Biografia

4 gennaio 1964 · Sofia, Bulgaria

Has played the character of Pontius Pilate twice. Once in La passione di Cristo (2004) and second in L'inchiesta - Anno domini XXXIII (2006). Actor, Christo Jivkov, was also in both movies; as the disciple John in The Passion of the Christ and as Stefano in The Final Inquiry.

Son of the actor Naum Shopov

Belongs to the theatrical company of The National Theatre "Ivan Vazov".

Brother of actress Liza Shopova.

Mary Soan, the first assistant director of the film "I Am David", recommended him for the role of Pontius Pilate to Shaila Rubin, who cast "The Passion of the Christ". After a short conversation between the actor and Mel Gibson, he got the part.

The strangest thing is that a religious film "beat" Lord of the Rings. In America they are interested mostly how quickly a movie makes its profits. That's the measure, that's what you can read about in the papers. I do not know what was the reason of the success of La passione di Cristo (2004). It's just that the film is too strong, too different from our idea of the Christianity. In the time around Easter and Christmas we can watch films, in which everything is very sweet, very beautiful, in some way neutral. Here things are different, I think.