# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kosta-tsonev
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:00:46.068Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kosta-tsonev"
name: "Kosta Tsonev"
slug: "kosta-tsonev"
description: "Kosta Tsonev was a Bulgarian actor starring in theatre, TV and cinema. He was born on 10 June 1929 in the capital of Bulgaria, Sofia. He studied at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts. He has been married three times: twice to Anahid Tacheva and then to his present wife Elena. He has a son, famed news reader Dimitar Tsonev, and a daughter. His second oldest brother was the late Vasil Tsonev, a dry witted satirist who wrote many books which have been published in several languages. His oldest brother was the late Iwan Tsonev who moved to Australia in 1950s where he became one of the biggest property developers in South Australia during the mid 60's showing the diverse talents of the 3 brothers in each of their chosen fields. The father of the three brothers was a simple house painter.\nIn 2001 Tsonev turned to politics and was elected to the National Assembly of Bulgaria as a representative of the former National Movement Simeon II. He was reelected in 2005."
tagline: "Bulgarian actor (1929–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kosta_Tsonev_(39NS).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1929-06-10"
deathDate: "2012-01-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.11
  momentum:             0.7604562737642586
  historical:           7.476854666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0875145/"
    handle:    "nm0875145"
sources:
  - url: "https://bg.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%A6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B2"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%DA%A4"
    title: "كوستا تسونيڤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%A6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B2"
    title: "Коста Цонев"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Tsonev"
    title: "Kosta Tsonev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%B8%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%A1_%D5%91%D5%B8%D5%B6%D6%87"
    title: "Կոստա Ցոնև"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Conew"
    title: "Kosta Conew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B2%2C_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0"
    title: "Цонев, Коста"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%A6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B2"
    title: "Коста Цонев"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2329086"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1498018"
    title: "Kosta Tsonev"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump