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Kostas Triantafyllopoulos
Acting
Biography
Kostas Triantafyllopoulos (Greek: Κώστας Τριανταφυλλόπουλος; 8 February 1956 – 21 August 2021) was a Greek actor. After studying at the Theodosiadis Drama School of Athens, he graduated in 1977 and played a wide variety of roles on stage from Greek tragedy, Aristophanes and Shakespeare to contemporary American drama (Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Joyce Carol Oates, Thornton Wilder, Sam Shepard). He performed frequently at the National Theatre of Greece, the National Theatre of Northern Greece and at many other major Greek theatres, appearing in both classics and new works. His most notable stage roles include: Joe Keller in All My Sons by Arthur Miller, Kilroy in Camino Real by Tennessee Williams, Erie Smith in Hughie by Eugene O'Neill, Frank Gulick in Tone Clusters by Joyce Carol Oates, Juror #3 in 12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose, Old Man in Fool for Love by Sam Shepard, Joseph Garcin in No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, Launce in The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare, Cardinal in The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster, Gilbert Horn in Knives in Hens by David Harrower, Creon in Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles, Xanthias in The Frogs and Lamachus in The Acharnians both by Aristophanes. From November 1998 to July 1999 and from July 2002 to March 2003 he participated in the world tours of the National Theatre of Greece with the tragedies Medea by Euripides (as Creon), Electra (as Paedagogus) and Antigone (as Guard)[6] both by Sophocles. The tour included performances in France, Australia, Israel, Portugal, United States, Canada, Brasil, Germany, Italy, Cyprus, Denmark, Turkey, Bulgaria, China and Japan. Medea was well received by the critics and especially by The New York Times. He appeared in numerous Greek television series and films, such as Ela sti thesi mou, Ta mystika tis Edem, Kaneis de leei s' agapo, Peninta Peninta and Symmathites. He had also established himself as a voice actor, performing the Greek dubbing voices of numerous popular Disney characters such as Pete of the Mickey Mouse universe, Tigger in Winnie the Pooh, Mr. Potato Head in Toy Story, Don Carlton in Monsters University, Cogsworth in the Beauty and the Beast, Django in Ratatouille and Dr. Jumba Jookiba in Lilo & Stitch.
Filmography Movies
Acting
Welcome to 'All Saints
The trainee Orthopedic Doctor George Spyrou began his career in the fictional General Orthopedic Hospital "All Saints', somewhere on the outskirts of Athens. There you will discover that the hospital population, by physicians, administrators and nurses, to patients, they are all forced to confront dancing a grotesque dance routine. With humor and humanity within a social landscape so angry George Spyratos trying to balance between the warring parties these microcosms. The gradual evolution from inexperienced trainee to experienced editor will be done through the encounter with the absurd environment. Something that would transform from naive young man who initially stands speechless in front of modern Greek chaos, a mature man who will ultimately make a thoughtful account of choice, but persevere, continue to work on public health.
Martha: To hroniko enos viasmou
Martha is a young girl who constantly rejects Peter, her perfect match. Soon she meets Johnny, a young playboy, and they fall in love. Martha tries to shape his character by resisting having sex with him at first, as all his previous girlfriends did. A misunderstanding occurs between the young people in the gang, and Johnny now believes that Martha is rejecting him, so one night he decides to take revenge and rapes her with the help of his two best friends. After realizing what he has done, Johnny decides to leave everything behind, completely changes his life, and flees to Thessaloniki to work with his brother. A few months after overcoming her shock, Martha marries Petros. One day, Johnny has to deliver a shipment of goods to Athens, but his partner in Athens is Petros, and when they meet, Petros insists on having him over for dinner.
Froutopia
Children's series with dolls which is the television adaptation of the comic of the same name (1983) by the writer Evgenios Trivizas and the cartoonist Nikos Maroulakis. The series is about the adventures of journalist Pikos Apikos, who travels to the distant land of Fruitopia to investigate the mysterious disappearance of Manolis of Manavis. The comic was also transferred to television in 1985, by the Sofianou family, visualized with puppets and achieving great success. The series began airing on November 8,1985, on the ERT channel and now also plays on ERTFLIX. Despite the fact that the finale of Fruitopia never aired, due to cutbacks in the programming zone in which the series aired, with a total of 48 episodes, were aired several times in the following years.
Adelfi mou... agapi mou
The prodigal son Aimilios returns to his family, but the welcome he receives is cold. The only ray of light is Louisa, a youthful love interest. However, he eventually discovers that, due to the recklessness of others, Louisa is his sister, and that is when his problems begin...
The Island
The death of a prominent citizen reveals the corruption that festers behind closed doors on a seemingly beautiful serene Greek island of Sifnos.
The little mouse who wanted to touch a little star
An itsy-bitsy mouse who lives with his grandfather in a cosy nest somewhere in a small cottage, whenever he sees the stars, he dreams of touching one of them.
Stohos i ekdikisi
After her father's mysterious death, Irini decides to return to her family home, where she now finds herself in the hands of her stepmother, Magda, and her half-brother, Lefteris. She quickly becomes aware of her stepmother's secret love affair with the enigmatic housekeeper, Panagiotis, which makes her suspicious. The same goes for young Lefteris' aversion to Panagiotis. With the law turning a blind eye to the case, she will use the only means she has to get her revenge.
Paperboat
Sometimes coming home is not what you expect it to be.
Lefteris
The introduction of this film is set during the time of the Junta (1967-1974) when the main character (Lefteris Dimakopoulos) used to work at the fish-market in Mesolonggi in order to be able to finish his studies at the Polytechnic University. Later on, we watch Lefteris’ life through his relationship with Dimitra, a fellow student. The ups and downs in their relationship during the course of their studies end up in a deadlock, in which they sacrifice their relationship to their quest for success.
Darling, Let's Get Naked!
Stathis, a naughty young man whose father owns a coffee shop at the island’s central square, picks up attractive tourists. His neighbor Rena, who is in love with him, stands in the middle of his love affairs and does her best to win him. Moreover, his sister Kaiti, a cute and tender girl, falls in love with an young guy who met while traveling, and who stays on the island for her sake. After many humorous events, both couples find happiness.
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