
Spyros Kalogirou
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1922-11-03
Day of Death
2009-06-27 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Athens, Greece
Spyros Kalogirou
Biography
Spyros Kalogirou (Kypseli, 3 November 1922 - Athens, 27 June 2009) was a Greek theatre and film actor, best known for his villainous roles on the big screen. His trembling voice and fierce appearance were characteristic.
He acted in many films, both on television and in cinema, and when he played such roles he was very convincing. He also participated in many theatrical performances but did not have many collaborations with his wife, as she was at the National Theater and he was more involved with independent theater. After the '80s they formed their own troupe, staged performances and toured.
He acted in approximately two hundred plays and in all genres of theater, classical and contemporary writers, from theater of the absurd (Eugene Ionesco) to revue, but also in many of the Greek dramaturgy.
He first appeared in cinema in 1955 in Dimis Dadiras’ film O agapitikos tis voskopoulas. Since then, he has participated in more than 60 films, alongside the biggest names in Greek cinema. He appeared in about 55 films, including: Athens at Night, Stefania, Machine Gun Concerto, The Fairy and the Boy, The Blonde Teacher, Maria of Silence, The Man with the Carnation, and Stakaman. However, the film that left an era was Lola, in which Spyros Kalogirou had said the unforgettable phrase "There's a lot of money, Aris", to his then co-star Nikos Kourkoulos about the "eyes" of Jenny Karezi.
In 1966, at the Thessaloniki Film Festival, he was awarded an honorary distinction for his performance in the short film Jimmy the Tiger by Pantelis Voulgaris, and in 1971, the film critics awarded him the Silver Apollo for his role in the film Abuse of Power. He was honored with the Golden Head of the Vakhtangov Theater in Moscow. He also appeared in television series (Even Married People Have a Soul).
Known For
Acting
(2003)
Liza and All the Others
as παππούς
(2001)
Stakaman!
as Petros
(1990)
O Tamtakos Zei!
as Major
(1990)
Ο Εραστής
as Vyron
(1990)
Η εκδίκηση του Πατέρα
as Markos, the drug dealer
(1990)
(1989)
(1989)
(1989)
(1989)
(1989)
O protaris batsos kai i troteza
as Noulis
(1989)
(1989)
(1988)
(1988)
(1988)
(1988)
(1988)
I Love You, Mitso
as Vladimiros Iordanoglou
(1988)
(1988)
(1988)
Εγκέφαλος Με Βίδα... Και Βαλβίδα!!!
as Andreas Pirounis
(1988)
O kontos me to papaki
as Theodore
(1988)
(1987)
(1987)
Συζυγικά Βραχυκυκλώματα
as Nontas Skilakos
(1987)
(1987)
Young Lad at the School Desks
as Mr. Kalavrezos
(1987)
(1987)
O xemoramenos
as Kyriakos
(1987)
(1987)
Agrafos nomos
as Κυριάκος
(1987)
(1986)
O kavalaris ton F.M. Stereo
as Markos Papastathis
(1986)
A Thief and a Gentleman
as Arhelaos
(1986)
(1986)
(1986)
Jobber crazy awesome girls
as Policeman
(1985)
O agalitsas: Ena exagomeno koroido
as Karolos Antypas
(1985)
Tall, Thin and a Big Liar
as Listarhos Karvelis
(1984)
Darling, Let's Get Naked!
as Andreas
(1982)
The Red Train
as Logothetis
(1981)
Τα Τσακάλια
as Manolis Anastasopoulos
(1974)
The Trial of the Judges
as Minister Shinas
(1973)
Maria in Silence
as Antonis Vournas
(1973)
The Constellation of Virgin
as Leonidas
(1971)
Abuse of authority
as Vasilis Apostolopoulos
(1971)
(1971)
O Katergaris
as Ploutarhos Varnis
(1971)
The Revolutionary
as Αυγουστής
(1971)
The Daughter of the Sun
as Stratos Karatzas
(1970)
Astrapogiannos
as Giamouris
(1970)
Visibility Zero
as Irodotos Richter
(1970)
The Jungle of Cities
as Frantzis
(1970)
Lieutenant Natassa
as Major
(1970)
In the name of the law
as Dimosthenis Evelpidis
(1970)
A Funny Girl
as Παντελής
(1970)
(1969)
The little man
as Panagiotis
(1969)
The Teacher with the Golden Hair
as Sotiris Garbis
(1969)
I Neraida Kai to Palikari
as kapetan Skandalakis
(1969)
The... victim
as Straatis
(1969)
Panic
as Nikos
(1968)
Love and Blood
as Theofilos Argouzis
(1967)
(1967)
Concert for Machine Guns
as Agent
(1967)
The Asphalt Fever
as Miltiadis Tsipouras
(1967)
Trouba '67
as Tsardas
(1967)
Bullets Don't Come Back
as Outlaw
(1966)
Jimmy the Tiger
as Jimmy the Tiger
(1966)
Stefania
as Armandos
(1966)
I blame the People
as Matthaios Tsaltas
(1966)
(1965)
The Ruthless
as Thanasis
(1964)
(1964)
Lola
as Μαύρος
(1963)
Amok
as Minas
(1962)
Hands Up, Hitler
as Periklis
(1962)
(1962)
Confession of a Mother
as Stathis
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
Madalena
as Giakoumis
(1960)
(1957)
(1955)