
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.

The Heirs
Comedy • 1964 April

Kiss the Girls
Comedy, Music • 1965 January

The Antifascist
Comedy • 1972 April

Antrea, as prosehes!
Comedy • 1988 October

Όλα στην Ταράτσα
Comedy • 2004 September

The optimist
Comedy • 1973 October

I rejected Hitler
Comedy, War • 1970 January

Me ta pantelonia kato
Comedy • 2013 March

Μια Υπέροχη Ζωή
Comedy • 1994 May

The Blue Beads from Greece
Music, Comedy • 1967 February