Kostas Voutsas

Kostas Voutsas

Date of Birth:

Dec 31, 1931

Place of Birth:

Vyronas, Athens, Greece

Voutsas was born in Athens, in 1931. He studied drama at the Drama School of the Macedonian Conservatory of Thessaloniki and made his stage and screen debut in 1953. In 1961 his breakthrough came when Giannis Dalianidis a Greek film director gave him a leading role in his phenomenally successful youth melodrama O Katiforos. He soon became one of the best and most popular comic actors of his generation and created personal groups, starring in many Greek comedies by top playwrights and classics like Aristophanes' The Wasps (as Philokleon), Moliere's Le bourgeois gentilhomme (title role) etc. He has always been more committed to being a theatrical actor. In an interview at Athens daily newspaper To Vima, he said "Playing in movies has helped me a lot, but I was always committed to the theatre and that was my highlight" He was a major actor in Finos Films and went on to star in about 60 movies, mostly comedies and musicals of the 'golden era" of Greek commercial cinema.

filmography:

The Island The Island

2009

Magic Skin Magic Skin

2018

The Liar The Liar

1968

Astronauts Astronauts

1962

Nomos 4000 Nomos 4000

1962

The Liar The Liar

1963

Βank Bang Βank Bang

2008

The Heirs The Heirs

1964

Akaliptos Akaliptos

2013

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