
Acting · 75 years old
Schimatari, Viotia, Greece
Yannis Argyris (Schimatari, Boeotia, 1918 − 23 July 1993) was a Greek actor with a fifty-year career, one of the best known of his generation. He studied acting at the Drama School of the National Theatre and made his first appearance with the Carousos troupe in 1937, in William Shakespeare's Othello, at the age of just 19. Since then, he has performed hundreds of roles, both in theatre and cinema, and on television. He was the father of conductor Spyros Argyris.

I am innocent
Emile Zola

Antigone
Sentry

Love and Blood
Nestoras Gerakas

The Ogre of Athens
Hondros

Thanos and Despina
Haralambos

The Drawer of Sin

O Hristos xanastavronetai
Αγάς

Joe, the Amazing
boss

Abuse of authority
Arxigos

I Neraida Kai to Palikari
kapetan Vrontakis

Dead City
Lambros

In the name of the law
Forensic Surgeon

Κατηγορούμενος... ο Έρως
Gerasimos Lahanatos

The fate of the innocent
Nikolas

Loxandra
Δημητρός

Crazy, Nuts and Vengos
Mihalis (taxi driver)

To Our Teacher, with Love
Thanasis Liapis

Two Grapes

The Child of the Street
Phaedon

Astrapogiannos
Konstadis Velousis