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Greek Actor
This is a list of Greek actors. *Alekos Alexandrakis – (Αλέκος Αλεξανδράκης) (1928–2005) *Anthimos Ananiadis – (Άνθιμος Ανανιάδης) (1985–) *Jennifer Aniston – (Ιωάννα Αναστασάκη) (1969–) *John Aniston – (Ιωάννης Αναστασάκης) (1933-2022) *Vasilis Avlonitis – (Βασίλης Αυλωνίτης) (1904–1970) *Georges Corraface – (Γιώργος Χωραφάς) (1952–) *Cybele – (Κυβέλη) (1887–1978) *Jacques Damala – (Aριστεíδης Δαμαλάς) (1855–1889) *Rika Dialina – (Ειρήνη "Ρίκα" Διαλυνά) (1931–) *Lavrentis Dianellos – (Λαυρέντης Διανέλλος) (1911–1978) *Andreas Douzos – (Ανδρέας Ντούζος) (1936–2013) * Chronis Exarhakos – (Χρόνης Εξαρχάκος) (1932–1984) *Giorgos Fountas – (Γιώργος Φούντας) (1924–2010) *Tasos Giannopoulos – (Τάσος Γιαννόπουλος) (1931 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the Geography of Greece, mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, featuring List of islands of Greece, thousands of islands. The country consists of nine Geographic regions of Greece, traditional geographic regions, and has a population of approximately 10.4 million. Athens is the nation's capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western culture, Western civilization, being the birthplace of Athenian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelos Grammenos
Angelos Grammenos (Greek: Άγγελος Γραμμένος; March 15, 1958) is a Greek actor, television director and singer. Born on the island of Corfu, he was particularly popular during the 1980s. Grammenos is the son of Hrysanthi and Dionysios Grammenos, a WWI World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin .../ II veteran. He studied at the Drama School of the "Professional Theatre School of Athens" (Επαγγελματική Σχολή Θεάτρου Αθηνών). He has played in many Greek films, television series, and theatre plays. Grammenos plays the saxophone. References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Grammenos, Angelos Living people Actors from Corfu Musicians from Corfu Greek male television actors 20th-century Greek male actors Modern Greek-langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elias Koteas
Elias Koteas (; el, Ηλίας Κοτέας; born March 11, 1961) is a Canadian actor. He is known for playing Alvin "Al" Olinsky in the ''Chicago'' franchise, as well as appearing in lead and supporting roles in numerous films. He won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film '' Ararat'' (2002). He appeared in such films as '' Some Kind of Wonderful'' (1987), ''The Adjuster'' (1991), ''Exotica'' (1994), ''The Prophecy'' (1995), ''Crash'' (1996), ''Living Out Loud'' (1998), ''Fallen'' (1998), '' The Thin Red Line'' (1998), ''Harrison's Flowers'' (2002), ''Collateral Damage'' (2002), ''Shooter'' (2007), ''Zodiac'' (2007), '' Skinwalkers'' (2007), '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' (2008), and ''Shutter Island'' (2010). He also portrayed Casey Jones in two of the original ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' films. Early life Koteas was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to a father who worked as a mechanic for the Canadian National Railways ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgos Konstantinou
Giorgos Konstadinou ( el, Γιώργος Κωνσταντίνου; born October 27, 1934 in Vathi, Athens) is a Greek actor, writer, and director. He is the son of actress Nitsa Filosofou. His career was boosted after the 'profiterole' scene in the movie '' Ktipokardia sto thranio'' and reached its pinnacle with the comedy film '' The... Kopanoi'' in the 1980s. He has written and acted in several plays and TV series. Filmography Movies Television *'' Anthropines istories'' 1975 (TV) *'' Ase ton kosmo na gelasei'' 1975 (TV) ''(Also Directed)'' *''Treis kai o koukos Treis-Karden is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was the seat of the former like-named ''Verbandsg ...'' 1985 (TV) ''(Also Directed)'' *'' Mi mou girnas tin plati'' 1986 (TV) ''(Also Directed)'' *'' I Alepou kai o boufos'' 1987 (TV) ''(Also Directed)'' *'' Patir, yios ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lambros Konstantaras
Lambros Konstantaras (13 March 1913 – 28 June 1985) was a Greek film actor. He appeared in 80 films between 1940 and 1981. He was born and died in Athens. Biography He was born in 1913, in Kolonaki, Athens. He studied acting in Paris and graduated in 1933, making his theatre debut in France in 1937. The following year, he returned to Greece and worked in theatre. After working in several theatre groups he formed his own with Jenny Karezi, Maro Kontou and Nikos Rizos, often working together with such actresses as Ellie Lambeti, Aliki Vougiouklaki and others. However, Konstantaras was far better known as a film actor, playing leading roles in more than 80 movies. In cinema, he debuted in 1939 with the film ''The Parting Song'', the first Greek sound film. In his youth, many of his roles were of a serious nature but later on in life he played almost exclusively comic roles usually as an executive or the father of the bride, etc. He cooperated with Alekos Sakellarios in many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manos Katrakis
Emmanuel "Manos" Katrakis ( el, Εμμανουήλ (Μάνος) Κατράκης; 14 August 1908 – 3 September 1984) was a Greek actor of theater and film. imdb.com; accessed 20 March 2016. Biography Born in Kissamos, , he was the youngest of five children of Haralambos Katrakis and Irini Katraki. When Manos was 10 years old, his family moved from Crete to , where his father searched for work. His brother, Giannis, emigrated to North America. Manos played soccer during his youth ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vassili Karis
Vassili Karis (born Vassilis Karamesinis on 22 September 1938) is a Greek-born Italian actor, mainly active in the Spaghetti Western film genre. Life and career Born in Patras, Karis was first active in the peplum genre, in which he was credited with his birth name or with the stage name Marco Vassilli.Enrico Lancia, Fabio Melelli. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano. Attori stranieri del nostro cinema''. Gremese 2006, . Adopted his definitive stage name, he got his first role of weight in 1966, in the Spaghetti Western film ''Five Giants from Texas''. His breakout came in the early 1970s with the role of Holy Ghost ("Spirito Santo" in Italian) in a series of western comedy films. The decline of the western genre happened and he slowed his activities, retiring in the mid-1990s. Selected filmography * '' 3 Avengers'' (1964) * '' I criminali della metropoli'' (1965) * ''An Angel for Satan'' (1966) * ''A Stranger in Paso Bravo'' (1968) * ''Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman'' (1971 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vangelis Kazan
Vangelis Kazan ( el, Βαγγέλης Καζάν) (1936 – 10 March 2008) was a Greek character actor. Biography Kazan was born in Nafplion. His career in theater, cinema and television spanned for half a century. He repeatedly collaborated with Theo Angelopoulos and was awarded the Best Actor award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival in 1975 for his part in ''The Travelling Players''. He died in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates .... Notes External links *Obituary ( in Greek) 1936 births 2008 deaths Greek male film actors People from Nafplion Deaths from cancer in Greece {{Greece-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kora Karvouni
Kora Karvouni ( el, Κόρα Καρβούνη) (born 22 April 1980 in Athens, Greece) is a Greeks, Greek stage and television actress. She graduated from thGreek National Theatre Drama Schoolwith a distinction in 2002. She has performed in various theatre productions in Greece, U.S.A., South Korea and Italy collaborating with notable directors such as Peter Stein (director), Peter Stein, Anatoly Vasiliev, Dimiter Gotscheff and Laurent Chétouane. She has also participated in Greek television productions. Stage Credits *2002-2003: Patras Municipal and Regional Theatre: Cyrano de Bergerac (play), Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, direction: Niketi Kontouri *2003: National Theatre of Greece: Medea (play), Medea by Euripides, direction: Stathis Livathinos (performed in Epidaurus#Theatre, Epidaurus and other Greek stages) *2004Theatro tou Neou Kosmou The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh, direction: Vaggelis Theodoropoulos *2004: National Theatre of Greece: Hippolytus (p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smaragda Karydi
Smaragda Karydi (Greek: ) is a Greek TV and stage actress. She came into prominence playing the role of Dahlia in the TV series Sto Para Pente and later the TV series ''Fila ton vatraho sou'' (Frog or not) co-starring with Τhodoris Atheridis. Early days Smaragda was born on 9 August 1969, and is the daughter of actors Dinos Karydis (whom she later starred with in ''Fila ton vatraho sou'') (Frog or not) and Tzoulia Argyropoulos. She graduated from the Drama School of the Greek National Theatre and has worked as an actress in the Greek television in primary and secondary roles in the series. From 2005 until 2007 she has had one of the main roles in the popular TV series Sto Para Pente. She has also starred in the films ''Thiliki Etairia'' written by Nikos Perakis in 1999, ''O kalyteros mou filos'' written by Lakis Lazopoulos and the cinema adaptation of the theatrical play ''Mia melissa ton Avgousto'' written by Thodoris Atheridis in 2007. In the theatre she has starred in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostas Kazakos
Kostas Kazakos ( el, Κώστας Καζάκος, alt. sp. Costas Kazakos; 29 May 1935 – 13 September 2022) was a Greek actor, television director, and politician. He was married to the famous actress Tzeni Karezi for 24 years until her death in 1992 at 60 years old. Together they acted in a number of films, had a son, and were well loved and respected actors. In 1997 he married the actress Jenny Jolia and they eventually had three surviving children. The couple also had a daughter who died at June 25, 1999, when she was eight months old. In the 2007 Greek legislative election, he was elected to the Greek Parliament as a candidate of the Communist Party of Greece. He was reelected in 2009. Kazakos continued to act, and be involved in Greek politics until his death. After many hospitalizations at "Evangelismos" hospital the summer of 2022, died on September 13, 2022, at the age of 87, due to health problems. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tzeni Karezi
Tzeni Karezi ( el, Τζένη Καρέζη, 12 January 1932 – 26 July 1992); also known as Jenny Karezi, was a Greek film and stage actress. Biography Early life Evgenia Karpouzi was born in Athens, Greece, to a mathematician father and high school teacher mother. She studied under the direction of the Sisters of St Joseph at a private French school in Thessaloniki, and later by the same Order in Athens. She learned French fluently. When she was a teenager, her father left the family and she continued to live with her mother. Her father died in a car accident in 1971. In 1951 she was accepted at the Greek National Theater (''Εθνικό Θέατρο''), where she studied in the Drama School. The playwright Angelos Terzakis and the director Dimitris Rontiris were among her teachers. Upon graduation, in 1954, she was immediately thrust into starring roles in the theatre, playing alongside actors such as Alexis Minotis and Katina Paxinou. Career Her stage debut was in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
