Giannis Fertis
Known For
Acting
Born
1938-04-21 in Athens, Greece
Died
2024-04-14
Biography
Yiannis Fertis (Athens, April 21, 1938 - April 14, 2024) was a Greek theater, film and television actor. Protagonist from the 1960s to 2019, in classical and contemporary plays, prose and ancient drama. In cinema, he starred in more than 30 films. He appeared for the first time in 1961 in the movie "Who's Margarita" with Jenny Karezis. The following year he played Orestes in Elektra directed by Michalis Kakogianni, a film that won 25 international awards (among which was nominated for an Oscar for best foreign language film). In 2008, he won the Best Actor Award at the Thessaloniki Festival for his performance in the film Slaves in Their Chains directed by Toni Lykouresi. On television, he appeared in more than 15 series, most notably The Teacher with the Golden Eyes and The Notary in 1979.
Most Known For
O episkeptis tis omihlis
as Πέτρος Γεράνης
I theatrina
as Κώστας
Vios Anthospartos
as Ανέστης
Prodosia
as Κώστας Μαντάς
Painted sun
as Στέφανος Απέργης
Βεντέττα: Ο Γδικιωμός
The Teacher with the Golden Eyes
Το Κόκκινο Φεγγάρι
as Ανδρέας Ρούκουνας
The Notary
as Παύλος Ροδίνης
Electra
as Orestis
Who Is Margarita?
as Petros
Face to Face with Death
as Kostas Venetis
The Hot Month of August
as Iason Filippou
The Roundup
From Jerusalem with love
Με Τη Λάμψη Στα Μάτια
Εγκατάλειψη
as Alexis
Uphill
as Alexis Geranis
Underwater Papanikolis
as Vasilis Aslanoglou
