Bulgarian actor Christo Jivkov He died this Saturday night, at the age of 48, in Los Angeles, California, after battling lung cancer for several years.
Jivkov, who played John the Apostle in the 2004 hit film produced and written by Mel Gibson “The Passion of the Christ,” was expected to take part in a new sequel that is rumored to start filming soon.
In addition, he also acted in the 2001 drama “The Craft of Arms” or “Knight at Arms”, where he was Giovanni delle Bande Nere, leading role, shortly after having studied film directing at the Bulgarian Academy of Film and Theater.
“The Craft of Guns” won nine statuettes at the 2002 David di Donatello Awards and “The Passion of the Christ” grossed $612 million worldwide.
Jivkov was born on February 18, 1975 in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, and coincidentally died on the eve of Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week, Passion Saturday.