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Giorgos Mihalakopoulos

Actor
Born February 28, 1938Died December 16, 2023 (85 years)
Giorgos Michalakopoulos (Athens, 28 February 1938 – 16 December 2023) was a Greek actor and director. He was born on 28 February 1938 in Athens and studied acting at the Drama School of the Art Theatre. In the theatre he had appeared in plays such as Crime and Punishment, The Death of the Salesman, Every Thursday Mr. Green and The Price. In the cinema he played in films such as Wake Up Santa Claus, The Barber's Beauty, A Knight for Vassula and The Gaze of Ulysses. On television, in the 1970s he co-starred, along with Vasilis Diamantopoulos, in the iconic television series Him and Him on EIRT, as well as in the remake of the series in the 1990s by ERT. He had won the Karolos Koun First Prize for Best Actor and the "Emilios Veakis" award. He had also served as a municipal councilor of Athens (1974-1986) and vice-president of KETHEA. He was married to fellow actress Athina Michalakopoulou, and with her he had two daughters, Ioanna, who is a director, and Eleni, who is a painter. He had declared himself a leftist, without being affiliated with any party. He died after a long hospitalization, as a result of a stroke, on 16 December 2023 at the age of 85. He was buried at the First Cemetery of Athens on 20 December.

Known For

  • Ulysses' Gaze

Filmography

2004
Overlooking The Sea (TV Series) · as Νεκτάριος Χριστοφόρου
1997
The Man in Gray · as Leonidas Hrysis
1995
Ulysses' Gaze · as Nikos
1992
Dyed Red Hair (TV Series) · as Συνταγματάρχης Κριτσίνης
1990
O kitrinos fakellos (TV Series) · as Κωστής Ρούσης
1983
Round of Death · as Max Coleman
1982
The Dam · as Minister
1979
1979
1976
1970
To theatro tis Defteras (TV Series) · as Lomof
1969
Xypna, Vasili! · as Timoleon Fanfaras
1969
The Barber's Beauty · as Stefanos
1968
A Knight for Vasoula · as Theodoros Beretas
1967
The World Has Gone Mad... · as Dionysis Fiorentinos
1964
O polyteknos · as Director

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