Boris Kashev

Boris Kashev was born on 28 January 1992 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He started acting as a child. In 2004, aged twelve, he made his screen debut as Kircho, one of the leading roles in the television drama Smisalat na zhivota (The Meaning of Life). In 2006 he played Kristian, a main character in the Bulgarian and German series Magna Aura, the Lost City, and he also appeared in Ivan Nichev's film Deca ot vosak (Children of Wax).

Kashev graduated in 2014 from the Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (NATFIZ) in Sofia, specialising in acting for drama theatre in the class of Professor Margarita Mladenova.

On stage he performed at the Azarian Theatre, including in The King Stag directed by Anastasia Sabeva, at the Nikolay Binev Youth Theatre and at the Sfumato theatre workshop, where he appeared in Valeri Petrov's Opakometamorfozi directed by Mladenova.

His screen credits include: - Smisalat na zhivota (2004), Kircho - Magna Aura, the Lost City (2006), Kristian - Patyat kam Costa del Maresme (2014), directed by Ivan Nichev - 11A (2015), Biser, directed by Mihaela Komitova - Promotion and Flowers (2016), short films by Martin Genovski - On the Threshold (2020), Viktor, directed by Lachezar Petrov - Blazheniyat (2021), Kirilov - Ostanaloto e pepel (2022)

From 2014 Kashev worked extensively in dubbing, in both voice over and lip synced versions, for studios including Alexandra Audio, Doli Media Studio, Andarta Studio, Pro Films, Media Link, VMS and Sound City Studio. His voice was heard on bTV, BNT, National Geographic, Disney and Nickelodeon. He voiced Domhnall Gleeson's character in Star Wars episodes VIII and IX and Keanu Reeves in The Matrix, and worked on Bulgarian versions of Peter Rabbit, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Lightyear, 100% Wolf, DC League of Super-Pets and many other films and series.

He also narrated audiobooks for Storytel and Lind and Co, worked as a radio and television presenter and in advertising, hosted concerts and corporate events, and performed as a DJ.

Kashev was married and had one son. Little else about his private life has been made public.

The death of Boris Kashev was announced on 9 November 2026 by his family and colleagues on social media, and reported by DarikNews, 24 Chasa, Nova, Fakti and others. He was 34, and reports described his death as sudden. Bulgarian Wikipedia gives the date of death as 7 November 2026; some reports gave it as 9 November, the day it was announced. The cause of death was not made public.

The Union of Bulgarian Actors paid tribute by quoting his own words: "Life in this emotionally rich world of the artist is the thing I have always burned for, and for which I still cannot find an equal."

Kashev's career spanned more than twenty years, from child roles in Bulgarian television to the stage and to a large body of dubbing work. For many Bulgarian viewers his voice was part of the Star Wars and Matrix films and of countless animated films and series, and his audiobook narration reached readers on Storytel and Lind and Co.