Birthday: 1941-07-11
Deathday: 2013-09-17
Birthplace: Constantinople, Turkey
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
Michalis Giannatos (Greek: Μιχάλης Γιαννάτος; 11 July 1941 – 17 September 2013), alternatively spelled as Michael Yannatos, was a Greek actοr.
Ηe was born in (Istanbul), Turkey. He left the city for Greece in 1964 during the long expulsion of Istanbul Greeks.
He studied in Konstantinos Demopoulos' school of drama and first appeared as a professional actor in Georgios Zervoulakos' film Oi stigmatismenoi (Greek: Οι στιγματισμένοι) in 1966. When still a student, he participated in the theatrical play Capetan Michalis (Greek: Καπετάν Μιχάλης) next to Manos Katrakis.
During his long cinematic career, he appeared in close to 100 films, television series and plays. He was a regular in Theodoros Angelopoulos films since he was one of the director's favorite actors. After Megalexandros (Greek: Μεγαλέξανδρος) in 1981, Angelopoulos was always calling him to play in his movies.
He was fluent in five languages; Greek, Turkish, French, Italian and Spanish. Due to that, he appeared in many international productions, including Midnight Express, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Munich and more.
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2014-11-26 | Το όνειρο του Ίκαρου | |
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2008-11-27 | The Policeman of the 16th Precinct | Manos |
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2005-12-27 | My Family and Other Animals | Porter / Waiter |
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2005-12-23 | Munich | Hotel Aristides Porter |
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2005-11-13 | Opa! | Hector |
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2005-01-01 | Hotel Αστέρια | Γιώργος |
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2004-02-20 | The Weeping Meadow | Zisis |
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2003-11-26 | To the Inn | |
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2003-10-24 | A Touch of Spice | Grandpa's friend |
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2003-09-14 | Skipper Straad | |
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2002-05-23 | Kata lathos astynomikos | |
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2002-01-02 | The Bubble | Uncle |
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2001-11-01 | Αλέξανδρος και Αϊσέ | |
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2001-08-30 | Anna's Summer | Seller in the photo shop |
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2001-04-18 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Kokolios |
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1999-11-14 | The Flower of the Lake | Hasan |
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1999-09-23 | America | Coffee Shop Owner |
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1998-10-23 | Eternity and a Day | Ticket Inspector |
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1996-03-08 | The Lost Treasure of Hursit Pasha | General |
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1996-01-26 | Orpheus Descending | |
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1995-10-12 | Ulysses' Gaze | Albanian Film Library Manager (uncredited) |
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1995-09-09 | Someone Else's America | Grčki agent |
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1995-03-01 | Τράνζιτο | |
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1991-12-04 | The Suspended Step of the Stork | Shopkeeper |
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1991-05-26 | Master of the Shadows | |
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1990-12-06 | The Serpent of Death | Greek Policeman |
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1990-01-01 | Η εκδίκηση του Πατέρα | Moustafa, the turkish drug dealer |
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1989-10-01 | Αθώος ή ένοχος; | |
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1988-12-01 | A Madhouse Named "Hellas" | |
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1988-09-10 | Landscape in the Mist | |
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1987-03-13 | Pretty Smart | The Turk |
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1987-01-01 | Χαμός στο Αιγάλεω σίτυ | |
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1987-01-01 | Ο εφιάλτης | Στέλιος Παπαϊωάννου |
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1986-11-17 | The Wind | Policeman |
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1986-10-23 | The Beekeeper | |
1986-06-11 | Ένας Τρελός... Τρελός Ονειροπαρμένος | Φώτης | |
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1985-10-17 | Bordello | |
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1984-09-15 | The Time Traveller | Captain |
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1984-04-21 | Voyage to Cythera | police officer |
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1983-06-07 | Misunderstanding | |
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1983-02-01 | Προσοχή, κίνδυνος! | |
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1983-01-01 | Kamikazi, agapi mou | Fotiou |
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1982-10-07 | Το αίμα των αγαλμάτων | |
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1982-10-01 | Ταξίδι στην Πρωτεύουσα | |
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1980-12-08 | Vengos the Crazy Kamikaze | Tamtikos |
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1980-09-08 | Alexander the Great | Dragoumanos |
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1980-01-01 | Taste from Greece | Vangelis |
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1979-06-13 | Τα Παιδιά της Πιάτσας | baker |
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1979-03-19 | The Wicked World of Thanasis | |
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1978-12-25 | A Walk in the Sun | Waiter |
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1978-08-31 | Midnight Express | Court Translator |
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1978-04-01 | 1922 | |
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1976-07-25 | Thanasis in the land of the cuff | |
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1975-01-01 | Μπουζάνκα αλά... ελληνικά | Panagos |
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1973-12-24 | The Charlatan | Patroklos |
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1973-11-12 | Dictator calls Thanasis | |
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1973-06-17 | The Warriors of Peace | |
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1973-01-01 | The Man Who Ran a Lot | Lefteris Zevedaios |
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1971-11-22 | Carefree... Nut | |
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1971-09-23 | What Did You Do in the War, Thanassi? | italian officer |
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1968-12-30 | The Lady and the Tramp |