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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-06-21

Place of Birth

Athens, Greece

Kostas Karras

Biography

Kostas Karras (Athens, 21 June 1936 – 6 May 2012) was a Greek actor and politician. He studied Political Science in London and acting at the National Theatre's Drama School. He was a graduate of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. In 1963 he graduated from the Pelos Katselis Drama School and the same year made his debut in Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap. At that time, he began his successful collaboration with Ellie Lampeti, with whom he was in a relationship, and appeared, among others, in works such as Neil Simon's "Barefoot in the Park" (in the role of Paul Parker) and Tennessee Williams's Bus Stop (in the role of Kowalski). Since then, he has created his own theatrical groups and achieved personal success in Nikolai Gogol's Diary of a Madman and Noel Coward's The Evil Spirit (as Charles). His contribution as an actor to Greek cinema is significant, where he first appeared in 1961. However, his best film appearance is considered to be the role of Menelaus in Michael Cacoyannis' Iphigenia (1977). On Greek television, he starred with great success in many series. From 2000 to 2007, he was a member of the Greek Parliament with the New Democracy party. He was honorary president of Smile of the Child since 1994. He organized the first international fundraiser for the victims of the Bosnian War. He repeatedly gave performances to support vulnerable social groups. He was awarded by many organizations and associations for his social and humanitarian action (Lions, Smile of the Child, Municipalities and Communities). Since July 2000 he was responsible for the Cultural Movement branch of the New Democratic Party of Greece, cultural associations and the finances of Culture. In the 1994-1996 season he participated in the series Our Father in the role of Kostas Stergiou on ANT1. He died of cancer on May 6, 2012, at the age of 75 and was buried in the First Cemetery of Athens. He left behind his wife, Angeliki Baroutsou, with whom he had been married since 1965 and they had a son, Vasilis. His wife died of a heart attack on December 27, 2023.

Known for

Iphigenia

Iphigenia

The Greek army is about to set sail to a great battle, but the winds refuse to blow. Their leader, King Agamemnon, seeks to provide better food, but accidentally slays a sacred deer. His punishment from the gods, the sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia.

Το Σπίτι με το Φοίνικα

Το Σπίτι με το Φοίνικα

Ο χήρος, η χήρα και τα χειρότερα

Ο χήρος, η χήρα και τα χειρότερα

Πάτερ Ημών

Πάτερ Ημών

The Mediterranean In Flames

The Mediterranean In Flames

A volunteer from a World War II-era Greek resistance group agrees to seduce a German officer in order to gain secrets

I theatrina

I theatrina

Mazi

Mazi

Mazi is tvshow on Mega Channel in 2000 until 2003

The Merchant

The Merchant

Lena Konstantinidi, a wealthy young woman who is paralyzed, falls in love with a poor student, Alexis, who sells newspapers to earn money for his studies. The evil stepmother Elsa, who envies her husband's daughter, is opposed to this marriage and does everything she can to thwart it, even going so far as to accuse Alexis of stealing a valuable statuette. However, her plans are completely ruined, thanks to Alex's kindness and the help of a young street vendor whom Alex had taken into his home after the death of his mother.

24 Hours of Liveliness

24 Hours of Liveliness

Louisa Ragozzi, exhausted by her husband's antics, whom she caught red-handed with her typist, pretends to have amnesia and does not recognize him. She asks their servant Petros to throw him out of the house. Her husband is worried and seeks the help of a famous psychiatrist, who tries to help Louisa regain her memory. However, he must proceed discreetly, because the "psychopath" thinks that the doctor is her husband!

Ένα παιδί χωρίς όνομα

Ένα παιδί χωρίς όνομα

After their father's death, the vicious and drunken eldest son, Angelos, kicks out of the house his stepbrother Nikolas, a kind-hearted and hardworking young man in love with Angelos' sister, Marina, and he vows to take revenge for the cruel way his brother treated him. But the years pass and Marina has married her childhood friend Petros, the only person who helped her in the difficult times, after the disappearance of Nikolas. Angel has squandered his fortune and is in danger of losing everything to a creditor. But, on Christmas Eve, Nikolas' good heart commands him to forgive Angelos and be alone with him.

One Day, My Daddy...

One Day, My Daddy...

The attempt of the daughter of an Eastern Bloc country leader to escape to a country in the West.

Lieutenant Natassa

Lieutenant Natassa

The year is 1965. Natasa Arseni visits Dachau, the place where she was found by the Americans at the end of the World War II. She returns to Greece, and during the train ride she recalls those past events. Before the beginning of the Greek-Italian war, she met Orestis . With the German invasion, Orestis, who was an officer in the Greek army, left for the Middle East. She followed him and accompanied him back to occupied Greece on a mission. She was arrested, interrogated and tortured and was finally sentenced to execution.

Crooked Deeds

Crooked Deeds

Dimitris, a poor painter who feels deeply disappointed in his life, leaves his wife and begins to wander aimlessly. The woman who raised him after the death of his parents, Mrs. Marigo, must now undergo a difficult operation and Dimitris is forced to submit to the whims of the rich Rita, in order to help his sick nanny. Another failed painter, Alexis, who lives as a gigolo, is also Rita's lover, but Dimitris is unaware of this. Will the silent anti-jealousy end in a stabbing? (greek-movies.com)

Μπαμ, μπαμπάς και μπέμπα

Μπαμ, μπαμπάς και μπέμπα

Λάουρα

Λάουρα