in "Rhinoceros" by Eugene Ionesco and others.
On the stage of the Theatre-Laboratory Sfumato is Neoptolemus in "The Dream of Odysseus" by Heiner Müller, and the Devil's Child in "Apocrypha" by Margarita Mladenova and Ivan Dobchev.
Since 2004, he has been in the troupe of the Ivan Vazov National Theatre, where he played Kuhn in "The Old Lady's Visit" by Friedrich Dürenmatt, Ivan Semyonich in "The Gun Will Go Off After Intermission" by A.P. Chekhov, Choir in "S love is not a joke" by Alfred de Musset, Oswald in "King Lear" by William Shakespeare, Bruchkov in "Hushes" by Ivan Vazov, Lvov in "Ivanov" by A.P. Chekhov, Nino in "No Man's Land" based on the script of Danis Tanovich, characters in Alexander Morfov's play "On the Edge", Dimitar Mechev in "Thessalonica Co-Conspirators" by Georgi Danailov, Johan in "Freedom in Bremen. Mrs Geshe Gottfried" by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Kuzakov in "Wild Duck Hunt" by Alexander Vampilov, Biff in "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller, Don Carlos in "Don Juan" by Moliere, the Rooster in "Attempt to Fly", Rakitin in "The Brothers Karamazov".
For the role of Bruchkov, he was awarded the ASKEER 2005 and the Ivan Dimov Foundation Award for a young actor.
2017 Icarus Award for Best Actor for Nino in No Man's Land.
Icarus Award 2021 for Leading Male Role for the role of Ramadan Dervishov in the play "Karakoncolos".
He has many awards and honours for his roles in the cinema..
During this season, on the stage of the Ivan Vazov National Theatre, you can watch Valeri Yordanov in the following performances: "Attempt to Fly", "Karakoncolos", "Golemanov" and "Vazov's People".