Giannis Fertis
Born: 1938-04-21 in Athens, Greece
Died: 2024-04-14
Known For: Acting
Biography
Yiannis Fertis (Athens, April 21, 1938 - April 14, 2024) was a Greek theater, film and television actor. Protagonist from the 1960s to 2019, in classical and contemporary plays, prose and ancient drama. In cinema, he starred in more than 30 films. He appeared for the first time in 1961 in the movie "Who's Margarita" with Jenny Karezis. The following year he played Orestes in Elektra directed by Michalis Kakogianni, a film that won 25 international awards (among which was nominated for an Oscar for best foreign language film). In 2008, he won the Best Actor Award at the Thessaloniki Festival for his performance in the film Slaves in Their Chains directed by Toni Lykouresi. On television, he appeared in more than 15 series, most notably The Teacher with the Golden Eyes and The Notary in 1979.
Filmography
2019
2009
- Slaves in Their Bonds as Κόντες Αλέξανδρος Οφιομάχος
2002
- Όνειρα γλυκά as Antonis
1998
- Vios Anthospartos as Ανέστης
1997
- Prodosia as Κώστας Μαντάς
1996
- Painted sun as Στέφανος Απέργης
1994
- Το Κόκκινο Φεγγάρι as Ανδρέας Ρούκουνας
1991
- O episkeptis tis omihlis as Πέτρος Γεράνης
- Stubborn Elsa as Manos
1983
- Underground route as Kostas Kavvadias
1979
- The Notary as Παύλος Ροδίνης
- The Teacher with the Golden Eyes
1977
- I theatrina as Κώστας
1972
- Rebels Of The Cities as Fotis Kalatzis
1971
- Underwater Papanikolis as Vasilis Aslanoglou
1970
- Face to Face with Death as Kostas Venetis
- Love forever as Dimitris
1969
1966
- The Hot Month of August as Iason Filippou
- Με Τη Λάμψη Στα Μάτια
- Πονηρός πράκτωρ Καραγκιόζης as Nionios
1965
- The Roundup
- Εγκατάλειψη as Alexis
1964
- Uphill as Alexis Geranis
- In the shadow of the other woman as Stefanos
1962
- Electra as Orestis
1961
- Who Is Margarita? as Petros
- Love and storm as Dimitris