Great Greek men actors

1. Vasilis Avlonitis

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 March 10, 1970 in Athens, Greece.

2. Dionysis Papagiannopoulos

Actor | Mia trelli... trelli oikogeneia

Dionyssis Papayannopoulos was born in 1912, in Diakofto, Greece. He studied at the Drama School of the National Theater of Greece, where he made his stage debut in 1938, appearing (as the Knight) in Shakespeare's "King Lear". During the next two decades he collaborated with many prestigious stage ...

3. Orestis Makris

Actor | To koritsi tis geitonias

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, ...

4. Vasilis Logothetidis

Actor | Oi Germanoi xanarhontai...

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 ...

5. Andreas Filippides

Actor | To theatro tis Defteras

Andreas Filippides was born in January 1919 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor and director, known for To theatro tis Defteras (1970), The Shepherdess' Lover (1956) and Loafing and Camouflage (1984). He was married to Lili Papayanni and Despo Diamantidou. He died on January 8, 1989 in Athens, ...

6. Dimitris Papamichael

Actor | I arhontisa ki o alitis

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 ...

7. Nikos Stavridis

Actor | Psyhraimia, Napoleon!

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 December 12, 1987 in Samos, Greece.

8. Vasilis Diamantopoulos

Actor | Mathe paidi mou grammata

Vasilis Diamantopoulos was born on November 15, 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 May 5, 1999 in Athens, ...

9. Thanasis Vengos

Actor | Ti ekanes ston polemo Thanasi

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 ...

Το βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα (taxi driver) 2008

10. Giannis Fertis

Actor | Oi sklavoi sta desma tous

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 ...

11. Giannis Voglis

Actor | O valtos

Yannis Voglis was born in 1937, in Athens, Greece. He studied acting at the Drama School of Pelos Katselis and made his stage debut in a 1961 Athens revival of Brecht's "The Rise of Arthuro Oui" (directed by Carolos Koun). He had a solid theatrical career; his highlihts include Ibsen's "Peer Guyyd"...

12. Ilias Logothetis

Actor | Vavylonia

Ilias Logothetis was born on April 15, 1939 in Lefkada, Greece. He was an actor, known for Babylon (1970), Thanasi, sfixe ki allo to zonari (1980) and Athens Blues (2001). He was married to Eftychia Kalliteraki and Maria Zahari. He died on February 28, 2024 in Greece.

Μια μέρα τη νύχτα 2001, Το μόνον της ζωής του ταξείδιον 2001

13. Giannis Mortzos

Actor | To theatro tis Defteras

Giannis Mortzos is known for To theatro tis Defteras (1970), Moiraia shesi (2009) and Mou mou (1995).

14. Mimis Fotopoulos

Actor | Ekato hiliades lires

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 ...

(Και τώρα θα κάθομαι...)

15. Nikos Rizos

Actor | Tis kakomoiras

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 ...

16. Giorgos Foundas

Actor | Pyretos stin asfalto

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 November 28, 2010 in Athens, Greece.

(Φύγε Στέλλα, κρατάω μαχαίρι...)

17. Nikiforos Naneris

Writer | Oikogeneia Zardi

Nikiforos Naneris was born in October 1940 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor and writer, known for Oikogeneia Zardi (1983), Omorfes meres (1970) and Anoihti epistoli (1967). He died on April 5, 2011 in Milies, Pilio, Greece.

18. Giorgos Kimoulis

Actor | Knock Out

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 ...

19. Kostas Hatzihristos

Actor | O Thymios sti hora tou strip-tease

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 October 3, 2001 in Athens, ...

Ο Μπακαλόγατος 1963

20. Labros Konstadaras

Actor | O blofatzis

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 ...

21. Giannis Gionakis

Actor | Jeep, periptero ki agapi

Giannis Gionakis was born on September 18, 1922 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor, known for Jeep Kiosk and Love (1957), I krevvatomourmoura (1971) and Oti thelei o laos (1964). He died on August 25, 2002 in Athens, Greece.

22. Hristos Tsaganeas

Actor | Doktor Zi-Vengos

Tsaganeas was born in Braila, Romania. He starred in several movies, his most famous role being the college headmaster in Maiden's Cheek (1959). His first important role was in Oi Germanoi xanarhontai... (1948) with Vasilis Logothetidis. He married, secondly, to Nitsa Tsaganea. He died on his 70th ...

Χαμένοι Άγγελοι 1948 (Βεβαίως, Βεβαίως...)

23. Faidon Georgitsis

Actor | O apostatis

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". ...

24. Nikos Kourkoulos

Actor | Adistaktoi

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 ...

25. Angelos Antonopoulos

Actor | Oi Pantheoi

Angelos Antonopoulos was born in 1932, in Piraeus, Greece. He studied at Theatro Technis (Art Theater) under the direction of Carolos Koun and made his stage debut in a 1962 Athens production of Aristophanes' "Ornithes". He then collaborated with many prestigious groups (including the Greek ...

26. Dimitris Myrat

Actor | I villa me ta noufara

Dimitris Myrat was born in 1908 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor and director, known for The Villa with the Water Lilies (1945), I Am Innocent (1960) and Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910-1927 (1980). He was married to Voula Zouboulaki. He died on January 10, 1991 in Athens, Greece.

27. Dimitris Horn

Actor | Alloimono stous neous

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 ...

28. Giannis Vouros

Actor | I triti nyhta

Giannis Vouros was born on June 23, 1955. He is an actor and director, known for The Third Night (2003), Paraxeno savvatokyriako (1989) and Giannis kai Maria (1982).

29. Grigoris Valtinos

Actor | O thanatos tou Timotheou Konsta

Grigoris Valtinos was born on August 7, 1955 in Ksanthi, Greece. He is an actor and director, known for O thanatos tou Timotheou Konsta (1987), Ektos eleghou (1993) and To kefali tis gatas (1988).

30. Nikos Fermas

Actor | Erotas... me doseis

Nikos Fermas was born in 1905 in Mitilini, Greece. He was an actor, known for Love... In Instalments (1959), O Thymios tahei 400 (1960) and O paras kai o foukaras (1964). He was married to Anna Pantzika. He died on August 14, 1972 in Athens, Greece.

31. Lavrentis Dianellos

Actor | To olokaftoma

Lavrentis Dianellos was a Greek actor. Born in 1911, he started acting on stage in 1938. He debuted in cinema in 1948, and until his death in 1978, he appeared in more than 200 movies, making him the most prolific actor in the history of Greek cinema. A supporting actor, he was often cast as the ...

32. Pantelis Zervos

Actor | Madalena

Pantelis Zervos was born in 1908 in Loutraki, Greece. He was an actor, known for Madalena (1960), The Wise Guy (1962) and At Fate's Doorstep (1967). He was married to Maria. He died on January 23, 1982.

33. Stratos Tzortzoglou

Actor | O ergenis

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 ...

34. Giannis Bezos

Actor | Tis Ellados ta paidia

Giannis Bezos was born on September 10, 1956 in Athens, Greece. He is an actor and director, known for Tis Ellados ta paidia (1993), Kliniki periptosi (2011) and Ekeines & ego (1996). He is married to Natalia Tsaliki. They have one child.

35. Nikitas Tsakiroglou

Actor | Griza diadromi

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.

36. Kostas Doukas

Actor | Marina

Kostas Doukas was born in 1895 in Izmir, Ottoman Empire [now Turkey]. He was an actor, known for Marina (1947), Ehei theio to koritsi (1957) and Menousis, o leventis tis Ipeirou (1969). He died in 1967 in Athens, Greece.

37. Thanasis Mylonas

Actor | I pikragapimeni

Thanasis Mylonas was born in 1938. He was an actor, known for The Bitter Beloved (1965), Horismos (1966) and Den poulao tin kardia mou (1966). He was married to Katerina Vasilakou. He died on January 4, 1989.

38. Nikos Mihalopoulos

Costume_department | O agalitsas: Ena exagomeno koroido

Nikos Mihalopoulos is known for O agalitsas: Ena exagomeno koroido (1985) and Alithines istories (1996).

39. Konstantinos Tzoumas

Actor | Pretty Smart

Konstantinos Tzoumas was born on August 30, 1944 in Piraeus, Greece. He was an actor and writer, known for Pretty Smart (1987), Happy Day (1976) and Rembetiko (1983). He died on June 25, 2022.

40. Andreas Douzos

Actor | Katrakylisma... sto vourko

Andreas Douzos was born on October 19, 1936 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor, known for Wallow in the Mud (1962), Sapila kai aristokratia (1967) and Koritsia gia filima (1965). He died on April 29, 2013 in Athens, Greece.

41. Stavros Xenidis

Actor | Taxidi tou melitos

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 November 2, 2008 in Athens, Greece.

42. Lefteris Vournas

Actor | To koroidaki tis prigipessas

Lefteris Vournas was born in 1941 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor, known for To koroidaki tis prigipessas (1972), Oi erastes tou oneirou (1974) and I Ellinida kai o erotas (1962). He died on July 1, 1987 in Athens, Greece.

43. Lefteris Voyatzis

Actor | Melodrama?

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 ...

44. Errikos Briollas

Actor | Peiraias, ora 7:30

Errikos Briollas was born on October 19, 1933 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor, known for Peiraias, ora 7:30 (1967), Sharp as a Needle (1961) and A Storm in a Child's Heart (1965). He died on June 20, 2018.

45. Giorgos Konstadinou

Writer | The... Copanoi

Giorgos Konstadinou was born on October 27, 1934 in Athens, Greece. He is a writer and director, known for The Jerks (1987), Oi teleftaioi PASOKratores (1989) and Enas axiolatreftos belas (1994).

46. Dimitris Kallivokas

Actor | To kefali tis gatas

Dimitris Kallivokas was born in 1930 in Athens, Greece. He is an actor, known for To kefali tis gatas (1988), To berdema (2000) and On Air (2008).

Ο Θεός αγαπάει το χαβιάρι 2012, Μια τρελή σαραντάρα 1970, Στουρνάρα 288 1959

47. Kostas Voutsas

Actor | O gois

Kostas Voutsas was born in Athens, in 1931. He studied at the Drama School of the Macedonian Conservatory of Thessaloniki and made his stage and screen debut in 1953. His breakthrough came in 1961, when Giannis Dalianidis gave him a key part in his phenomenally successful youth melodrama Spoiled ...

(1931 - 2020)

48. Alekos Alexandrakis

Actor | Thriamvos

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' "...

Συνοικία το Όνειρο 1961

49. Kostas Kakavas

Actor | Dakrya kai diplopennies

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).

50. Kostas Kazakos

Actor | Ifigeneia

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 ...

51. Andreas Barkoulis

Actor | Alygisti sti zoi

Andreas Barkoulis was born on July 24, 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...

52. Vagelis Voulgaridis

Actor | Ta paliopaida

Vagelis Voulgaridis was born in 1942 in Athens, Greece. He is an actor, known for Ta paliopaida (1963), Klemeni agapi (1966) and Nyhtes sto Miramare (1960).

53. Petros Fyssoun

Actor | O adelfos Anna

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 ...