Kostas Triantafyllopoulos

Kostas Triantafyllopoulos
Κώστας Τριανταφυλλόπουλος
Triantafyllopoulos as Joe Keller in Arthur Miller's All My Sons (National Theatre of Northern Greece, 2006)
Born(1956-02-08)8 February 1956
Athinaio, Arcadia, Greece
Died21 August 2021(2021-08-21) (aged 65)
Athens, Greece
OccupationActor
Years active1976–2021

Kostas Triantafyllopoulos (Greek: Κώστας Τριανταφυλλόπουλος; 8 February 1956 – 21 August 2021)[1] was a Greek actor.

Biography

After studying at the Theodosiadis Drama School of Athens, he graduated in 1977 and played a wide variety of roles on stage from Greek tragedy, Aristophanes and Shakespeare to contemporary American drama (Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Joyce Carol Oates, Thornton Wilder, Sam Shepard).[2][3]

He performed frequently at the National Theatre of Greece, the National Theatre of Northern Greece and at many other major Greek theatres, appearing in both classics and new works. His most notable stage roles include: Joe Keller in All My Sons by Arthur Miller, Kilroy in Camino Real by Tennessee Williams, Erie Smith in Hughie by Eugene O'Neill, Frank Gulick in Tone Clusters by Joyce Carol Oates, Juror #3 in 12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose, Old Man in Fool for Love by Sam Shepard, Joseph Garcin in No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, Launce in The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare, Cardinal in The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster, Gilbert Horn in Knives in Hens by David Harrower, Creon in Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles, Xanthias in The Frogs and Lamachus in The Acharnians both by Aristophanes.[4][5]

From November 1998 to July 1999 and from July 2002 to March 2003 he participated in the world tours of the National Theatre of Greece with the tragedies Medea by Euripides (as Creon), Electra (as Paedagogus) and Antigone (as Guard)[6] both by Sophocles.[7][8] The tour included performances in France, Australia, Israel, Portugal, United States,[9] Canada, Brasil, Germany, Italy, Cyprus, Denmark, Turkey, Bulgaria, China and Japan.[10] Medea was well received by the critics and especially by The New York Times.[11]

He appeared in numerous Greek television series and films, such as Ela sti thesi mou, Ta mystika tis Edem, Kaneis de leei s' agapo, Peninta Peninta and Symmathites.[12] He had also established himself as a voice actor, performing the Greek dubbing voices of numerous popular Disney characters such as Pete of the Mickey Mouse universe, Tigger in Winnie the Pooh, Mr. Potato Head in Toy Story, Don Carlton in Monsters University, Cogsworth in the Beauty and the Beast, Django in Ratatouille and Dr. Jumba Jookiba in Lilo & Stitch.[13][14]

Work

Theatre (partial)

Triantafyllopoulos as Kilroy in Camino Real by Tennessee Williams in the National Theatre of Greece (2001)
Dimitris Papamichael (Ivan) and Triantafyllopoulos (Yakov) in The Last Ones (Athens, Porta Theatre, 1995)
Year Play Writer Role Theatre
2019–20 Medea[15] Bost Oedipus Thiseio Theatre
2017–19 The Lying Kind Anthony Neilson Balthasar Mousouri Theatre
2016–17 Schumann Sofia Kapsourou Friedrich Wieck National Theatre of Greece
2015–16 To Panigiri Dimitris Kechaidis Paplomatas National Theatre of Greece
2014–15 12 Angry Men[16] Reginald Rose Juror #3 Alkmini Theatre
2014–15 Protipos oikos anochis Haris Romas Alkiviadis/Aristomenis Lachanas Akadimos Theatre
2013–14 A Flea in Her Ear[17] Georges Feydeau Augustin Ferraillon Aliki Theatre
2013 Ears on a Beatle Mark St. Germain Howard Ballantine Aggelon Vima Theatre
2011–12 Stallerhof Franz Xaver Kroetz Staller Neos Kosmos Theatre
2010–11 Fool for Love Sam Shepard Old Man Kappa Theatre
2009–10 Hughie Eugene O'Neill Erie Smith Altera Pars
2008–09 Eldorado Marius von Mayenburg Aschenbrenner Hora Theatre
2008–09 Hughie Eugene O'Neill Erie Smith Bios
2006–08 I theia ap' to Chicago Alekos Sakellarios Harilaos Ivi Theatre
2005–06 All My Sons Arthur Miller Joe Keller National Theatre of Northern Greece
2005 Tone Clusters Joyce Carol Oates Frank Gulick Porta Theater
2004–05 Pugilist Specialist Adriano Shaplin Colonel Johns Kefallinias Street Theatre
2003 Oedipus at Colonus Sophocles Creon Greek Art Theatre
2002–03 Antigone Sophocles Guard National Theatre of Greece
2001–02 No Exit Jean-Paul Sartre Joseph Garcin Kefallinias Street Theatre
2001 Oresteia Aeschylus Herald National Theatre of Greece
2000–01 Camino Real Tennessee Williams Kilroy National Theatre of Greece
1999–00 Knives in Hens David Harrower Gilbert Horn Athens Praxi Theatre
1999 Doña Rosita Federico García Lorca Uncle National Theatre of Greece
1998–99 Electra Sophocles Paedagogus National Theatre of Greece
1997–99 Medea Euripides Creon National Theatre of Greece
1997 La Celestina Fernando de Rojas Sempronio Odeon of Herodes Atticus
1996–97 The Duchess of Malfi John Webster Cardinal Amore Theatre
1996–97 Thérèse Raquin Émile Zola Grivet Amore Theatre
1996 Othello William Shakespeare Roderigo University of Athens
1995–96 The Government Inspector Nikolai Gogol Artemy Filippovich Zemlianika Tzeni Karezi Theatre
1995 The Acharnians Aristophanes Lamachus National Theatre of Greece
1994–95 The Last Ones Maxim Gorky Yakov Porta Theater
1994 The Two Gentlemen of Verona William Shakespeare Launce Theatre of Central Greece (Lamia)
1992–94 The Diary of Anne Frank Frances Goodrich – Albert Hackett Mr. Van Daan Kappa Theatre
1990 The Frogs Aristophanes Xanthias Open Theatre
1989–90 Three Sisters Anton Chekhov Baron Nikolai Lvovich Tuzenbach Open Theatre
1988–89 Lulu Frank Wedekind Rodrigo Open Theatre

Filmography

Television (partial)

Year Series Role Network
2020–21 Ι familia Manos ANT1
2019 Ou foneuseis "Stachtes" Dimitris Open TV
2018–19 Ela sti thesi mou Loukas Pasamitros Alpha
2015–16 Symmathites Androklis Nikolaidis ANT1
2014 Me ta pantelonia katw Gerasimos MEGA
2011 Ta mystika tis Edem Eukleidis Fokas MEGA
2009 Epta thanasimes petheres Thanasis Karamitros MEGA
2008–09 I katallili stigmi Thodoros Mikromaniatis ΝΕΤ
2008 Safe sex TV Stories Vangelis MEGA
2007–08 Amyna zonis Brigadier General Aristides Gikas ΝΕΤ
2007 Epta thanasimes petheres Paraskevas Kollias MEGA
2007 Irthe ki edese Dionysis Stamoulis MEGA
2007 Super babas Kostis ANT1
2006–07 Peninta Peninta Ippokratis Beloutsis MEGA
2006 Safe sex TV Stories Stelios Provatas MEGA
2004–05 Kaneis de leei s' agapo Stefanos Triantafyllou MEGA
2004 Babalou Zisis Alpha
2003–04 Mia agapi, mia zoi Giorgos Alpha
2003 O dromos Dimitris MEGA
2002–03 Fevga Pantelis MEGA
2001–02 Drosoulites Karolos Karolou Star Channel
2000–01 Taksim Antonis ΕΤ1
2000 Na me proseheis Sokratis MEGA
1994–95 To teleftaio antio Dimitris Kosmatos MEGA
1994 Tavros me toxoti Vangelis ANT1
1992–93 Oi frouroi tis Achaias Giannis Filinis MEGA
1991–92 Ypografi Priftis Notis Agorogiannis ANT1
1990–91 Akrivi mou Sofia Constantine I of Greece ET1
1990 I Anagenisi enos Ethnous Captain Dioskouridis ΕΤ2
1990 Jean-Paul Sartre's The Unburied Dead Canoris ΕΤ1

Film (partial)

Year Movie Role
2011 Ap' ta kokkala vgalmena Manolis Padouvakis
2009 Nisos Inspector Athanasiou
2006 Paperboat Father
2005 I gynaika einai... skliros anthropos Detective Karabeos
2002 Avrio tha 'nai arga Boss
2001 Ki avrio mera einai Iordanis

Dubbing (partial)

Sources

  1. ^ "Κώστας Τριανταφυλλόπουλος – Πέθανε ο σπουδαίος ηθοποιός". 21 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Kostas Triantafyllopoulos interview" (in Greek). ypaithros.gr. 10 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Kostas Triantafyllopoulos stars in National Theatre of Greece's production of Kechaidis famous play To Panigiri" (in Greek). diaskedasi.info.
  4. ^ "Κώστας Τριανταφυλλόπουλος: Η ζωή μας είναι συνδεδεμένη με το ψέμα" (in Greek). townsendia.gr. 2019. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Ήταν όλοι τους παιδιά μου του Άρθουρ Μίλλερ, κριτική της παράστασης από τη Μαρία Δαμιανίδου: Ο Κώστας Τριανταφυλλόπουλος φιλοτέχνησε το ρόλο του Κέλλερ με ιδιαίτερη δεξιοτεχνία. Περνούσε με μία συναισθηματική πληρότητα από όλες τις πτυχές του χαρακτήρα του Κέλλερ, με αδρές χαράξεις και περισσή άνεση (...) Τέλος η παράσταση έχει να δώσει πολλά στο θεατρόφιλο κοινό, αφενός γιατί το έργο παραμένει επίκαιρο και είναι φτιαγμένο από έναν που γνώριζε πολύ καλά να χειρίζεται την πένα, αφετέρου γιατί ο Κώστας Τριανταφυλλόπουλος δίνει ένα ρεσιτάλ υποκριτικής." (in Greek). mic.gr. 17 March 2006.
  6. ^ Ben Brantley (1 November 2002). "Theater review: A Timeless Rebel Afire With a Doomed Cause". The New York Times.
  7. ^ Archive of the National Theater of Greece, "Sophocles' Electra – World tour dates and venues" (in greek).
  8. ^ Archive of the National Theatre of Greece, "Sophocles' Antigone – World tour dates and venues" (in greek).
  9. ^ "Theatre Review: Medea", The New York Times (www.nytimes.com), 25 September 1998.
  10. ^ Archive of the National Theatre of Greece, "Photo of Kostas Triantafyllopoulos playing Creon in Euripides' Medea at the State Theatre of Sydney, Australia on 22 – 24 May 1998".
  11. ^ Peter Marks (25 September 1998). "Medea: Anguish, Freeze-Dried and Served With Precision – New York Times review on Medea accompanied with a picture of Kostas Triantafyllopoulos and Karyofyllia Karabeti from the opening night at City Center Theater, Manhattan, New York on 23 September 1998". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018.
  12. ^ "Kostas Triantafyllopoulos interview: Ela sti thesi mou series" (in Greek). tv-24.gr. 28 March 2018.
  13. ^ "Αυτές είναι οι φωνές διασήμων που ακούμε στις μεταγλωτισμένες Disney ταινίες" (in Greek). studentlife.com.cy. 12 July 2017.
  14. ^ "Winnie the Pooh" (in Greek). clickatlife.gr. 21 April 2011.
  15. ^ "Ο Κώστας Τριανταφυλλόπουλος μιλάει για τη Μήδεια του Μποστ: Το έργο είναι μια πρόκληση" (in Greek). Proto Thema. 14 January 2020.
  16. ^ «12 Angry Men» in Alkmini Theatre, parapolitika.gr (in Greek)
  17. ^ A Flea in Her Ear by Georges Feydeau, Aliki Theatre, Athens