Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1920-11-15
Day of Death
1999-05-05
Place of Birth
Piraeus, Greece
Vasilis Diamantopoulos
Biography
Vasilis Diamantopoulos (15 November 1920 – 5 May 1999) was a Greek actor. He was one of the founders of the Modern Theater and was the first actor to appear live on Greek television in the single act play "Him and his pants" of Iakovos Kambanellis in 1966. His most characteristic role was that of the austere professor in Giannis Dalianidis' movie Law 4000 and later in shorts including Ekmek Ice Cream in private TV. He was born in Piraeus and studied at Athens Law and at the National Theatre's Dramatic schools as well as Coon Art School. He ran together along with Maria Alkeou in 1956 at the New Theatre/Theater and in 1993 at the Different Theatre. He returned to Greece from Paris in 1970 and took part in several different companies, he also took part at the Public Theatre of Northern Greece. He also participated in many film and television productions, oppositely took part at the Dramatic Schools at the National Theatre and at Art School. His last years was a member of a hypocrite art factory for young actors. He died in Athens in 1999 from a heart attack at the Athens General Clinic due to his head fracture at the left femur which triggered from the fall. He is buried at the First Athens Cemetery. He was married twice, firstly to the actress Tonia Karali with whom he had a daughter and secondly to the actress Marina Georgiou with whom he had a son. Source: Article "Vasilis Diamantopoulos" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography (31)
The Overcoat
1997
Business in Balkan
1996
Cavafy
1996
Isimeria
1991
The Children of the Swallow
1987
Horis martyres
1983
The Red Train
1982
Educate Yourself My Son
1981
Καλή σου Νύχτα Κυρ-Αλέξανδρε
1981
Ο γυρολόγος
1980
Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910-1927
1980
The Smile of Pythia
1979
The Idlers of the Fertile Valley
1978
Love Is Gay, Love Is Sad
1971
