Stelios Mainas ( el, Στέλιος Μάινας; born 1 October 1957 in

Ermoupoli Ermoupoli ( el, Ερμούπολη), also known by the formal older name Ermoupolis or Hermoupolis ( el, < "Town of

"), is a to ...

Syros Syros ( el, Σύρος ), also known as Siros or Syra, is a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea. It is south-east of Athens. The area of the island is and it has 21,507 inhabitants (2011 census). The largest towns are Ermoupoli, A ...

) is a

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. He graduated Veakis Drama School in 1982 and has been working as a stage, cinema and television actor ever since. His first

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role was in the 1984 movie ''

Loafing and Camouflage ''Loafing and Camouflage'' ( el, Λούφα και Παραλλαγή, translit=Lufa kai Paralagi; 1984) is a Greek comedy film directed by Nikos Perakis. It was followed by the motion picture Living Dangerously ( Greek: BiOS + πολιτεία, ...

''. He became widely known in Greece from the comedy series

Oi Men Kai Oi Den ''I Men... ke I Den'' (Greek: Οι Μεν... και Οι Δεν; English: ''Those and the others'') is a comedy series which aired on ANT1 for three seasons, from 1993 to 1996. The scripts were written by Haris Romas and Anna Hatzissofia. The se ...

and the 1998

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Valkanisateur. He has also appeared in movies like Hard Goodbyes: My Father (2002) and A Touch of Spice (2003). He is married to actress Katia Sperelaki.They have one son. Stelios Mainas has won the Best Actor Award in

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for his role in film Tetarti 4:45.

Filmography

*''

'' (1984) *'' Vios Kai Politeia'' (1987) *'' Lipotaktis'' (1988) *'' Pano Kato kai Plagios'' (1992) *'' Valkanisateur'' (1997) *'' Brazileiro'' (2001) *'' Hard Goodbyes: My Father'' (2002) *'' A Touch of Spice'' (2003) *'' Guiness (2009) *'' Ap' Ta Kokkala Vgalmena (2011) *'' Tetarti 04:45'' (2015) *''

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'' (2018)

Television

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mainas, Stelios 1957 births Living people People from Ermoupoli Greek male stage actors Greek male film actors Greek male television actors