His most prominent roles included that of Tartuffe in Molière's comedy of the same name, Luka in Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths, and the Mayor in Nikolai Gogol's The Government Inspector. According to his grandson, Ideal Petrov was not a fan of cinema and only agreed to take part in a single movie. He played the role of Hasan Pasha in a film about the fictional character Hitar Petar.
