
Kostas Voutsas
- Date of Birth: 1931-12-31
- Date of Death: 2020-02-26
- Place of Birth: Vyronas, Athens, Greece
Biography
Voutsas was born in Athens, in 1931. He studied drama at the Drama School of the Macedonian Conservatory of Thessaloniki and made his stage and screen debut in 1953. In 1961 his breakthrough came when... Voutsas was born in Athens, in 1931. He studied drama at the Drama School of the Macedonian Conservatory of Thessaloniki and made his stage and screen debut in 1953. In 1961 his breakthrough came when Giannis Dalianidis a Greek film director gave him a leading role in his phenomenally successful youth melodrama O Katiforos. He soon became one of the best and most popular comic actors of his generation and created personal groups, starring in many Greek comedies by top playwrights and classics like Aristophanes' The Wasps (as Philokleon), Moliere's Le bourgeois gentilhomme (title role) etc. He has always been more committed to being a theatrical actor. In an interview at Athens daily newspaper To Vima, he said "Playing in movies has helped me a lot, but I was always committed to the theatre and that was my highlight" He was a major actor in Finos Films and went on to star in about 60 movies, mostly comedies and musicals of the 'golden era" of Greek commercial cinema.

Η Φωνή
• 2001 October

Παντρέψτεμε κι' ας κλαίω
Comedy • 1988 January

Gabros me to zori
Comedy • 1990 January

Στο ΜΑΠ στα 2012
Drama • 2012 January

For the love of the shepherdess
Romance • 1959 January

Einai gata o giatros
Comedy • 1986 September

Ο ανύπαντρος πατέρας
Comedy • 1988 January