Kostas Triantafyllopoulos
Kostas Triantafyllopoulos Κώστας Τριανταφυλλόπουλος | |
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Kostas Triantafyllopoulos as Joe Keller in Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" (National Theatre of Northern Greece, 2006) | |
Born |
Athinaio, Arcadia, Greece | 8 February 1956
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1980–present |
Kostas Triantafyllopoulos (also written as Kostas Triantafillopoulos) (Greek: Κώστας Τριανταφυλλόπουλος) (born 8 February 1956 in Athinaio, Arcadia, Greece) is a Greek actor. He graduated from Theodosiadis's Drama School of Athens in 1977 and he has played a wide variety of roles on stage from Greek tragedy, Aristophanes and Shakespeare to contemporary American drama (Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Joyce Carol Oates, Thornton Wilder, Sam Shepard). He's acted in many plays produced by the National Theatre of Greece and by other major Greek theaters. He's also starred in numerous television series and films. From November 1998 to July 1999 and from July 2002 to March 2003 he participated in the world grand tours of the National Theatre of Greece with the tragedies Medea by Euripides (Creon), Electra (Paedagogus) and Antigone (Guard) both by Sophocles.[1][2] The tour included performances in France, Australia, Israel, Portugal, United States,[3] Canada, Brasil, Germany, Italy, Cyprus, Denmark, Turkey, Bulgaria, China and Japan.[4][5]
Work
Theatre (partial)
Year | Play | Writer | Role | Theatre |
2014–2015 | 12 Angry Men[6] | Reginald Rose | Juror #3 | Alkmini Theatre |
2014–2015 | Protipos oikos anochis | Haris Romas | Alkiviadis/Aristomenis Lachanas | Theatre Akadimos |
2013–2014 | A Flea in Her Ear[7] | Georges Feydeau | Augustin Ferraillon | Aliki Theatre |
2013 | Ears on a Beatle | Mark St. Germain | Howard Ballantine | Aggelon Vima Theatre |
2012 | Stallerhof | Franz Xaver Kroetz | Staller | Neos Kosmos Theatre |
2010–2011 | Fool for Love | Sam Shepard | Old Man | Theatre Kappa |
2009–2010 | Hughie | Eugene O’Neill | Erie Smith | Altera Pars |
2009 | Eldorado | Marius von Mayenburg | Aschenbrenner | Hora Theatre |
2008–2009 | Hughie | Eugene O’Neill | Erie Smith | Bios |
2007–2008 | I theia ap' to Chicago | Alekos Sakellarios | Harilaos | Ivi Theatre |
2006 | All My Sons | Arthur Miller | Joe Keller | National Theatre of Northern Greece |
2005 | Tone Clusters | Joyce Carol Oates | Frank Gulick | Porta Theater |
2004–2005 | Pugilist Specialist | Adriano Shaplin | Colonel Johns | Kefallinias Street Theatre |
2003 | Oedipus at Colonus | Sophocles | Creon | Greek Art Theatre |
2002 | Antigone | Sophocles | Guard | National Theatre of Greece |
2002 | No Exit | Jean-Paul Sartre | Joseph Garcin | Kefallinias Street Theatre |
2001 | Oresteia | Aeschylus | Herald | National Theatre of Greece |
2001 | Camino Real | Tennessee Williams | Kilroy | National Theatre of Greece |
2000 | Knives in Hens | David Harrower | Gilbert Horn | Athens Action Theatre |
1999 | Doña Rosita | Federico García Lorca | Uncle | National Theatre of Greece |
1998–1999 | Medea | Euripides | Creon | National Theatre of Greece |
1998–1999 | Electra | Sophocles | Paedagogus | National Theatre of Greece |
1997 | La Celestina | Fernando de Rojas | Sempronio | Odeon of Herodes Atticus |
1996–1997 | The Duchess of Malfi | John Webster | Cardinal | Amore Theatre |
1996–1997 | Thérèse Raquin | Émile Zola | Grivet | Amore Theatre |
1996 | Othello | William Shakespeare | Roderigo | University of Athens |
1995 | The Government Inspector | Nikolai Gogol | Artemy Filippovich Zemlianika | Tzeni Karezi Theatre |
1995 | The Acharnians | Aristophanes | Lamachus | National Theatre of Greece |
1994–1995 | The Last Ones | Maxim Gorky | Yakov | Porta Theater |
1994 | The Two Gentlemen of Verona | William Shakespeare | Launce | Theatre of Central Greece (Lamia) |
1992–1993 | The Diary of Anne Frank | Frances Goodrich – Albert Hackett | Mr. Van Daan | Theatre Kappa |
1990 | The Frogs | Aristophanes | Xanthias | Open Theatre |
1989 | Three Sisters | Anton Chekhov | Baron Nikolai Lvovich Tuzenbach | Open Theatre |
1988–1989 | Lulu | Frank Wedekind | Rodrigo | Open Theatre |
Filmography
Television (partial)
Year | Series | Role | Network |
2014 | Me ta pantelonia katw | Gerasimos | MEGA |
2011 | Ta mystika tis Edem | Eukleidis Fokas | MEGA |
2009 | Epta thanasimes petheres | Thanasis | MEGA |
2008 | Safe sex TV Stories | Vangelis | MEGA |
2007 | Super babas | Kostis | ANT1 |
2007 | Irthe ki edese | Dionysis Stamoulis | MEGA |
2007 | Amyna zonis | Brigadier Gikas | ΝΕΤ |
2007 | Epta thanasimes petheres | Paraskevas | MEGA |
2006–2007 | Peninda-Peninda (50–50) | Ippokratis Beloutsis | MEGA |
2006 | Safe sex TV Stories | Stelios | MEGA |
2005 | I katallili stigmi | Thodoros | ΝΕΤ |
2004 | Babalou | Zisis | Alpha |
2004 | Kaneis de leei s' agapo | Stefanos Triantafyllou | MEGA |
2003–2004 | Mia agapi, mia zoi | Giorgos | Alpha |
2003 | O dromos | Dimitris | MEGA |
2002 | Fevga | Pantelis | MEGA |
2001–2002 | Drosoulites | Karolos Karolou | Star Channel |
2000 | Taksim | Antonis | ΕΤ1 |
2000 | Na me proseheis | Sokratis | MEGA |
1994–1995 | To teleftaio adio | Dimitris Kosmatos | MEGA |
1994 | Tavros me toxoti | Vangelis | ANT1 |
1992–1993 | Oi frouroi tis Achaias | Giannis Filinis | MEGA |
1991 | Ypografi Priftis | Notis Agorogiannis | ANT1 |
1990 | Akrivi mou Sofia | Constantine I of Greece | ET1 |
1990 | I Anagenisi enos Ethnous | Captain Dioskouridis | ΕΤ2 |
1990 | Jean-Paul Sartre's The Unburied Dead | Canoris | ΕΤ1 |
Film (partial)
Year | Movie | Role |
2010 | Ap' ta kokkala vgalmena | Manolis Padouvakis |
2009 | Nisos | Inspector Athanasiou |
2006 | Paperboat | Father |
2005 | I gynaika einai... skliros anthropos | Detective Karabeos |
2002 | Avrio tha 'nai arga | Boss |
2001 | Ki avrio mera einai | Iordanis |
Dubbing (partial)
- Mickey Mouse TV series and films ... Pete
- ThunderCats ... Mumm-Ra
- The Transformers ... Optimus Prime
- Toy Story films ... Mr. Potato Head
- Winnie the Pooh films and TV series ... Tigger
- Monsters University ... Don Carlton / Brock Pearson
- Beauty and the Beast ... Cogsworth
- Lilo & Stitch films and TV series ... Dr. Jumba Jookiba
- A Bug's Life ... Heimlich
- Alpha and Omega ... Tony
- Sammy's Adventures: The Secret Passage ... Slim
- Shark Bait ... Jack
- Alladin ... Fruit Shop Merchant
- Hercules ... Nessus, Cyclops
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame ... Additional voices
- Mulan ... Additional voices
- Happy Feet ... Additional voices
Sources
- ↑ Archive of the National Theatre of Greece, "Sophocles' Electra – World tour dates and venues" (in greek).
- ↑ Archive of the National Theatre of Greece, "Sophocles' Antigone – World tour dates and venues" (in greek).
- ↑ "Theatre Review: Medea", The New York Times (www.nytimes.com), 25 September 1998.
- ↑ Archive of the National Theatre of Greece, "Photo of Kostas Triantafyllopoulos playing Creon in Euripides' Medea at the State Theatre of Sydney, Australia on 22 – 24 May 1998".
- ↑ "Medea: Anguish, Freeze-Dried and Served With Precision – New York Times review on Medea accompanied with a picture of Kostas Triantafyllopoulos and Karyofyllia Karabeti from the opening night at City Center Theater, Manhattan, New York on 23 September 1998.", Peter Marks (picture by Michael Quan), The New York Times, 25 September 1998. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
- ↑ «12 Angry Men» in Alkmini Theatre, parapolitika.gr (in Greek)
- ↑ A Flea in Her Ear by Georges Feydeau, Aliki Theatre, Athens