Angelos Antonopoulos
Biography
Angelos Antonopoulos (16 January 1932 - 30 May 2026) was a Greek actor.
Originally from Gortynia, he was born in Piraeus and grew up in Tambouria and Ancient Olympia. This place influenced his thinking and his life. He studied at the Drama School of the Karolos Koun Theater. As an actor, he served all types of theater. He began his wonderful journey, playing in performances by great Greek and foreign writers under the guidance of Karolos Koun. An era rich in successes and experiences. After Koun, his journey in theater continued in collaboration with Dimitris Myrat at the Mousouri Theater. Since 1962 and for ten years he has been playing in large troupes. He collaborated with all the leading men and women of Greek theater, in all theatrical genres: "Julius Caesar" (by Shakespeare), "The Rise of Arthur Huy" (by Brecht), "The Loves of the Four Colonels" (by Ustinov), "The Seagull" (by Chekhov), "Tovarich" (by Jacques De Waal), etc. In cinema, he made an impressive start with Takis Kanellopoulos' Excursion and Parenthesis. Subsequently, he collaborated with Vasilis Georgiadis, Dinos Dimopoulos, Yannis Dalianidis, Erricos Andreou, Giorgos Tzavellas and of course Filopoimenas Fino. In total, he has acted in over 30 films. Television owes him a lot, since he played in various series. In 1971, director Kostas Koutsomytis suggested that he star in the television series The Unknown War (directed by Nikos Foskolos), where he experienced unprecedented recognition and became a "star" overnight. Other series include The Pantheons (directed by Tasos Athanasiadis), The Light of the Dawn, Madame Sousou, and The Wedding Dress Rehearsal. His last television appearance was in Children of Niobe in 2004. He was a teacher at a Drama School for many years, a job he loved because he was fascinated by working with young children. He had published two novels: The Passengers of the Moon and Don't Speak Father, You Are Dead, as well as a poetry collection entitled Unguarded Passage.
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Full filmography
- And the Woman Shall Fear Her Husband (1965) as policeman
- I Prova tou Nyfikou (1995) as Odysseas Stratelis
- Madame Sousou (1986) as Μηνάς Κατακουζηνός
- Miss Manager (1964) as Mr. Makrakis
- O Megalos Thymos (1998) as Ανδρέας
- Τα παιδιά της Νιόβης (2004) as Τρύφων Ιωαννίδης
- Οικογένεια (1990) as Κώστας Στράτος
- Papaflessas (1971) as Emmanouil Xanthos
- A Woman in the Resistance (1970) as Hans Fischer
- Blood on the Land (1966) as Kotsos
- Η ώρα της αλήθειας (1969)
- Η ανταρσία των 10 (1970) as Captain Nikolas
- The Island of Aphrodite (1965) as Kyriakoulis
- Zero Hour Society (1966) as Poliaski
- Bullets Don't Come Back (1967) as Stathis Karatasos
- The Flight of the Swan (2011)
- The Jet Set (1972) as Thanos Vergis
- Excursion (1966) as Kostas
- The 7th Day of Creation (1966)
- Panic (1969) as Markos Maras
- I Love You (1971) as Dimitri
- Thief or Reality (2001)
- Ω!!! Τι κόματος μπαμπά... (1988)
- Interlude (1968)