Yannis Stankoglou (Yiannis Stankoglou, el, Γιάννης Στάνκογλου, 1974) is a Greek actor.
Biography
Yannis Stankoglou is a Greek actor, working in film and theatre in Greece, Europe and the United States. He has toured internationally with productions of Greek tragedy and modern works, representing Greek theatre in China, Latin America, and Russia. Stankoglou was born in Athens, and worked as a builder and construction worker in his teens, before discovering theatre, attending the Athens Drama School, studying and working in New York, then returning to Greece to become a major figure in the theatre industry.
He is second cousin, with
Stefania Liberakakis
Stefania Liberakakis (; born 17 December 2002), known simply as Stefania, is a Greek-Dutch singer, voice actress and YouTuber. She is a former member of the girl group Kisses, which represented the Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Conte ...
mother.
Theatre
*2011 ''The Third Wedding'' (adaptation of novel by Costa Taktsis)
*2012 ''Rainman'' (theatre version of the film)
*2012 ''
Iphigenia in Aulis
''Iphigenia in Aulis'' or ''Iphigenia at Aulis'' ( grc, Ἰφιγένεια ἐν Αὐλίδι, Īphigéneia en Aulídi; variously translated, including the Latin ''Iphigenia in Aulide'') is the last of the extant works by the playwright Euripide ...
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Euripides
Euripides (; grc, Εὐριπίδης, Eurīpídēs, ; ) was a tragedian
Tragedy (from the grc-gre, τραγῳδία, ''tragōidia'', ''tragōidia'') is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful e ...
)
*2013 ''Theseus and Ariadne'' (adaptation by Stratis Pascalis)
*2013 ''I am somebody else'' (based on the life of
Arthur Rimbaud
Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (, ; 20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891) was a French poet known for his transgressive and surreal themes and for his influence on modern literature and arts, prefiguring surrealism. Born in Charleville, he starte ...
)
*2015 ''Jason and the Golden Fleece'' (adaptation by Stratis Pascalis)
*2016 ''Victor - Victoria''
*2018 ''Junkermann'' (adapted from the novel by Karagatsis)
Filmography
Film
Television
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1974 births
Living people
Greek male actors
21st-century Greek male actors
Male actors from Athens