Anthem Moss (Born 9 June 1985), or Anthimos Ananiadis ( el, Άνθιμος Ανανιάδης), is a
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actor and model best known from his leading role in ''
Maria, i Aschimi
''Maria, i Aschimi'' (Μαρία, Η Άσχημη - Maria, The Ugly One) is the Greek adaptation of the Colombian telenovela ''Betty la Fea''. The series ran from 2007 to 2008 on Mega Channel in Greece. The series starred Aggeliki Daliani in th ...
'', the
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edition of the television series ''
Ugly Betty
''Ugly Betty'' is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which was originally broadcast on ABC. It premiered on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombi ...
''. For most of 2007-2008, he simultaneously played the lead role of Benjamin Braddock in ''
The Graduate
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'' at the Britain Theatre.
Early life
Ananiadis was born in
Thessaloniki
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(
Greece
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) where he started studying
theatre
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at the age of 12. After joining the National Drama School of Greece and landing an award-winning role for ''This is our Youth'' (2004) as “Breakthrough Artist of the Year,” he went on to perform in the opening ceremony of the 2004
Olympic Games
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as “Love.” After spending a year in the army, Anthimos returned to the silver screen in ''Loathing and Camouflage'' (2005), which was both a commercial and critical success. By 2006, his leading role in ''Straight Story'', the most successful movie in the history of Greece, earned him a nomination for “Best Leading Actor” in the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. Then his role as “Alexis” in the hit TV series ''Ugly Maria'' earned him another nomination as “Best Leading Man” at the TV Faces Award. In 2007, after a critically acclaimed performance as Benjamin Braddock in the stage production of ''
The Graduate
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'', he also went on to star in the
Greek
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version of ''
Surfs Up'' (2007) and numerous other film, TV and stage productions.
In his first year in Los Angeles, Anthem landed the leading role in the movie "1001 Ways To Enjoy The Missionary Position" opposite Amanda Plummer and the leading role in the film " Sol". He has also starred in another five independent feature films such as "Brief Star" directed by Juan Ramos, "The Hollywood Percentage" directed by Eddie Romero, "Dreams" directed by Peter Ferguson, "Player A" directed by Joshua Perev and Sayulita directed by Jacob Swanson. Most recently he has performed on stage playing Stanley Kowalsky in the theater production, "The Street Car Named Desire", by Tennessee Williams (2011).
He is the son of the actress/model Evi Karagiani and Timos Ananiadis. His stepfather is the Greek actor
Kostas Voutsas. One week after moving to
Los Angeles
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, Anthimos beat out the competition to land the leading role of Joel in the Indie film ''
1,001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position''.
Personal life
In late 2016, Ananiadis started dating dancer Maria Nefeli Gazi, during their collaboration for the theatrical play «Dorian Gray Frames». On April 21, 2018 Gazi gave birth to their son, Philipos-Dimitris Gazis, but they separated one month later.
Filmography
Movies
*2016 ''Brief Star''
*2014 ''Foreign Relations''
*2013 ''
Loud and Deep''
*2012 ''My Earl Grey''
*2012 ''Performance Anxiety''
*2011 ''Orange Inn''
*2009 ''
1,001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position''
*2006 '
*2005 ''
Indolence and Camouflage: Sirens at the Aegean'' (Λούφα και παραλλαγή: Σειρήνες στο Αιγαίο)
Television series
*2008 ''
How to Look Good Naked
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''
*2007-2008 ''
Maria, i Aschimi
''Maria, i Aschimi'' (Μαρία, Η Άσχημη - Maria, The Ugly One) is the Greek adaptation of the Colombian telenovela ''Betty la Fea''. The series ran from 2007 to 2008 on Mega Channel in Greece. The series starred Aggeliki Daliani in th ...
'' (Maria, the Ugly one)
*2005 ''Secret Paths'' (Κρυφά μονοπάτια)
*2005 ''
Sole negligence'' (Μόνη εξ αμελείας)
*2005 ''
At Close Distance'' (Απόσταση Αναπνοής)
*2004 ''Almost Never'' (Σχεδόν Ποτέ)
Theatre
*2010
A Streetcar Named Desire
''A Streetcar Named Desire'' is a play written by Tennessee Williams and first performed on Broadway on December 3, 1947. The play dramatizes the experiences of Blanche DuBois, a former Southern belle who, after encountering a series of pers ...
*2007-2009
The Graduate
''The Graduate'' is a 1967 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols and written by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham, based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Charles Webb, who wrote it shortly after graduating from W ...
*2017 Dorian Gray Frames
Video Clip
*2010
Let the Guilt Go-
KORN
References
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Living people
1985 births
21st-century Greek male actors
Actors from Thessaloniki