Vladimir Kolev
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's boxing | ||
Representing  Bulgaria
| ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 |
1976 Montreal | Light welterweight |
| World Amateur Championships | ||
 |
Havana 1974 | Light welterweight |
Vladimir Kolev (Bulgarian: Владимир Колев, born April 18, 1954) is a retired boxer from Bulgaria and Olympic bronze medalist. He also works as an actor, and has appeared in many American films.
At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, he won the bronze medal in the light welterweight division (– 63'5 kg) after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual runner-up Andrés Aldama of Cuba.
Two years earlier, at the inaugural 1974 World Championships in Havana, Cuba, he won the silver medal, after losing to Ayub Kalule from Uganda in the final.
In 2009, he starred as the Viking Hermoid, in the Syfy TV movie THOR: Hammer of the Gods, and as a Cab Driver in The Man with the Screaming Brain.
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Ne znam, ne chuh, ne vidyah | Kolev | |
| 1985 | Romantichna istoriya | Zhoro | |
| 1987 | Noshtna tarifa | Boksyorat | |
| 2001 | Mindstorm | Russian Sergeant | |
| 2002 | Dark Descent | Rothko | |
| Rapsodiya v byalo | Aktyor v kuklen teatar | ||
| 2003 | Air Marshal | Security Officer | |
| 2005 | Alien Apocalypse | Bob | TV movie |
| Man with the Screaming Brain | Yegor | ||
| 2007 | Hitman | HRT Guy | |
| 2009 | Thick as Thieves | Andrei | |
| 2019 | Thick as Thieves | Andrei | |
| Command Performance | Nikolai | ||
| The Fourth Kind | Nome Resident | ||
| Double Identity | Interrogation Detective | ||
| 2013 | Victor Young Perez | S.A. pharmacie Berlin | |
| 2014 | The Legend of Hercules | M.C. - Large Arena | |
| 2016 | Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich | British P.O.W. | |
| Sniper: Ghost Shooter | Col. Sergej Babayev | ||
| Boyka: Undisputed | Warden Koychev |
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- Olympic boxers of Bulgaria
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