Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 15, 1920
Died
May 05, 1999
Place of Birth
Piraeus, Greece
Credits
37 titles
Vasilis Diamantopoulos
Biography
Vasilis Diamantopoulos (Greek: Βασίλης Διαμαντόπουλος, 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.
Known For
Filmography
The Overcoat
Η Αγάπη Άργησε Μια Μέρα
Μιχάλης Φτενούδος
Business in Balkan
Cavafy
Konstantinos Kavafis (old)
Ekmek Pagoto
Xarilaos Petrakis
Isimeria
Teacher
The Children of the Swallow
Spyros
Μικρογραφίες
Χατζημανουήλ
αστυνόμος Συμεώνογλου
Horis martyres
Οι απόμαχοι
The Red Train
Colonel
Educate Yourself My Son
Periklis Papachristoforos
Καλή σου Νύχτα Κυρ-Αλέξανδρε
Alexandros Papadiamantis
Ο γυρολόγος
Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910-1927
Apostolos
The Notary
σιορ Τάπας, συμβολαιογράφος
The Smile of Pythia
The Idlers of the Fertile Valley
Father
Love Is Gay, Love Is Sad
Porphyre Aristophanopoulos
The Confession
Political Friend
The Road to Corinth
A Bullet Through the Heart
Rizzardi
Μια 'βδομάδα στον παράδεισο
Loyalty
The Trip
Manolis
Nomos 4000
Andreas Oikonomou
Hands Up, Hitler
Anestis
Death Will Return
Inspector Fox
Erotic Stories
Vasilis
Father-in-Law With a Heart of Gold
Andreas Dellis
Horse and Carriage
At Night the Entanglements
Stelios
The Abduction of Persephone
Night Adventure
The Last Mission
Colonel Miltiadis Marelis
Marinos Kontaras
Grigoris Fousekis