Kostas Voutsas
Born: 1931-12-31 in Vyronas, Athens, Greece
Died: 2020-02-26
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
2023
- The Greek Job as Leader
2018
2013
- Uncovered as Sultan
- Me ta pantelonia kato as Κώστας Χαλκιάς
2012
- Larisa Confidential as Grandfather
- Στο ΜΑΠ στα 2012 as Elderly Man
2011
- The Island 2: The Hunt for the Lost Treasure as παππούς Αποστόλης
- The Pontians: New Generation as Kostikas
- Roda tsanta kai kopana as Πιτ Πάρας, λυκειάρχης
2010
- The Building Manager as Isidoros
2009
- The Island as grandpa Apostolis
2008
- Βank Bang as Ermolaos Oikonomou
- Women's Conspiracies as Grandfather
- Charlie's Son as Big John
2007
- Τυφλόμυγα as Μέντης
2004
- Όλα στην Ταράτσα as Άγιος Βασίλης
2003
- Αμαρτίες γονέων as Πάρης Κουλιανός
2001
1999
- Every Saturday as Θανάσης
- Oti peite ypourge mou as Richard Willow
1994
- Μια Υπέροχη Ζωή as Τορτελίνης
1990
- Gabros me to zori as Χάρης Πρίντζος
- The Red Daisy
1989
1988
- I love School Desks as Schoolmaster
- Φωτιά στα μπατζάκια μου
- Holiday cuckold as Manolis
- I zoi arhizei sta saranta as Πάνος Φρίγκος
- Kimon the Nouveau Riche as Kimon
- Παντρέψτεμε κι' ας κλαίω as Giorgos
- Antrea, as prosehes! as Andreas
- Ο ανύπαντρος πατέρας
- The Amorous Cat as Kostas
1987
- 120 Decibels
- The Stringed Lover as Kostas
- Ο Μαφιόζος as Kostas
- Polyethnikos gabros
1986
- The Pontians as Kostikas
- Areso kai kykloforo
- I Loved a Pontian as Kostikas Panaidis
- Ο Τρελοξενύχτης
- Einai gata o giatros as Tasos Hatzikostas
1985
- The Bricks as Kotsos Binas
- O ippotis tis lakouvas as Mihalis Anoihtomatis
- Ο Ανδροκλής και τα λιοντάρια του
1984
- The Love of Ulysses as Odysseas
1982
- Αλλαγή... και το λουρί της μάνας as Mihalis Paparounas
1981
- The Last Man as Kosmas Prinos
- Kotsos Out Of N.A.T.O. as Kotsos
1980
- Kotsos at the EEC as Kotsos
- Ο Κώτσος και οι εξωγήινοι as Kotsos Kotopoulos
1979
1975
- The Terrorist as Kostas Papakostas
- A Tank on My Bed as Κώστας Παπαδήμας
1973
- Twenty Women and I as Costas Filippou
- Ένας τρελλός τρελλός αεροπειρατής as Stefanos Drakakis
- A Leopard Never Changes Its Spots as Antonis Pikramenos
- The optimist as Hristos Antypas
1972
- Bedlam My Love as Loukas
- Seven Years of Marriage as Alekos Fotiou
- The Antifascist as Nicola Manzolini
1971
- I Loved an Armchair as Grigoris Karouzos
- Volunteer in Eros as Thomas Raizis
1970
- The Teacher was One Hell of a Man as Evlabios Mandekas
- I rejected Hitler
1969
- The Parisian Lady as customer
- The Ladykiller as Babis Christogiannakopoulopoulos
- The Man from Karpazia as Anestis Fakas
- A poor Onassis as Agisilaos Onassis
- The little man as Eftyhios Kopeoglou
- The... victim as Mihalis
1968
- A Lady In Bouzoukia as Kostas Masouros
- The Liar as Kostas
- The Brightest Bouzouki as Fanouris Brokolas / Giorgos Kartalis
- For Whom the Bell Rings as Kostas
1967
- Groom from London as Kostas Papadopoulos
- The Blue Beads from Greece as Kostas Pitouras
- Wedding night as Iakovos Iordanidis
1966
- Date In The Air as Kostas Paparigas
- The Barefoot Prince as Kostas Sotiriou
1965
- A Very Clever Guy as Mahos
- Teddy Boy My Love as Aris Matsakoulis
- The face of the day as Grigoris Mavrofrydis
- Kiss the Girls as Kostas Kaliakoudas
1964
- The Gambler as Lakis Oikonomidis
- The Heirs as Sotiris Mihaloudis
- Something Hot as Klearhos
- Everything the People Wants as Mistoklis
1963
- Someone like It Cold... as Kleopas
- The Liar as Filippas
- Wanted honest as Pantelis
- One Girl For Two Men as Aris
- My friend, Lefterakis as Lefteris Tsabardis / Babis Davos
- We without money as Pafsanias
1962
- Nomos 4000 as Renos
- Theodore and the gun as Mihalis
- Women want beat
- Athens by Night
- Astronauts as Polykarpos
1961
- Alice in the Navy as Cadet
- Mrs. Midwife as Sotiris
- The Decline as Μπίσμπιρας
- The Tough Guy as Patatas