Kostas Karras

Acting

Kostas Karras

Born 1936-06-21 · Athens, Greece

Kostas Karras (Athens, 21 June 1936 – 6 May 2012) was a Greek actor and politician. He studied Political Science in London and acting at the National Theatre's Drama School. He was a graduate of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. In 1963 he graduated from the Pelos Katselis Drama School and the same year made his debut in Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap. At that time, he began his successful collaboration with Ellie Lampeti, with whom he was in a relationship, and appeared, among others, in works such as Neil Simon's "Barefoot in the Park" (in the role of Paul Parker) and Tennessee Williams's Bus Stop (in the role of Kowalski). Since then, he has created his own theatrical groups and achieved personal success in Nikolai Gogol's Diary of a Madman and Noel Coward's The Evil Spirit (as Charles). His contribution as an actor to Greek cinema is significant, where he first appeared in 1961. However, his best film appearance is considered to be the role of Menelaus in Michael Cacoyannis' Iphigenia (1977). On Greek television, he starred with great success in many series. From 2000 to 2007, he was a member of the Greek Parliament with the New Democracy party. He was honorary president of Smile of the Child since 1994. He organized the first international fundraiser for the victims of the Bosnian War. He repeatedly gave performances to support vulnerable social groups. He was awarded by many organizations and associations for his social and humanitarian action (Lions, Smile of the Child, Municipalities and Communities). Since July 2000 he was responsible for the Cultural Movement branch of the New Democratic Party of Greece, cultural associations and the finances of Culture. In the 1994-1996 season he participated in the series Our Father in the role of Kostas Stergiou on ANT1. He died of cancer on May 6, 2012, at the age of 75 and was buried in the First Cemetery of Athens. He left behind his wife, Angeliki Baroutsou, with whom he had been married since 1965 and they had a son, Vasilis. His wife died of a heart attack on December 27, 2023.

Acting credits

The Mediterranean In Flames poster
5.7

A volunteer from a World War II-era Greek resistance group agrees to seduce a German officer in order to gain secrets

The Mediterranean In Flames

1972

Apollo Goes on Holiday poster
5.8

Prince Jan is spying on beautiful tour guide Elena from his helicopter while touring Greece. He escapes from his entourage and joins the girl's group, posing as a humble visitor. The two fall in love, but Prince Jan, knowing that he has duties and responsibilities to his country, leaves her, never revealing his true identity.

Apollo Goes on Holiday

1968

Iphigenia poster
7.0

The Greek army is about to set sail to a great battle, but the winds refuse to blow. Their leader, King Agamemnon, seeks to provide better food, but accidentally slays a sacred deer. His punishment from the gods, the sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia.

Iphigenia

1977

Ο δρόμος των ηρώων poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ο δρόμος των ηρώων

1971

Yie mou... Yie mou... poster
4.9

A widow wants to remarry, but as often as he tries to flirt with younger women he faces the rivalry of his own son.

Yie mou... Yie mou...

1965

The Merchant poster
7.7

Lena Konstantinidi, a wealthy young woman who is paralyzed, falls in love with a poor student, Alexis, who sells newspapers to earn money for his studies. The evil stepmother Elsa, who envies her husband's daughter, is opposed to this marriage and does everything she can to thwart it, even going so far as to accuse Alexis of stealing a valuable statuette. However, her plans are completely ruined, thanks to Alex's kindness and the help of a young street vendor whom Alex had taken into his home after the death of his mother.

The Merchant

1967

Λάουρα poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Λάουρα

1968

Who Is Margarita? poster
5.8

A girl from the province, who works in a fashion house in Athens, goes to Kos to promote her clothes. Residents believe that the daughter of a Greek-American tycoon and she plays the role will lead it to embrace the real son of the alleged father.

Who Is Margarita?

1961

Nightwalks poster
10.0

Documentary about the nightlife in Athens. The nightclubs, the musical acts, the striptease shows, but also some dramatized acts with well-known actors...

Nightwalks

1964

The Parisian Lady poster
6.2

Sometimes, the circumstances call for reckless bravery--and just like that--a humble neighbourhood seamstress becomes an enchanting Parisian couturière bent on dazzling Mykonos' haut monde. But, is all fair in love and war?

The Parisian Lady

1969

The Daughter of the Sun poster
6.0

The plain of Thessaly, 1910. The tenant farmers suffer untold hardships, both from the Arvanites invaders who ravage and seize their possessions and from the chief landlord of the area Stratos Karatzas, who claims the lion’s share of their harvest. The dynamic daughter of one of the tenant farmers, Maya, who is about to get married to a young farmer, Lefteris, leads their struggle for better conditions and confronts Karatzas – as well as his niece Vgenio, who also wants Lefteris. The latter plots and succeeds to separate them. Lefteris leaves for the army and Karatzas persuades Maya to marry him. Lefteris is captured during an ambush set by the Turks, but in the end he is set free and returns to Maya’s arms forever.

The Daughter of the Sun

1971

Miss Manager poster
7.5

The strict and formal director Lila Vassiliou has under her orders all the staff of the technical office of which she takes over the management, but at the same time, she is looking to find ways of charm to conquer the lively sub-engineer Alekos Samiotakis.

Miss Manager

1964

Imperiale poster
6.3

The selfish mistress of a soldier, Zoe, betrays her lover and marries the emperor of Byzantium. She then convinces her husband to banish her lover (and his devoted general) to the isolated castle of Monemvasia . When astrologers predict the end of the world and even specify the exact date, the now empress Zoe, instead of holding her position and supporting her husband, prefers to spend the last days of her life with her former lover.

Imperiale

1968

Remember September poster
NR

Kostas and Stella, a couple in love, who are like cats and dogs, break the bonds of marriage. However, the two now become four, since Kostas finds Christina and Stella finds Nontas. As if that were not enough, another couple is added, Christina's mother, a wealthy hotel owner, and a Mr. Politis, with a suspicious past and a cunning present. Thus we find ourselves faced with love conflicts

Remember September

1985

Η ανταρσία των 10 poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Η ανταρσία των 10

1970

Lieutenant Natassa poster
6.9

The year is 1965. Natasa Arseni visits Dachau, the place where she was found by the Americans at the end of the World War II. She returns to Greece, and during the train ride she recalls those past events. Before the beginning of the Greek-Italian war, she met Orestis . With the German invasion, Orestis, who was an officer in the Greek army, left for the Middle East. She followed him and accompanied him back to occupied Greece on a mission. She was arrested, interrogated and tortured and was finally sentenced to execution.

Lieutenant Natassa

1970

Μια 'βδομάδα στον παράδεισο poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Μια 'βδομάδα στον παράδεισο

1964

Κάθε ναυάγιο και μια κόλασι poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Κάθε ναυάγιο και μια κόλασι

1971

Thirst for Life poster
5.3

Katerina is a spoiled rich woman who spends her time playing with the men who surround her. Only herself and her parents know she is dying and that the first possible emotion will be fatal.She knows that the first time she will love will be the last one and so he is not given to anyone until he meets Stephanos.

Thirst for Life

1964

24 Hours of Liveliness poster
NR

Louisa Ragozzi, exhausted by her husband's antics, whom she caught red-handed with her typist, pretends to have amnesia and does not recognize him. She asks their servant Petros to throw him out of the house. Her husband is worried and seeks the help of a famous psychiatrist, who tries to help Louisa regain her memory. However, he must proceed discreetly, because the "psychopath" thinks that the doctor is her husband!

24 Hours of Liveliness

1969

Ορφανή στους Πέντε Δρόμους poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ορφανή στους Πέντε Δρόμους

1964

Ένα παιδί χωρίς όνομα poster
9.0

After their father's death, the vicious and drunken eldest son, Angelos, kicks out of the house his stepbrother Nikolas, a kind-hearted and hardworking young man in love with Angelos' sister, Marina, and he vows to take revenge for the cruel way his brother treated him. But the years pass and Marina has married her childhood friend Petros, the only person who helped her in the difficult times, after the disappearance of Nikolas. Angel has squandered his fortune and is in danger of losing everything to a creditor. But, on Christmas Eve, Nikolas' good heart commands him to forgive Angelos and be alone with him.

Ένα παιδί χωρίς όνομα

1964

The despised poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The despised

1965

The Trial of an Innocent poster
5.5

At the beginning of his trial, the accused Vassilis Doranis takes account of the events that brought him to the dock. From a very young age, he did everything for his younger brother, Mimis, sacrificing his own career to study the other. Mimis, instead of looking at his studies and lessons, preferred to spend his time in fun and entertainment. He went on to do the same prodigious life, and when he went to post-graduate studies in Germany, and when he returned, he even did not hesitate to cast himself on Anna, his brother's girlfriend. Vassilis had forgiven him for all this and reached up to the point of admitting that he was the drunk driver who dragged someone and left him helpless, dying in the middle of the road. For this criminal negligence of his brother, Vasilis is now in the dock, but he does not regret his choice. The one who regrets is Mimis, who gets angry at the court and assumes his responsibilities, admitting his guilt.

The Trial of an Innocent

1969