Nikos Kourkoulos

Nikos Kourkoulos

Nikos Kourkoulos was born in 1934, in Athens, Greece. He studied acting at the Drama School of the Greek National Theater and made his stage debut in a 1958 Athens production of Alexandre Dumas' "La dame aux camélias", opposite Ellie Lambeti and Dimitris Horn. He was one of the founders of the prestigious stage group Proskinio and appeared in the 1967 Broadway musical "Ilya Darling", with Melina Mercouri.

He created his personal group in the early 1970s, with a repertory which included, among others, Kafka's "The Trial", Arthur Miller's "View from the Bridge" and Brecht's "The Beggar's Opera". His last stage appearence to date was in the title role of Sophocles' "Philoktitis" (1991); he then became artistic director of the Greek National Theater.

His film career has been equally successful: he starred in many films from the late 1950s until the early 1980s. His most commercial films have been melodramas with a social background, like Visibility Zero (Oratotis miden / Ορατότης Μηδέν - 1970).