Kostas Voutsas
Actor
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.
As Director
Filmography
Alice in the Navy
as Cadet 1961
The Island
as grandpa Apostolis 2009
The Gambler
as Lakis Oikonomidis 1964
Βank Bang
as Ermolaos Oikonomou 2008
My friend, Lefterakis
as Lefteris Tsabardis / Babis Davos 1963
Wedding night
as Iakovos Iordanidis 1967
The Island 2: The Hunt for the Lost Treasure
as παππούς Αποστόλης 2011
The Barefoot Prince
as Kostas Sotiriou 1966
The Parisian Lady
as customer 1969
Kiss the Girls
as Kostas Kaliakoudas 1965
Date In The Air
as Kostas Paparigas 1966
Something Hot
as Klearhos 1964
Theodore and the gun
as Mihalis 1962
The Liar
as Filippas 1963
The Blue Beads from Greece
as Kostas Pitouras 1967
Groom from London
as Kostas Papadopoulos 1967
For Whom the Bell Rings
as Kostas 1968