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Actor. Born in Athens, Greece, he appeared mainly in international films and television beginning in the late 1950s. After making his movie debut in the 1957 film "The Final Lie", his other credits include "Lola", (1964), "Blood on the Land", (1964), "Lady, Die", (1964), "Assignment Skybolt", (1968), "Roma come Chicago", (1968), "Oratotis miden", (1970), "An Enemy of the Society", (1972) and "The Trial of the Judges", (1974). Kourkoulos received a Tony Award Nomination for his performance in the 1967 Broadway musical "Ilya Darling" with Melina Mercouri. He later served as artistic director of the Greek National Theatre.
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Nikos Kourkoulos (Greek: Νίκος Κούρκουλος; December 5, 1934 – January 30, 2007) was a Greek theatrical and film actor. Kourkoulos is best known to Greek audiences for playing "Angelos Kreouzis" in Oratotis miden, but he also appeared in other movies such as To Homa vaftike kokkino, Exodos kindynou, O Astrapogiannos, O Katiforos among others.
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Life and career Nikos Kourkoulos grew up in the Athens district of Zografou. His father was a barber from Makrades, Corfu. As young sports and football were his loves. He belonged to Panathinaikos F.C. roster during his school years. Acting came before him rather accidentally. As he himself had claimed, he decided to become an actor after reading books on theatre. He studied acting at the National Theatre of Greece's School of Drama, and made his stage debut in a 1958 Athens production of Alexandre Dumas, fils' La dame aux camélias, opposite Ellie Lambeti and Dimitris Horn. He was one of the founders of the prestigious musical group, Proskinio and appeared in the 1967 Broadway musical, Illya Darling, with Melina Mercouri, in a role for which he was nominated for a Tony Award as a best supporting actor. For most of the 1960s/70s, Kourkoulos' success was unparalleled by any other Greek actor, except Dimitris Papamichael, but Kourkoulos' choice of material was more challenging than the latter's. He created his personal group in the early 1970s, with a repertory which included, among others, Franz Kafka's The Trial, Arthur Miller's View from the Bridge and Brecht's The Threepenny Opera. His last stage…
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Theatrical performances Nikos Kourkoulos headed companies and his own theatre in Athens and Thessaloniki, and played leading roles in:
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Jean Giraudoux, Ondine, 1962 R & A Goetz, The Heiress, 1962
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Frank Wedekind, Lulu, 1965 Never on a Sunday (Illya Darling), 1967, in the United States (directed by Jules Dassin, with Melina Mercouri, in a production nominated for a Tony Award) Franz Kafka, The Castle, 1964, and The Trial, 1971
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Sławomir Mrożek, Tango, 1972 Bertholt Brecht, The Threepenny Opera, 1975 (as Macheath, with Melina Mercouri as Jenny), directed by Jules Dassin
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Harold Pinter, The Homecoming, 1977 Jean Anouilh, Ring Round the Moon, 1978 Neil Simon, The Odd Couple, 1980, directed by Andreas Voutsinas
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Sophocles, Oedipus the King, 1982 Ugo Betti, Reciprocation, 1983, directed by Minos Volanakis Arthur Miller, A View from the Bridge, 1986 Dale Wasserman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1987
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Filmography To Telefteo psemma 1957, A Matter of Dignity Barbayannis, o kanatas 1957, Barbayiannis, the potter
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Bouboulina 1959 Amaryllis, to koritsi tis agapis 1959, Amaryllis, the girl of love
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To Hamini 1960, The Guttersnipe Dyo hiliades naftes kai ena koritsi 1960, Two thousands sailors and one girl Mana mou, ton agapisa 1961, Mother, I loved him
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O Katiforos 1961, The Slip Gia sena tin agapi mou 1961, For you my love
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Orgi 1962, Fury Syntrimmia tis zois 1963, Debris of life Lola tis Troubas 1964, Lola of Trouba Enas megalos erotas 1964, One big love Dipsa gia zoi 1963, Thirst for life
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Games of Desire 1964 To Homa vaftike kokkino 1965, Blood on the Land
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Adistaktoi 1965, Unhesitating Koinonia, ora miden 1966, Society, time zero Katigoro tous anthropous 1966, I Blame the people Epitafios gia ehthrous kaí filous 1966, Epitaph for enemies and for friends Kataskopoi sto Saroniko 1968, Agents on Saronic (Gulf) Gymnoi sto dromo 1968, Nudes on the street
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Katahrisis exousias 1971, Αbuse of Power Me fovo kai me pathos 1972, With fear and with passion O Ehthros tou laou 1972, The Enemy of people