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Name
Mihalis Giannatos

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1941-07-11

Deathday
2013-09-17 (72 years old)

Place of Birth
Constantinople, Turkey

Biography

Michalis Giannatos (Greek: Μιχάλης Γιαννάτος; 11 July 1941 – 17 September 2013), alternatively spelled as Michael Yannatos, was a Greek actοr.

Ηe was born in (Istanbul), Turkey. He left the city for Greece in 1964 during the long expulsion of Istanbul Greeks.

He studied in Konstantinos Demopoulos' school of drama and first appeared as a professional actor in Georgios Zervoulakos' film Oi stigmatismenoi (Greek: Οι στιγματισμένοι) in 1966. When still a student, he participated in the theatrical play Capetan Michalis (Greek: Καπετάν Μιχάλης) next to Manos Katrakis.

During his long cinematic career, he appeared in close to 100 films, television series and plays. He was a regular in Theodoros Angelopoulos films since he was one of the director's favorite actors. After Megalexandros (Greek: Μεγαλέξανδρος) in 1981, Angelopoulos was always calling him to play in his movies.

He was fluent in five languages; Greek, Turkish, French, Italian and Spanish. Due to that, he appeared in many international productions, including Midnight Express, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Munich and more.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

2001 Captain Corelli's Mandolin as Kokolios
1996 Orpheus Descending
2005 Το όνειρο του Ίκαρου
1987 Pretty Smart as The Turk
2005 Munich as Hotel Aristides Porter
1995 Τράνζιτο
1991 The Suspended Step of the Stork as Shopkeeper
1988 Landscape in the Mist
2003 A Touch of Spice as Grandpa's friend
1983 Caution, Danger!
1983 Misunderstanding
2005 My Family and Other Animals as Porter / Waiter
1999 The Flower of the Lake as Hasan
2004 The Weeping Meadow as Zisis
1995 Someone Else's America as Grčki agent
1980 Alexander the Great as Dragoumanos
1986 The Beekeeper
1971 What Did You Do in the War, Thanassi? as italian officer
1986 The Wind as Policeman
2003 To the Inn
2002 By Accident Policeman
1985 Bordello
1980 Vengos the Crazy Kamikaze as Tamtikos
1973 The Warriors of Peace
1973 Dictator calls Thanasis
1971 Carefree... Nut
1984 Voyage to Cythera as police officer
1976 Thanasis in the land of the cuff
1979 The Wicked World of Thanasis
1973 The Charlatan as Patroklos
1973 The Man Who Ran a Lot as Lefteris Zevedaios
1978 A Walk in the Sun as Waiter
1978 1922
1998 Eternity and a Day as Ticket Inspector
1968 The Lady and the Tramp
1980 Taste from Greece as Vangelis
2001 Anna's Summer as Seller in the photo shop
1995 Ulysses' Gaze as Albanian Film Library Manager (uncredited)
1996 The Lost Treasure of Hursit Pasha as General
1978 Midnight Express as Court Translator
2002 The Bubble as Uncle
2008 The Policeman of the 16th Precinct as Manos
1975 Bouzanka à la... Greek as Panagos
1990 Η εκδίκηση του Πατέρα as Moustafa, the turkish drug dealer
1983 Kamikazi, agapi mou as Fotiou
1979 The Street Smarts as baker
1986 Ένας Τρελός... Τρελός Ονειροπαρμένος as Φώτης
1999 America as Coffee Shop Owner
1987 Hamos sto Aigaleo City
1982 The Bleeding Statues
1987 O efialtis as Στέλιος Παπαϊωάννου
2001 Alexandros and Aishe
1990 The Serpent of Death as Greek Policeman
1988 A Madhouse Named "Hellas"
1982 Trip to the Capital
1991 Filming Under Pressure as Self
2005 Hotel Αστέρια as Γιώργος
2005 Opa! as Hector
2003 Skipper Straad
1984 The Time Traveller as Captain
1989 Αθώος ή ένοχος;
1991 Master of the Shadows

1989 The Arbitrary ( 1 episode ) as Κοράκι
2004 Αρχιπέλαγος ( 32 episodes )
1983 Mrs. Doremi ( 1 episode )
1987 Η Μανιάτισσα ( 13 episodes ) as Γιάννης
2007 One Moment 2 Lives ( 308 episodes ) as Ανέστης Συκάς
1992 You will talk to my lawyer. ( 31 episodes )
1994 Silver Dinar ( 14 episodes ) as Κάρλο
1992 Επικίνδυνες σχέσεις ( 27 episodes ) as Μάρκος
1991 Η Αγάπη της Γάτας ( 20 episodes ) as Μουσταφά
2003 Βοήθεια γειτόνοι ( 22 episodes ) as Ζαρταλούδης
2001 You are my other half ( 30 episodes ) as Mastrogiorgis

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