Alekos Tzanetakos
Biography
Alekos Tzanetakos (1937–2010) was a Greek film actor and screenwriter. He was born in Maniatika, Piraeus, in 1937. He studied at the Karolos Koun School of Theatre Arts and the Lykourgos Stavrakos Higher Film School. He made his theatre debut in 1957 with the troupe of Alekos Sakellarios and Christos Giannakopoulos in the play "Our People", while with the Thessaloniki Regional Theatre of Kostas Hatziskos he also appeared in classical repertoire roles. He first appeared on the big screen in Grigoris Grigoriou's comedy The Abduction of Persephone (1956), written by Iakovos Kambanellis. Later he participated in several films such as Elias of the 16th Century, My Dad the Tendyboy, The Crazy Fifty, Some Prefer the Cold, Law 4000, etc. In the early 1980s he retired from the theater and became involved in writing scripts for video films in which he starred. Tzanetakos was also a racing car and motorcycle driver, taking part in the Panhellenic championships and races of the time and scoring many victories. The actor suffered from serious health problems in the last years of his life, culminating in abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery in November 2009. He passed away at the age of 73 in April 2010.
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Movies (50)
Τρεις παρθένες στο κρεβάτι μου
1989
Seduction... of an Adult
as Terry
1987
Rabbits and Bunnies
as Πέτρος, διευθυντής ξενοδοχείου
1987
Roky-0 No. 2
as Ρόκυ
1987
Επιχείρηση προίκα
1987
Σφαλιάρα Κίντ
1987
The cleaners
1987
Στα μανούλια λέμε ναι
1987
Mia sto karfi kai mia sto petalo
1987
Εδώ παπάς εκεί...λαπάς
1987
Οι εγκέφαλοι
1987
Anamesa se 7 gynaikes
1986
Ένας Τρελός... Τρελός Ονειροπαρμένος
as Αλέκος Αλεξίου
1986
Raki No. 0, the Number!
as Rocky
1986
Ταξί αγάπη μου
1986
Οι ατσίδες
1986
The maid of the night
1985
Untouched... flirting!!
as Frixos
1983
Επαγγελματίες ρεμάλια
1976
One Groom, Many Lightweight
as Grigoris
1972
Great Brides, Gullible Grooms
as Aspromousis
1972
If I Were Rich
as Mihalis
1972
Carefree... Nut
as Customer in Gas Station
1971
Two Modern Revelers
as Marios
1971
Holidays in Vietnam
as Makis
1971
Two Clever Fools
as Loukas
1971
King of Liars
as Andreas
1971
Καυτά... ψυχρά κι' ανάποδα
as Babis
1971
The Crazy Fifty
as Lakis Agarinos
1971
Ship Owner Without Wanting To
1971
My Adopted Son the Rally Driver
1971
The Three Liars
1970
Two Crazy and crafty, clever and cunning person
1970
One Vengos for All Jobs
as Fotis
1970
The Incredible
as Petros Karalis
1970
My Luck Went Crazy
as Alekos Detsikas
1970
Crazy Girls Awesome Boys
1970
I Neraida Kai to Palikari
as Manolios
1969
The Bluffer
as Andreas
1969
The... victim
as Dimitris
1969
The Barber's Beauty
as Loukas
1969
The Crooked Wood
as Petros Markopoulos
1969
Two Feet in One Shoe
as Harilaos (voice)
1969
Wake up, you sucker...
as Lakis Baroles
1969
The Right-Minded Madman
as Tzilis
1968
The Avenue of Hate
as Stamos
1968
The Giant of Kypseli
as Alekos
1968
Captain Fandis Bastounis
as racing driver
1968
A Rich Without Money
as John Birdas
1967
Welcome Dollar
as Takis Aggeloutsos
1967