- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 14, 1934
- Place of Birth
- Athens, Greece
- Died
- January 22, 2023
Nikos Xanthopoulos
Nikos Xanthopoulos (Greek: Nίκος Ξανθόπουλος; 14 March 1934 – 22 January 2023) was a Greek actor and singer, known for his roles in the 1960s era Greek Drama Cinema. He was also a singer of Greek folk bouzouki, having released many albums and singles. He was known as "the child of the folk" (παιδί του λαού) mainly for playing roles depicting men from the lower working classes. He usually portrayed a poor man, hit hard by fate, seeking justice or one struggling against wealthy and evil men. In other cases, he played the role of an immigrant in Germany working hard to provide for his wife and child. Other times he played an unknown poor bouzouki player and singer working his way up to stardom. From the late 1960s until the early 1970s, these roles helped him become a star in Greece during the dictatorship of the Junta. Xanthopoulos was born in Athens, Greece in 1934. He was a stage actor f…
Filmography
movieIn Exchange for Five Apartments and One Shop!
2004 · Self
movieOrpheus Descending
1996 · Alekos Dralos
tvStin kopsi tou Xyrafiou
1994 · Αντώνης Κατράκης
movieMen Know How to Love
1971
movieI lived a monk without love
1971 · Petros Apostolou
movieI Love Only You
1970
movieGiakoumis, A Roman Heart
1970 · Giakoumis
movieThe Eagle of the Enslaved
1970 · Manolis Sgouros
movieThe Seal of God
1969 · Andreas
movieA Man with a Conscience
1969
movieFor Honor and for Love
1969
movieSlum, my love
1969
movieThe Odyssey of an Uprooted Man
1969 · Vasilis Karatzoglou
movieΞεριζωμένη Γενηά
1968
movieHumbled And Dejected
1968 · Manousos
movieThe Heart of a Tramp
1968 · Ανδρέας Σαρρής/Νίκος Σαρρής
movieUnfair curse
1967 · Petros Damianos
movieSometimes even the strong cry
1967 · Andreas Geralis
movieThe crumbs of the world
1967 · Dimitris Fokas
movieSlaves of fate
1966 · Kostas Anagnostou
movieThe man who returned from pain
1966 · Nikos Liosis
movieEho dikaioma na s' agapo!
1966
movieThe Devastated
1966
movieWith Pain and Tears
1965 · Captain Alekos
movieMy heart, stop hurting.
1965 · Νίκος Αναγνωστόπουλος
movieWe despised My Sweetness
1965 · Fondas
movieΑπόκληροι της κοινωνίας
1965 · Manousos
movieLife Full of Pain
1964
movieBeggar of Love
1964
movieIt is a great pity
1964
movieThe Dangerous
1964
movieI'm an unhappy woman
1964 · Vasilis
movieThirst for Life
1964 · Stavros
movieI Loved and I Suffered
1963 · Giangos
movieSinful Hands
1963 · Στέφανος
movieBroken Hearts
1963
movieFor the Love of my Child
1963
movieΛενιώ η βοσκοπούλα
1963
movieΜίσος
1963
movieThe Horseman's Revenge
1962
movieI Never Knew My Mother
1962
movieΚατρακύλισμα... στο βούρκο
1962
movieThe Harbor Bum
1961 · Christos Bougas
movieΗ Ζωή Μου Αρχίζει Με Σένα
1961
movieThe Tough Guy
1961 · monk
movieΣταχτοπούτα
1960
movieMitros and Mitrousis in Athens
1960 · Andreas
movieThe Dervish Boys
1960 · Nikos
moviePleasure and passion
1960 · Alexis
movieΠως περνούν οι παντρεμένοι
1959
movieThe Bus Conductor
1958