Top 100 Greek Actors
[2] The best actors from Greece and Cyprus.
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- Vasilis Logothetidis was a Greek comedian. He is considered one of the most significant modern Greek actors. One year after graduating from high school in Constantinopole, in 1916, he started to participate as an amateur actor in local shows. In 1918, he moved to Athens where, one year later, he joined the Marika Kotopouli theater company, with which he remained until 1946, with a brief pause in 1935. From 1947, he performed with his own theater company. During his very successful career, he starred in more than 110 Greek comedies and in more than 200 international plays, including Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring, As You Like It by William Shakespeare, Volpone by Ben Jonson and Knock by Jules Romains. Logothetidis was among the first Greek actors to appear in film, mostly as a protagonist. His most memorable appearances include Oi Germanoi xanarhontai... (1948) & The Counterfeit Coin (1955) In 1957, he toured the United States with successful appearances in eight different cities. Logothetidis died in Athens on 20 February 1960, by heart attack.
- Orestis Makris was a Greek actor and tenor. Makris graduated from the Athens Conservatoire and first entered the scene as a tenor in the troupe of Rozalia Nika in 1925. He later joined the Papaioannou troupe, before moving to more comedic roles. Makris excelled in the portrayal of folk characters, especially the stock role of the "drunkard". Makris also participated in about forty movies, mostly as an over-strict father. He is considered one of the most significant modern Greek actors. He was decorated with the Order of the Phoenix. He died on 29 January 1975 in Athens and is buried at the First Cemetery in a family grave.
- Giorgos Pappas was born in 1903 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor, known for Forgotten Faces (1946), The Man on the Train (1958) and The Other (1952). He died in 1958 in Athens, Greece.
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Giorgos Foundas was born in 1924 in Parnassida, Greece. He was an actor and producer, known for The Asphalt Fever (1967), Me ti lampsi sta matia (1966) and The Shepherdess' Lover (1955). He died on 28 November 2010 in Athens, Greece.- Actor
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Vasilis Avlonitis was born in 1904 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor, known for Itan oloi tous... koroida! (1964), O Pseftothodoros (1963) and Diplopennies (1966). He died on 10 March 1970 in Athens, Greece.- Actor
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Mimis Fotopoulos was the son of Nikolaos Fotopoulos and Anna Papadopoulos. He was born in Zatouna of Gortynia on April 20, 1913. Zatouna is a small village, 4 km away from Dimitsana, at 1,050 meters altitude. His father died when Mimis was young. The young Fotopoulos preferred to study at the Faculty of Philosophy in Athens, but, in the second year, he left it to study theater at the Drama School of the Royal Theater, which was later renamed the National Theater, as we know it today. He took part in the Greek Resistance and married Margarita Tsala, from whom he had two daughters, Anna and Maria. He participated in various troupes until he made his own troupe. He played in travelling troupes, toured abroad, participated in many Greek films, mainly of the old Greek cinema, wrote plays and books, directed in the theater. He wrote the plays "A Girl at the Window" (1966) and "Pelopidas the Good Citizen" (1976). He published three books: "25 years of theater" (1958), "The river of my life", published by Kastaniotis, 1965, autobiographical, and "El Daba-Homer of the English", published by Modern Times, 1965. Finally, the poetry collections: "Bouloukia" (1940), "Semitonia" (1960), "Sklira trioleta" (1961), "The Death of the days" (1976), "Ballads of love and death" (1984) His wife had been exiled to Gyaros during the junta, when he was left alone with his two daughters. At that time he decided to make paintings with collage of stamps. This was another artistic activity, not so well known by Mimis Fotopoulos. He died on October 29, 1986, of a sudden heart attack.- Thanos Kotsopoulos was born in 1911 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor and writer, known for The Shepherd's Daughter (1955), Ilektra (1962) and Karagiozis, o adikimenos tis zois (1959). He died in 1994 in Athens, Greece.
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Born in 1913 (or 1915, according to some sources), in Alexandria, Egypt, but raised in Marseille, France. His family moved in Athens in 1935. He studied acting at the Drama School of Giannoulis Sarantidis and made his stage debut in a 1944 Athens production of Leo Lenz's "Lady I Love You." In 1946, he became a stage sensation starring opposite Marika Kotopouli in Carlo Goldoni's "A Servant of Two Masters" (as Truffaldino). He never left the stage for the next fifty years, appearing with great success in ancient (Aristophanes' "Thesmophoriazouses") and modern Greek comedies (Dimitris Psathas' "Thanasakis o politevomnenos", Alekos Sakellarios' and Hristos Giannakopoulos' "O filos mou o Lefterakis"), musicals ("Irma la Douce", "Some like It Hot") etc. He also became one of the all-time greats of the Greek cinema, starring in about 90 films. He died of lung infection in 2001.- Vangelis Protopappas was born in 1917 in Tinos, Greece. He was an actor, known for Marina (1947), The Counterfeit Coin (1955) and The Wise Guy (1962). He died on 21 May 1995 in Athens, Greece.
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Dimitris Horn was born in 1921, in Athens, Greece. His father was Pantelis Horn, a well-known Greek playwright. He studied at the Drama School of the National Theater of Greece, where he made his stage debut in 1941. He collaborated with the National Theater many times in his career, but also made personal stage groups with famous actors, like Mary Aroni, Alekos Alexandrakis and Ellie Lambeti, who also was his life companion for some years (1953 - 1958). He soon established a reputation as the best actor of his generation, giving solid performances in such classics as Nikolay Gogol's "The Diary of a Madman" (title role), William Shakespeare's "Richard III" (title role), Molière's "Don Juan" (title role), Luigi Pirandello's "Henry IV" (title role) etc. Equally important was his screen work; he starred in only 10 films, but most of them have attained legendary status, like The Counterfeit Coin (1955) and A Girl in Black (1956). He died in 1998, but will always be fondly remembered as the "jeune premier par excellence" of the Greek stage and screen.- Actor
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Petros Fyssoun was born in October 5, 1933 in Agrinio, Greece. Some sources claim that he was born in Russia. He was a child of a Russian refugee father, that settled in Greece after the October Revolution. He studied acting at the Drama School of "Theatro Technis" and made his stage debut in a 1953 Athens production of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town". He soon became one of the top actors of his generation and had an extremely rich theatrical career: Sophocles' "Electra" (as Orestis), Lillian Hellmann's "Watch on the Rhine" (as Kurt Muller), Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull" (as Dorn), Eugene O' Neill's "Desire Under the Elms" (as Ephriam Cabot) etc. He collaborated with the National Theater of Greece and often created personal stage groups. Equally interesting was his film career: he made his screen debut in 1958 and starred in many important dramas, like The Outlaws (1958) and Prodosia (1964). The past few weeks before his death, he was hospitalized in the hospital "Sotiria" of Athens, with Respiratoty Infection. He passed away on December 5, 2016- Titos Vandis was born on 7 November 1917 in Thessaloniki, Greece. He was an actor and writer, known for Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972), Prosohi, kindynos! (1983) and Dawn on the Third Day (1962). He was married to Nancy Hall, Eleanore Mahlein, Ketty Asprea, Aleka Paizi, Maria Alkaiou and Betty Valassi. He died on 23 February 2003 in Athens, Greece.
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Dimitris Papamichael was born in 1934, in Piraeus, Greece. He studied acting at the Drama School of the National Greek Theater, where he made his stage debut in 1955 in Euripides' "Hecuba" and interpreted several important roles during 1955-1960: Treplev in Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull", Jimmy Porter in John Osborne's "Look Back in Anger" etc. He then collaborated with the prestigious Theatro Technis (Art Theater) and created a personal group with his then wife, Aliki Vougiouklaki: between 1964 and 1974 they appeared together in several plays including George Bernard Shaw's "My Fair Lady") and starred in some of the most commercially successful films in the history of Greek cinema (their on screen partnership had started in 1959 and their marriage - in 1965 - was received with much enthusiasm from their fans). After their divorce (1974) Papamichael retired from films and concentrated on theater; he was much praised for his excellent work in William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" (title role) and Euripides' "Medea" (as Jason).- Kostas Kakavas was born in 1936 in Athens, Greece. He is an actor, known for Tears and Bouzouki Strumming (1969), Anastasa (1962) and The Promise (1961).
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Nikos Stavridis was born in 1910 in Samos, Greece. He was an actor, known for Stay Cool, Napoleon! (1968), 7 Days of Lying (1963) and O gabros mou, o dikigoros! (1962). He died on 12 December 1987 in Samos, Greece.- Actor
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Nikos Rizos was a Greek actor. He took part in many Greek comedies in cinema. He and his wife Elsa had one son. Rizos began his career with "Anthropoi, anthropoi" in 1948 at the Metropolitan Theatre. He founded his own company in 1959 which he co-ran from 1961 with Vasilis Avlonitis and Georgia Vasileiadou. He appeared in various comedies in Greece and Germany, performing for the immigrant Greeks abroad. In 1986, he appeared at the Astor Theatre on Stadiou Street which he ran from the artistic performance until 1990. Rizos changed and he was a theatrical entrepreneur for 27 years. He starred in around 200 comedy films including The Taxi Driver (1953), The Dead Man's Treasure (1959), O Klearhos, i Marina kai o kontos (1961), Symmoria eraston (1972), and others. On television, he starred alongside Martha Karagianni in O dromos (1977). In 1999, he appeared in the television series of Tasos Athanasiadis's I aithousa tou thronou (1998). It was his last appearance on television. Rizos' last years were spent in Gyzi. He suffered a heart attack on 20 April 1999 and died in an Athens hospital from edema. He was 74 years old. He is buried at Athens First Cemetery.- Actor
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Alekos Alexandrakis was born in 1928, in Athens, Greece. He studied at the Drama School of the Greek National Theater and made his stage debut in a 1949 Athens production of Daphne Du Maurier's "Autumn Tide". He soon became one of the best actors of his generation, appearing in Euripides' "Hippolytus" (title role), Ivan Turgenev's "A Month in the Country" (as Mikhail Alexandrovitz Rakitin), Sophocles' "Electra" (as Orestis), Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite" (as Jessie, Sam and Roy) and many other plays. He made his screen debut in 1949 and appeared in more than 60 films, proving himself equally adequate in comedy and drama. He also directed two interesting neorealist films in the early 1960's, Thriamvos (1962) and A Neighborhood Named 'The Dream' (1961).- Actor
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Kostas Hatzihristos was born in 1921 in Salonica, Greece. He was an actor and director, known for Thimios in the Land of Striptease (1963), Who Will Pay for the Marble? (1956) and World Gone Mad (1963). He was married to Ketty Diridaoua and Eleni Pantazi. He died on 3 October 2001 in Athens, Greece.- Actor
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Kostas Kazakos was born in 1935, in Pyrgos Ilias, Greece. He studied at the Drama School of "Theatro Technis" under the supervision of Carolos Koun. He made his stage debut in 1957 and then collaborated with many serious stage groups. He also played supporting roles in some films. But his real breakthrough came in 1967, when he was offered the lead in the film Kontserto gia polyvola (1967), opposite Jenny Karezi. He married Karezi in 1968 and they created their own stage company; their repertory included, among others, Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" (in which he played George), Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex" (title role) and Euripides' "Medea" (in which he played Jason). He also starred in a few more movies, including the widely acclaimed _Iphigenia (1977)_. After Karezi's death (in 1992), he continued his stage activity; he won raves for his work in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman".- Actor
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Yannis Fertis was born in Athens, in 1938. He studied at the Drama School of "Theatro Technis" under the supervision of Carolos Koun and made his stage debut in 1959. His breakthrough stage role was Chance Wayne in an Athens 1960 production of Tennessee Williams "Sweet Bird of Youth" opposite Melina Mercouri; he became a major theater actor and created personal groups, collaborating with Xenia Kalogeropoulou, who was his wife during 1965 - 1976, and other important actors and directors. His stage work includes Tchekhov's "The Seagull" (as Trepliev), Ibsen's "Ghosts" (as Oswald),Molière's "Don Juan" (title role) etc. He also starred in several TV series and films; his best screen role is the innocent young hero of _Zestos minas Avgoustos(1966)_.- Actor
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Labros Konstadaras (13 March 1913 - 28 June 1985) was one of the greatest actors of Greek theatre and cinema, excellent both in comedy and drama, with ancestry from Istanbul. He was the brother of actress Mitsi Konstadaras and father of former New Democracy MP Dimitris Konstadaras who gave him two grandchildren, Pavlina in 1974 and Labros in 1979. He was born in Kolonaki Athens and died at "Asklepieion" hospital of Voula Athens. Earlier (1978 and 1983) he had suffered two strokes.
In 1930 he joined, after his family's insistence and without his own will, the non-commissioned Navy School in Corfu, from where he eventually escaped by swimming. He was spared the Court-martial after his family's actions. In 1934 he went to Paris to study goldsmith, in order to take on the family jewelry shop in downtown Athens. He abandoned his studies and did various jobs, until he was discovered by the French Director Louis Zoybe when he played a bit part in a theatrical performance. He studied actor at the theatre "Atene" and in the summer of 1938, he returned to Greece, starting his career.
He served the Greek theatre for 40 years, acting in 191 plays and people still enjoy him through his films (more than 75, mostly comedies). He excelled in roles of the mature, rich and womanizer or "father" of several well-known stars of the era in movies such as "My Daughter, the Socialist", "Some Weary Lads", "A Matter of Earnestness", "Alice in the Navy".
He married in first wedlock actress Julie Georgopoulou in 1945 and in the second Filio Kekatou in 1971. He spent his last years in Varkiza Athens. He is buried in the first cemetery of Athens.- Writer
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Giorgos Konstadinou was born on 27 October 1934 in Athens, Greece. He is a writer and director, known for The Jerks (1987), Oi teleftaioi PASOKratores (1989) and Enas axiolatreftos belas (1994).- Nikos Kourkoulos was born in 1934, in Athens, Greece. He studied acting at the Drama School of the Greek National Theater and made his stage debut in a 1958 Athens production of Alexandre Dumas fils's "La dame aux camélias", opposite Ellie Lambeti and Dimitris Horn. He was one of the founders of the prestigious stage group Proskinio and appeared in the 1967 Broadway musical "Ilya Darling", with Melina Mercouri. He created his personal group in the early 1970's, with a repertory which included, among others, Franz Kafka's "The Trial", Arthur Miller's "View from the Bridge" and Bertolt Brecht's "The Beggar's Opera". His last stage appearance to date was in the title role of Sophocles' "Philoktitis" (1991); he then became artistic director of the Greek National Theater. His film career has been equally successful: he starred in many films from the late 1950's until the early 1980's. His most commercial films have been melodramas with a social background, like Oratotis miden (1970).
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Anestis Vlahos was born on 7 February 1934 in Prossoutsani, Drama, Greece. He was an actor and producer, known for Kierion (1968), Me ti lampsi sta matia (1966) and Bed of Grass (1957). He died on 23 August 2021 in Athens, Greece.- Actor
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George Dialegmenos is known for Zoi (1995), To mystiko tou Noemvri (2002) and Oi tembelides tis eforis koiladas (1978).- Andreas Barkoulis was born on 24 July 1936 in Piraeus, Greece. He was an actor, known for Alygisti sti zoi (1964), The Suitcase of the Priest (1978) and Take Me Away, My Love (1960). He was married to Maria, Maria Vlasopoulou - Barkouli, Angela Fara', Aleka Stratigou, ??? and Fotini Anastasiou. He died on 23 August 2016 in Athens, Greece.
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Thanasis Vengos was born in 1927 in Neo Faliro, Piraeus, Greece. He made his movie debut in 1952 and played many supporting parts in films of the 1950s, often working as a technician, too. His first really major part was in the anti-war comedy Psila ta heria Hitler (1962); he followed that with a long series of comedies, which made him extremely popular. He created the recognizable persona of the everyday man who keeps running to earn his daily bread. His best roles often have a tragic dimension, as the anti-heroes he played in the commercial and artistic hits Ti ekanes ston polemo Thanasi (1971) and Enas xenoiastos palaviaris (1971).But he was also fine in purely dramatical roles, as in It's a Long Road (1998). He also did some interesting stage work, starring in ancient (Aristophanes' "Peace" and "Acharneis") and modern Greek comedies (Giorgos Lazaridis' "O trellos tou Luna-park").- Actor
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- Fanis Hinas was born in 1940 in Marathia, Evritania, Greece. He was an actor, known for Urge for Life (1986), Everything Is in Order, But... (1972) and Zitima zois kai thanatou (1973). He died on 12 February 1992.
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Nikitas Tsakiroglou was born in 1938 in Athens, Greece. He is an actor and director, known for Grey Route (2012), To theatro tis Defteras (1970) and Pathiasmeni gynaika (2000). He is married to Chryssoula Diavati. They have one child.- Alex Golfis was born in 1948. He was an actor, known for Synomosia sti Mesogeio (1975), Help Its Vengos Visible Agent '000' (1967) and It's a Mad, Mad Vengos (1967). He died in 2007 in Athens, Greece.
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Vangelis Kazan was born in 1936 in Nafplio, Greece. He was an actor and director, known for Lavete theseis (1973), Iron Gate (1978) and Ypothesi Polk (1978). He died on 10 March 2008 in Athens, Greece.- Actor
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Faidon Georgitsis studied at the drama schools of Karolos Koun, Christos Vlachiotis and Pelos Katselis. His first cinematographic appearance was at the 1960 Jules Dassin's film. He has worked with Karolos Koun in his the experimental Art Theater and at the "National Theatre of Northern Greece". Apart from cinema and theatre he had participated in numerous TV series, during the 70's and 90's. He had directed theatrical plays and films.- Alkis Panagiotidis is known for Ta kourelia tragoudane akoma... (1979), Oh Babylon (1989) and To mystiko tou Ari Bonsalenti (1990).
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Konstantinos Tzoumas was born on 30 August 1944 in Piraeus, Greece. He was an actor and writer, known for Pretty Smart (1987), Happy Day (1976) and Rembetiko (1983). He died on 25 June 2022.- Stavros Xenidis was born in 1924 in Constantinople [now Istanbul], Turkey. He was an actor, known for Taxidi tou melitos (1979), O thanatos tou Timotheou Konsta (1987) and To mystiko tou Ari Bonsalenti (1990). He was married to Margarita Labrinou. He died on 2 November 2008 in Athens, Greece.
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Kostas Arzoglou was born on 31 October 1947. He is an actor and director, known for Tereza Varma Dakosta (1975), Paraxeno spiti (1991) and Oikogeneia Mousama (1991).- Actor
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Vasilis Diamantopoulos was born on 15 November 1920 in Piraeus, Greece. He was an actor and director, known for Mathe paidi mou grammata (1981), The Children of the Swallow (1987) and Marinos Kontaras (1948). He was married to Marina Georgiou and Tonia Karali. He died on 5 May 1999 in Athens, Greece.- Actor
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Nikos Kalogeropoulos was born in Filiatra, Messinia, Greece. He is known for Riders of Pylos (2011), Before Midnight (2013) and Loafing and Camouflage (1984).- Mimis Hrysomallis was born in 1938 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor, known for To vary... peponi (1977), To theatro tis Defteras (1970) and To klama vgike ap' ton Paradeiso (2001). He was married to Eleni Krita. He died on 12 November 2004 in Athens, Greece.
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Antonis Kafetzopoulos was born on 13 October 1951 in Istanbul, Turkey. He is an actor and director, known for Revanche (1983), Akadimia Platonos (2009) and Unfair World (2011). He is married to Faye Kokkinopoulou.- Actor
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He was born in Aegina in 1958. Studied at the Drama School of the National Theatre. He appeared in several Greek films. In 1989 wrote and directed the short film Vera Cruz (20 mins. 35 mm) which won the Best Film Award at the Drama Short Film Festival, the Ministry of Culture State Award and in 1990 the EEC Jury Award of the French National Film Centre.- Actor
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Katrakis was born in Kissamos, Chania, Crete. He was the youngest of the five children of the merchant Charalambos Katrakis merchant and his wife Irini.
In 1919 the family moved to Athens, where Manos, who had almost no acting experience, first appeared in theatrical scene. He made his debut aged just 18 years, with the group "Young" at work "To love." His brio and capacity enthralled the director Kostas Leloudas, so a year later, in 1928, he played the leading role in the silent film The Banner of 1821 (1929) (i.e. "The banner of 1821").
Among his remarkable film performances are included the ones of the title role in Marinos Kontaras (1948) by Giorgos Tzavellas, in A Neighborhood Named 'The Dream' (1961) by Alekos Alexandrakis, in Electra (1962) by Michael Cacoyannis, and in Enas delikanis (1963) by Manolis Scouloudis. Awarded at the International Festival of San Francisco, for for his interpretation as Creon in Antigone (1961) by Giorgos Tzavellas, and in the Thessaloniki Film Festival for his performance in A Neighborhood Named 'The Dream' (1961)." He also participated in hundreds of events where the readings of Greek poetry and literature with his unique voice, remained classics.
He died shortly after completing the filming of Voyage to Cythera (1984) of the great director Theodoros Angelopoulos.- Takis Moshos was born in 1951 in Chalcis, Greece. He was an actor, known for Meteor & Shadow (1985), Glykia symmoria (1983) and Bios + politeia (1987). He died on 29 April 2019 in Athens, Greece.
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Minas Hatzisavvas was born on 28 January 1948 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor and writer, known for Worlds Apart (2015), U-Turn (1991) and I zoi enamisy hiliariko (1995). He died on 30 November 2015 in Athens, Greece.- Actor
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Dimitris Katalifos was born in 1954 in Athens, Greece. He is an actor and writer, known for Theophilos (1987), Journey to Mytilene (2010) and The Other Me (2016).- Aris Retsos was born in 1957 in Alexandria, Egypt. He is an actor, known for Anametrisi (1982), Oi apenanti (1981) and The Photograph (1986).
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Hristos Tsagas was born in 1939 in Livadia, Greece. He was an actor and writer, known for September Song (1993), Ftasamee!... (2004) and Tmima ithon (1992). He died on 17 March 2011 in Athens, Greece.- Actor
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Actor, director, translator. He has born in Athens, Greece in 1956. He graduated from Drama School "Veakis" in 1977. In 1986 he established his own theatre company the "Contemporary Theatre of Athens". In 1996 he founded a Drama School which operates under the supervision of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture. He is a member of the Greek Actors Union where he has previously served as vice president. He is also a member of the Greek Playwrites Guild.- Stelios Mainas was born on 1 October 1957 in Ermoupoli, Syros, Greece. He is an actor, known for Tetarti 04:45 (2015), Mystikes diadromes (2001) and Ekei pou zoume (2022). He has been married to Katia Sperelaki since 1988. They have one child.
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Argyris Bakirtzis was born in 1947 in Thessaloniki, Greece. He is an actor and composer, known for Milky Way (2023), As perimenoun oi gynaikes! (1998) and Erotas sti hourmadia (1990).- Panos Thanassoulis is known for Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001), Singapore Sling (1990) and No Sympathy for the Devil (1997).
- Lazaros Andreou was an actor, known for Ta hrysa mila ton Esperidon (1997), Erotas sti hourmadia (1990) and I gynaika pou epistrefei (1994). He died on 30 January 2005.
- Alkis Kourkoulos was born on 15 January 1967 in Athens, Greece. He is an actor, known for Ante geia... (1991), Logo timis (1996) and Anastasia (1993).
- Alekos Oudinotis is known for Eternity and a Day (1998), Quiet Days in August (1991) and Trikymia mias kardias (1969).
- Nikos Georgakis is known for The Two Faces of January (2014), Truants (1996) and Na kathesai kai na koitas (2013).
- Gerasimos Skiadaressis was born in 1960 in Patra, Greece. He is an actor, known for Apartment in Athens (2011), Valkanizater (1997) and Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001). He has been married to Bessy Malfa since 1997. They have three children.
- Alekos Sissovitis was born in 1965. He is an actor, known for 10i entoli (2004), Eleftheri katadysi (1995) and Eisai to tairi mou! (2001).
- Giorgos Ninios was born on 5 March 1951. He is an actor, known for O drapetis (1991), Dexiotera tis dexias (1989) and Isimeria (1991).
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Stratos Tzortzoglou (Georgeoglou)
Known for his breakthrough starring role as Orestes on the film "Landscape in the Mist "directed by Palm d'Or in Cannes festival Theodoros Angelopoulos (Landscape in the mist-Ulysses Gaze) who talked of Stratos as "someone who can absorb everything, turning this to an advantage"
Also St. Holden wrote in his review in New York times: ...Orestes,whom Stratos Tzortzoglou imbues with a "winning sweetness", works for an itinerant theater company that has been traveling around Greece. "Landscape in the Mist'' has already won many honors, and was the Greek entry for best foreign film in the Academy Awards. A 126-minute work of exceptional beauty.
Next was "One Love and the Other" directed by Eva Bergman who starred opposite Lena Endre (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Faithless) in which the nominated for 9 Oscars Ingmar Bergman (Fanny and Alexander-Seventh Seal-Persona) compared Stratos to "a Stradivarius violin," adding that "the great actors are great instruments".
After that, he had a starring role in the film "Up ,Down and Sideways" opposite to Irene Pappas (Electra,Z,Captain Corelli's Mandolin) under the direction of the 5 times Academy Award nominee Michael Cacoyannis (Zorba the Greek-Trojan Women-Iphigenia) who described Stratos as "that rare phenomenon, a natural who combines striking good looks with that special brand of talent which blends a fiery temperament with easy personal charm". Stratos reached a summit of his profession with his performance as Stavros in the above film which garnered him an Award as Best Actor at the Greek National Awards.
The chairman of 20th Century Fox Jim Gianopulos said about him that " Stratos is destined for great things, he has a unique way of capturing the audiences with his charm,his authenticity and has truly mastered his art form.He is bound to succeed in the American entertainment industry", while the Oscar winning actress for Moonstruck Olympia Dukakis said that "Stratos has a lot to offer to the American film industry in his unique sense of acting, combing talent, intuition, passion and determination".- Actor
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Yannis Zouganelis is a prolific Greek comedian, music composer, actor, television presenter, and teacher. He was born Ioannis Nikolaos Zouganelis in Patisia, Athens, on February 3, 1956. He is known for his work on To klama vgike ap' ton Paradeiso (2001), Fila ton vatraho sou (2007), To epomeno thyma (1990), and 4 Black Suits (2010). He is married to Isidora Sideri. They have one child together, the renowned greek singer Eleonora Zouganeli.- Actor
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Giorgos Armenis was born on 18 October 1943 in Klimatia, Ioannina, Greece. He is an actor and writer, known for It's a Long Road (1998), To soi mas (1992) and O theios mas o Mimis (1984).- Actor
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Yorgos Karamihos is an acclaimed actor, director, and acting teacher. Born and raised in Northern Greece, he graduated from Ionian University, with a degree in Philosophy and History, as well as from The Greek National Theatre Academy. In 2012, he received a Fulbright Scholarship as an exceptional artist to study at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting & Theatre in Los Angeles, where he was immediately offered a position to teach his own acting technique. His credits as an actor include over forty theatrical productions from ancient Greek dramas and Shakespeare to Anton Chekhov, Tennessee Williams and other classical and modern plays. He has appeared in more than thirty feature films and in numerous TV series, including The Durrells in Corfu, Bulletproof, and Genius (Picasso). Karamihos has also directed multiple theatrical productions in major venues in Greece and the United States. In 2008, he received the Best Stage Actor award of Greece. He has translated plays and books from English, French and Spanish into Greek and has published several theatre plays.- Actor
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Renos Haralambidis was born on 14 October 1970 in Athens, Greece. He is an actor and writer, known for No Budget Story (1997), The Heart of the Beast (2005) and 4 Black Suits (2010).- Actor
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Errikos Litsis was born in 1955 in Athens, Greece. He is an actor and writer, known for Homeland (2010), The Republic (2015) and Runaway Day (2013).- Actor
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Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, after studying Art & Design at Guildhall University and after abandoning a bachelor's degree in Architecture at London Metropolitan University. He followed his training with an internship at Richard Foreman's avant-garde Ontological Theater in New York City and working with his acting coach and mentor, Actors Studio artistic director Elizabeth Kemp.
He was nominated for the Horn award for best newcomer in theater for his stage debut as Carl, in Sarah Kane's play Cleansed, directed by legendary Greek director Lefteris Voyatzis. Other stage credits include Trebliev in Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, Oswald in Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts, the title role in Janusz Glowacki's The Fourth Sister, Mira in Jens Diedrich's Des Tragischen Todes der Hexe Mira, Darren in Gary Owen's The Drowned World, Anton in Marius von Marienburg's Eldorado, Emil in Handl Klaus' Wilde, a.o
He is a member of the Hellenic Film Academy and has starred in several Greek feature films, like Tied Red Thread, Homeland (Best Actor nomination Hellenic Film Academy Awards, 2010 Venice Film Festival Settimana della Critica), Valse Sentimentale (Best Actor nomination Thessaloniki Film Festival), Delivery (in competition 2004 Venice Film Festival), Atlas, Athens Blues a.o. as well as short films like Pure Youth (in competition 2004 Venice Film Festival Corto Cortissimo) a.o.
His directorial debut, Dimitris Dimitriadis' The Annunciation of Cassandra (2018) opened to rave reviews and sold out shows and was lauded by the Greek press as one of the 10 best Greek theater productions of the decade. The following year he directed Chrysippus by Dimitris Dimitriadis, which opened the 2019 Athens Epidaurus Festival - Greece's most prestigious cultural organisation - to sold out shows and polarised reviews.
In all of his directing projects he also always designs the sets, costumes, lighting, sound and creates the publicity campaigns, as he also designed and photographed "The Greeks" and "Post Inferno" campaigns for the Onassis Foundation.
Best Actor nomination for his work as Stergios in Homeland (2010), at the Hellenic Film Academy Awards.
Best Actor nomination for his work as Stamatis in Valse Sentimentale (2007), at the Thessaloniki Film festival.- Stathis Papadopoulos was born in 1980 in Kazakhstan. He is an actor, known for Hostage (2005), Beauty Before Age: The Sitcom and From the Edge of the City (1998).
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- Spiros Papadopoulos was born on 8 March 1955 in Peiraias, Greece. He is an actor, known for Kane oti koimasai (2022), Jamaica (2017) and Gi kai ouranos (2005). He is married to Athina Tsilyra.
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Andreas Konstantinou was born on 15 November 1982 in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is an actor, known for Cloudy Sunday (2015), The Last Note (2017) and O thanatos pou onireftika (2010).- Actor
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First stage appearance in 1972, as an actor. For ten years he collaborated with other theatre companies and played leading roles from the classical repertoire.In 1982 he created the actors company "I Skini", (The Stage), and in 1987 its successor, "I nea SKINI" (THE new STAGE), at the Theatre Odou Kykladon (Kyklades St Theatre). He has received three Best Director Awards "Karolos Koun" (1987, 1997) and "Fotos Politis" (1997). Between 1989 and 1991 he founded and directed the Classical Drama Workshop. He first staged Sophocles' "Antigone" in the 1992 with the group of actors working at the workshop (Theatre Odou Kykladon). Years after that, and in a totally new approach, he reproduced "Antigone" at the ancient theatre of Epidaurus (Athens Festival, 2006 and 2007). With momentous productions of classical masterpieces, (Heinrich von Kleist, Carlo Goldoni, Aleksandr Griboyedov, Anton Chekhov, Molière, Harold Pinter, Fyodor Dostoevsky, etc), new contemporary Greek plays (such as the masterpieces "I Kiss You On the Face", "The Night of the Owl" and "Bella Venezia" by George Dialegmenos) and introducing modern "classics" (such as Thomas Bernhard and Sarah Kane), Lefteris Voyatzis has come to occupy a leading position in the world of the Greek theatre. His work also includes cinema acting, mainly in films directed by Nikos Panayotopoulos.- Actor
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Yannis Tsimitselis was born on 27 July 1981 in Zürich, Switzerland. He is an actor and writer, known for Eho ena mystiko... (2008), The Policeman of the 16th Precinct (2008) and Sirens in the Aegean (2005). He was previously married to Vaso Laskaraki.- Actor
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Vassilis Haralambopoulos was born on 20 September 1970 in Athens, Greece. He is an actor and writer, known for Bank Bang (2008), Eisai to tairi mou! (2001) and Me lene Vangeli (2011).- Actor
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Alexandros Logothetis was born in Athens, Greece, in December 1970.
Graduated with Honours from the National Theater of Greece Drama School in 1991 and obtained a BA in Acting from the Arts Educational Schools London in 1999.
On the big screen, he has worked in more than 30 films, twice awarded at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival for the movies "Business in Balkans" (Best Actor) and "Totally Married" (Best Supporting Actor Award).
His work on television gave him popularity early on in his career and shows like "Women", "Anatomy of a Crime", "Stand by me", "The Sacrifice", and "Ten" allowed him to show his acting abilities on the small screen. In 2010 he starred in Victoria Hislop's international best seller "The Island", portraying Dr Kyritsis, a role that till today is linked with Alexandros in the mind of the audiences. In 2019 he co-starred in Adults in the Room as Manos, directed by Costa Gavras. In 2022 he co-starred in ''Magpie Murders'' as Andreas Patakis next to Lesley Manville, an Eleventh Hour, PBS Masterpiece, Britbox and Salt Films production directed by Peter Cattaneo.
In the theatre, Alexandros has worked with some of the most influential directors in Greece, like Stathis Livathinos, George Michailidis, Nikos Mastorakis, Stamatis Fasoulis, Io Voulgaraki, Cezaris Grauzinis.
Alexandros has been working in the performance industry for 33 years.- Actor
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Christos Stergioglou was born in 1952 in Didymoteicho, Thrace, Greece. He is an actor and producer, known for Dogtooth (2009), The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas (2013) and Unfair World (2011).- Actor
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Georges Corraface has risen to star status in Europe throughout a career in film, theatre and television.
This ruggedly charismatic leading man is notably a box-office draw in Greece, Spain and France, where he lives and is a popular celebrity.
A classically trained and versatile actor, his gift for languages and his multi-cultural background has enabled him to work in eight languages and an even wider variety of accents.
At the height of an auspicious and daring theater career, as a member of the famed Peter Brook Company in Paris, Corraface was discovered by David Lean in 1987. The legendary director cast him in the title role of "Nostromo". Although the film was never made, due to Lean's illness, the resultant attention launched Corraface into American productions with films like Not Without My Daughter (1991), Impromptu (1991) Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992) and Escape from L.A. (1996).
In recent years, however, he has found his most challenging and successful roles in European film and television where his original characterizations have won him a loyal and ever-growing following, critical acclaim and Best Actor awards.
The smolderingly lusty Yaman in La pasión turca (1994) wooed audiences in Spain. Meanwhile, in France, Corraface was getting rave reviews for a wide variety of starring movie roles, ranging from the candid and ebullient macho, Cheto, in the romantic comedy Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan (1998) to the swarthy and noble ex-con, Max, in the dark psychological thriller Préférence (1998).
In Greece, he made his mark with his performances first as a tormented and emotionally disconnected everyman in Slaughter of the Cock (1996), then as the comically naive and soulful peasant on a pilgrimage in Word of Honor (2001). Both parts earned him the highest film awards in Greece. He went on to portray Fannis, the introspective and traumatized exile in the nostalgic comedy A Touch of Spice (2003), which broke all Greek box-office records before conquering audiences abroad.
French television has made Corraface a broadcast star with mini-series roles like the suavely sophisticated François in The Blue Bicycle (2000), the hurt and sensitive rebel Thomas in L'été rouge (2002), or the earnestly bumbling professor in Le château des oliviers (1993)". Other TV productions focusing on contemporary issues have reinforced his popularity, through characters such as the haunted, hard-drinking journalist Rachid in the made for Arte film, Algiers-Beirut: A Souvenir (1998), or as Alex, a solitary, fast-talking swat team crisis negociator in Alex Santana, négociateur (2002), a series of made-for-TV movies (TF1).
Overall, Corraface appears to enthusiastically alternate his more commercial work with dedicated involvement in less mainstream "films d'auteurs" with a new generation of independent filmmakers.- Actor
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Prometheus Aleifer was born in 1982 in Athens, Greece. His birth name is Spyros Promitheas Aliferopoulos. He studied theater at the The University of Athens and the Art Theater Drama School. Right after school he joined the National Theater in Athens and worked on numerous productions of classical and contemporary plays under the direction of famous European directors. He did his first feature film "Burning heads" (original title "Milk") in 2011. His performance as a schizophrenic young Russian immigrant gained critical acclaim, was nominated for the male lead by the Greek Film Academy and won the same prize in Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival 2012. During the same year, he starred in the successful performance of Aristophanes' "The Clouds" in Epidaurus festival 2012. In 2013 he starred in Showtime's series "The Borgias" directed by Neil Jordan. Since then he starred in several European films and continues his work at the National Theatre.- Actor
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Themis Panou was born in 1960 in Istanbul, Turkey. He is an actor and writer, known for Miss Violence (2013), Usmiech losu (2023) and Mythopathy (2016).- Actor
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- Yannis Stankoglou was born in 1974, in Greece. The region of Evros, near the borders with Turkey is the place in which he grew up. He studied in Giorgos Kimoulis Modern Theatre of Athens Drama School, when he was 23. For a few years he moved to New York, until he returned to his country. He has a remarkable career in theater, TV and movies.
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- Dimitris Imellos was born on 12 June 1967 in Athens, Greece. He is an actor, known for Christmas Anti-Fable (2017), Ap' ta kokala vgalmena (2011) and To eteron imisy (2011).
- Stathis Stamoulakatos is known for Behind the Haystacks (2022), Amercement (2020) and Knifer (2010).
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Giannis Tsortekis is known for Lathos aionas (2000), Suntan (2016) and Ballad for a Pierced Heart (2020).- Argyris Pandazaras was born on 14 October 1988 in Volos, Greece. He is an actor, known for Digger (2020), Floga & anemos (2022) and Red River (2019).
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- Aris Servetalis was born on 21 December 1976 in Athens, Greece. He is an actor, known for The Waiter (2018), Alps (2011) and Apples (2020).
- Lazaros Georgakopoulos is known for Numbered (1998), Moon, 66 Questions (2021) and Otan horepsoume mazi... (2003).
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Akis Sakellariou is known for A Time to Kill (1993), I zoi enamisy hiliariko (1995) and Dodo (2022).