Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1913-06-12
Day of Death
2001-06-04
Place of Birth
Alexandria, Egypt
Dinos Iliopoulos
Biography
Dinos Iliopoulos (Greek: Ντίνος Ηλιόπουλος, 12 June 1913 – 4 June 2001) was a Greek actor. He was one of the most prevalent film/theater actors in Greece. He was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1913. A few years later his family moved to Marseille and there he finished high school. He permanently relocated to Greece in 1935 at the age of 22 started studying at the Berkshire High Commercial School in Athens and also studied acting at the Drama School of Giannoulis Sarantidis. In 1944, he made his stage debut at the Katerina Andreadi Theatre with the play of Leo Lenz's Lady I Love You, and in cinema he debuted in 1948 in the film 100,000 Pounds. In 1963, he became theatrical entrepreneur founded his own theatre Gloria (Γκλόρια) at Ippokratous Street in Athens. He played in more than 70 films, usually as leading actor. In 1956 he starred in the film O Drakos (The Ogre of Athens) that is considered as one of the ten best Greek films of all times by Greek Film Critics Association. Other important roles of his were in the films Ζiteitai Pseftis, Thanasakis o Politevomenos, Makrykostaioi kai Kondogiorgides, O Atsidas, To Koroidaki tis Despoinidas, Kyries tis Avlis, Stournara 288, My Friend Lefterakis and others. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography (92)
The Overcoat
1997
Radio Moscow
1996
Υπέρ επείγον
1989
Κλέψαν τα δις την κάλπη να δεις
1989
Kataskopoi tis symforas
1987
Για μια χούφτα εκατομμύρια
1987
The Beekeeper
1986
Pontios eimai, oti thelo kano
1986
Στον πυρετό της δόξας και της λόξας
1986
Ο Iππότης της Λιγούρας
1986
The Bricks
1985
The Knight of the Pond
1985
Koritsia gia tsibima
1985
A Papadia in Bouzouki No. 2
1985
