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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1974-01-10

Place of Birth

Thourio, Greece

Yannis Stankoglou

Biography

Yannis (or Yiannis) Stankoglou (Greek: Γιάννης Στάνκογλου; born 10 January 1974) is a Greek actor. Yannis Stankoglou was born in Athens, and worked as a builder and construction worker in his teens, before discovering theatre. He attended the Athens Drama School and went on to study and work in New York, later returning to Greece to become a major figure in the theatre industry. Stankoglou works in Greece, Europe and the United States. He has toured internationally with productions of Greek tragedy and modern works, representing Greek theatre in China, Latin America, and Russia.

Known for

Agries Melisses

Agries Melisses

Every time a daughter was born, the father of Eleni, Asimina and Froso planted a poplar tree at the edge of their orchard to commemorate the arrival of the new child. As they grew and grew tall and slender, he boasted of them as his daughters. In the proudest poplar, however, Helen's poplar, a swarm of wild bees had already nested. "You will be happy, my daughter, and life will be as sweet as this honey. You'll see," her father used to tell her. But, the years passed and Eleni looked at the poplar and listened to the hum... "How do you know, father... How do you know that life has written only bitterness for my root".

The Ghosts

The Ghosts

Haris and Marina are a young couple facing financial problems. When Marina is informed that a distant aunt of hers, whose existence she was unaware of, has passed away and bequeathed her an old mansion in Kifissia, she sees a solution to their problems looming. But they will soon discover that... they are not alone in it. In fact, the mansion is haunted, and is inhabited by nine crazy ghosts, from every era and turn of history, ancient and modern, who have inhabited it throughout the centuries, while its basement also contains surprises... The arrival of the uninvited visitors will not please the permanent residents of the mansion at all, who will set out to get rid of them by any means necessary!

The Island

The Island

Based on the best-selling English novel The Island by Victoria Hislop, the series takes place on the island of Spinalonga, off the coast of Crete, and in the village of Plaka which lies within swimming distance across it. The series premiered on 11 October 2010 to record ratings and critical acclaim. It is the most expensive Greek television production ever with a budget of €4 million.

Αυτή η Νύχτα Μένει

Αυτή η Νύχτα Μένει

The lives of different people and also different worlds are entangled. Of the night and the margin on the one hand, of the day and the legal order on the other. The two worlds will come together to clash to the death. As everyone's secrets are revealed and losses pile up on both sides, a great love will be born from the ashes and people will discover who the world around them really is as well as themselves. Because beneath the cruelty and hypocrisy, the fate of all of us is common.

To Navagio

To Navagio

The sea has the power to unite, but also the cruelty to separate people forever. A country like Greece, with the sea and boat trips written in its DNA from ancient times to today.

Saint Paisios: From Farasa to Heaven

Saint Paisios: From Farasa to Heaven

The series presents the life of Saint Paisios and his family and records his path to monasticism. The shooting took place in places where Saint Paisios lived, such as Konitsa and Mount Athos, Greece.

10th Commandment / 10i Entoli

10th Commandment / 10i Entoli

10th Commandment (10i Entoli) is a greek TV-Series which revolves around stories of ordinary people that at a crucial point of their lives, they cross the limits in a shocking way: they commit murder. The episodes are based on true events. Αστυνομική, κοινωνική σειρά, αυτοτελών επεισοδίων, βασισμένη σε αληθινές ιστορίες από το αστυνομικό και δικαστικό ρεπορτάζ.

10th Commandment / 10i Entoli

10th Commandment / 10i Entoli

10th Commandment (10i Entoli) is a greek TV-Series which revolves around stories of ordinary people that at a crucial point of their lives, they cross the limits in a shocking way: they commit murder. The episodes are based on true events. Αστυνομική, κοινωνική σειρά, αυτοτελών επεισοδίων, βασισμένη σε αληθινές ιστορίες από το αστυνομικό και δικαστικό ρεπορτάζ.

Αρχελάου 5

Αρχελάου 5

The Oath

The Oath

Angelos Raptis, perhaps the best general surgeon in Greece, is a recognized scientist in a happy marriage to lawyer Iro Anagnostopoulou, with whom they have a brilliant daughter, Melina. The countdown begins on the night of his birthday, on duty, when he is brought dead, from a car accident, his wife and daughter, who were helpless on the road for many hours. Angelos loses everything in one night: his family and his faith. This leads him to deny reality but also life.

Close your Eyes

Close your Eyes

Two friends who study in London come back to Greece for their vacation. Fillipos, one of them, falls for a married woman. Soon he meets her daughter who also studies in London and the mix up begins.

An August Night

An August Night

The new drama series "An August Night", which is a continuation of "The Island" takes us back to the 50s. Spinalonga closes and a feast follows in the village. The healthy meet the newly cured and all together celebrate freedom from fear and disease. But everything freezes with the murder of a woman by her husband, when he learns that his best friend had a lover.

The Third Law / O 3os nomos

The Third Law / O 3os nomos

Every action causes a reaction. Newton's 3rd law does not only explain the relationship between bodies and "momentum" in classical mechanics, but also human relationships and the "momentum" that characterizes them, in general. Relationships with others and with ourselves. The relationship between the present and the past. The relationship between the perpetrator and the victim. Family dramas, love affairs of loyalty and infidelity, serial killers, crimes of honor, passion, revenge, punishment, necessity.

Hardcore

Hardcore

Leaving behind a hard life with their families, two young girls end up in a brothel, fall in love and support one another against the adversities and violence of the night.

Saint Paisios

Saint Paisios

The story of Saint Paisios, or else known as Arsenios Eznepidis. After being uprooted from Farasa of Cappadocia as refugees, the family of young Arsenios settles in Konitsa, Epirus where he grows up with his mother and grandmother, who inherit to him their deep faith in Christ as well as their love for all people. Fast forward to many years later, his time in Mounth Athos and his move to Filotheos monastery play a catalytic role in his religious journey. Eventually, he sends a photograph of himself to his mother, bidding her farewell and telling her that from then on the Virgin Mary will be his mother. He no longer signs using the name Arsenios, but Paisios.