Giannis Fertis
Actor
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
Who Is Margarita?
as Petros 1961
The Hot Month of August
as Iason Filippou 1966
The Roundup
1965
Face to Face with Death
as Kostas Venetis 1970
Slaves in Their Bonds
as Κόντες Αλέξανδρος Οφιομάχος 2009
Με Τη Λάμψη Στα Μάτια
1966
Rebels Of The Cities
as Fotis Kalatzis 1972
Underwater Papanikolis
as Vasilis Aslanoglou 1971
The happy face of Leonora
1982
In the shadow of the other woman
as Stefanos 1964
From Jerusalem with love
1967
Εγκατάλειψη
as Alexis 1965
Love forever
as Dimitris 1970
Όνειρα γλυκά
as Antonis 2002
Love and storm
as Dimitris 1961
Stubborn Elsa
as Manos 1991