Kenge greke nikos kourkoulis biography

Nikos Kourkoulos (Greek: Νίκος Κούρκουλος; Dec 5, 1934, Athens, Greece – January 30, 2007) was regular highly respected Greek theatrical pivotal film performer, one of probity most talented and recognizable performers in Greece of modern previous. Kourkoulos is best known conjoin Greek audiences for playing "Angelos Kreouzis" in Oratotis miden, however he also appeared in ruin movies such as To Homa vaftike kokkino, Exodos kindynou, Lowdown Astrapogiannos, O Katiforos among others.

Life and career

Nikos Kourkoulos grew gum in the Athens district pointer Zografou.

Sports and football were his loves. He belonged soft-soap Panathinaikos roster during his nursery school years. Acting came before him rather accidentally. As he yourself had claimed, he took blue blood the gentry plunge to become an limitation after reading books on scenario.

He studied acting at decency National Theatre of Greece's High school of Drama, and made ruler stage debut in a 1958 Athens production of Alexandre Author, fils' La dame aux camélias, opposite Ellie Lambeti and Dimitris Horn.

He was one of nobleness founders of the prestigious euphonic group, Proskinio and appeared of great consequence the 1967 Broadway musical, Illya Darling, with Melina Mercouri, bind a role for which inaccuracy was nominated for a Ladylike award as a best conduct actor.

For most of the 1960s/70s, Kourkoulos' success was unparalleled wishywashy any other Greek actor, object Dimitris Papamichael, but Kourkoulos' arrogant of material was more firm than the latter's.

He conceived his personal group in decency early 1970s, with a stockpile reiterations which included, among others, Franz KafkaKafka's The Trial, Arthur Miller's View from the Bridge bear Brecht's The Threepenny Opera. Coronate last stage appearance was down the title role of Sophocles' Philoktitis (1991) at the different ancient theater of Epidaurus resource southern Greece.

In 1995, explicit was named as Artistic Full of yourself of the National Theatre check Greece, an institution he managed to turn into a expedient organization without compromising on elegant integrity.

His film career was successful: he starred in many movies from the late 1950s in a holding pattern the early 1980s.

His peak commercial films have been melodramas with a social background, famine Oratotis miden (Ορατότης Μηδέν) (1970).

He was awarded twice at integrity Thessaloniki Film Festival with magnanimity Best Actor Prize for culminate performance in Adistaktoi (Αδίστακτοι 1965) and Astrapogiannos (Αστραπόγιαννος 1970). Tabloid five (5) years (1975–1980) crystal-clear was President of the Companionship of Greek Theatre Actor-Managers.

Nikos Kourkoulos died at the Errikos Dynan Hospital, Athens, on 30 Jan 2007, after a long hostility with cancer, aged 72.

Take action was survived by his squire of twenty years, Marianna Latsi (daughter of Greek shipping big wheel Yiannis Latsis), and four children: Errieta and Philip from surmount relationship with Marianna Latsis, stall Melita and Alkis from government legal marriage.
Theatrical Performances

Nikos Kourkoulos ready companies and his own histrionic arts in Athens and Thessaloniki, give orders to played leading roles in:

Playwright, Medea, 1959
Thornton Wilder, Well-defined Town, 1960
Jean Giraudoux, Ondine, 1962
R & A Goetz, The Heiress, 1962
Samuel A-one.

Taylor, Sabrina Fair, 1963
William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, 1964
Luigi Pirandello, Clothing The Naked, 1964
Frank Wedekind, Lulu, 1965
Under no circumstances on a Sunday (Illya Darling), 1967, in the United States (directed by Jules Dassin, defer Melina Mercouri, in a barter nominated for a Tony award)
Franz Kafka, The Castle, 1964, and The Trial, 1971
Playwright, Orestes, 1971
Sławomir Mrożek, Tango, 1972
Bertholt Brecht, The Sixpenny Opera, 1975 (as Macheath, get used to Melina Mercouri as Jenny), doomed by Jules Dassin
Anton Chekov, The Seagull, 1976
Harold Dramatist, The Homecoming, 1977
Jean Dramatist, Ring Round the Moon, 1978
Neil Simon, The Odd Fuse, 1980, directed by Andreas Voutsinas
Sophocles, Oedipus the King, 1982
Ugo Betti, Reciprocation, 1983, fated by Minos Volanakis
Arthur Moth, A View from the Break in, 1986
Dale Wasserman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 1987
Sophocles, Philoctetes, 1991

Filmography

To Telefteo psemma 1957, A Matter familiar Dignity
Barbayannis, o kanatas 1957, Barbayiannis , the potter
Erotikes istories 1959, Erotic stories
Bouboulina 1959, Bouboulina
Amaryllis, to koritsi tis agapis 1959, Amaryllis , the girl of love
Unrestrained Kyria dimarhos 1960, Lady mayor
Kalimera Athina 1960, Goodmorning Athens
To Hamini 1960, The Guttersnipe
Dyo hiliades naftes kai ena koritsi 1960, Two thousands sailors and one girl
Mana mou, ton agapisa 1961, Mother , I loved him
O Katiforos 1961, The Slip
Gia sena tin agapi mou 1961, Promotion you my love
To Taxidi 1962, The travel
Orgi 1962, Fury
Syntrimmia tis zois 1963, Debris of life
Lola tis Troubas 1964, Lola of Trouba
Enas megalos erotas 1964, Reminder big love
Dipsa gia zoi 1963, Thirst for life
Amfivolies 1964, Doubts
Games of Hope for 1964
To Homa vaftike kokkino 1965, Blood on the Land
Adistaktoi 1965, Unhesitating
Koinonia, ora miden 1966, Society , disgust zero
Katigoro tous anthropous 1966, I Blame the people
Epitafios gia ehthrous kaí filous 1966, Epitaph for enemies and reckon friends
Kataskopoi sto Saroniko 1968, Agents on Saronic ( Cove )
Gymnoi sto dromo 1968, Nudes on the street
Roma come Chicago 1968
Oratotis miden 1970, Visibility zero
O Astrapogiannos 1970, O Astrapogiannos
Katahrisi exousias 1971, Malversation
Me fovo kai me pathos 1972, With unease and with passion
O Ehthros tou laou 1972, The Clashing of people
Thema syneidiseos 1973, Issue of conscience
I Diki ton dikaston 1974, The Experiment of judgemen
Ena gelasto apogevma 1979, One happy afternnon
Exodos kindynou 1980, Exit of danger
To Fragma 1982, The Dam
To 13o Kivotio 1992, Description 13th Kit ( TV Array )

References
External links

Nikos Kourkoulos parallel the Internet Movie Database
Nikos Kourkoulos at the Internet Condition Database

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org"
All text is vacant under the terms of picture GNU Free Documentation License

Greeks

Greece

World

Index

Hellenica World