Spyros Kalogirou
Spyros Kalogirou (Kypseli, 3 November 1922 - Athens, 27 June 2009) was a Greek theatre and film actor, best known for his villainous roles on the big screen. His trembling voice and fierce appearance were characteristic.
He acted in many films, both on television and in cinema, and when he played such roles he was very convincing. He also participated in many theatrical performances but did not have many collaborations with his wife, as she was at the National Theater and he was more involved with independent theater. After the '80s they formed their own troupe, staged performances and toured.
He acted in approximately two hundred plays and in all genres of theater, classical and contemporary writers, from theater of the absurd (Eugene Ionesco) to revue, but also in many of the Greek dramaturgy.
He first appeared in cinema in 1955 in Dimis Dadiras’ film O agapitikos tis voskopoulas. Since then, he has participated in more than 60 films, alongside the biggest names in Greek cinema. He appeared in about 55 films, including: Athens at Night, Stefania, Machine Gun Concerto, The Fairy and the Boy, The Blonde Teacher, Maria of Silence, The Man with the Carnation, and Stakaman. However, the film that left an era was Lola, in which Spyros Kalogirou had said the unforgettable phrase "There's a lot of money, Aris", to his then co-star Nikos Kourkoulos about the "eyes" of Jenny Karezi.
In 1966, at the Thessaloniki Film Festival, he was awarded an honorary distinction for his performance in the short film Jimmy the Tiger by Pantelis Voulgaris, and in 1971, the film critics awarded him the Silver Apollo for his role in the film Abuse of Power. He was honored with the Golden Head of the Vakhtangov Theater in Moscow. He also appeared in television series (Even Married People Have a Soul).
Known for
Monday's Theater
Τα Φιλαράκια
Priest
The Teacher with the Golden Hair
Sotiris Garbis
Astrapogiannos
Giamouris
Darling, Let's Get Naked!
Andreas
Visibility Zero
Irodotos Richter
Lieutenant Natassa
Major
I trapezitissa tis Black Bank
Érotas sta Kýmata
O agalitsas: Ena exagomeno koroido
Karolos Antypas
Η Κύπρος στις φλόγες
Liza and All the Others
παππούς
The Trial of the Judges
Minister Shinas
Hymnographer Kassiani
Όλα στην Ταράτσα
Σαββίδης
Five Thousand Lies
Συζυγικά Βραχυκυκλώματα
Nontas Skilakos
Lola
Μαύρος
Abuse of authority
Vasilis Apostolopoulos
O kapetanios ki i horeftria
Ληστές και ασφαλιστές
Tall, Thin and a Big Liar
Listarhos Karvelis
To koritsi tou batsou
Τα Τσακάλια
Manolis Anastasopoulos
Amok
Minas
O Katergaris
Ploutarhos Varnis
The Asphalt Fever
Miltiadis Tsipouras
Maria in Silence
Antonis Vournas
The... victim
Straatis
Άγρια Πάθη
Hands Up, Hitler
Periklis
Stefania
Armandos
I blame the People
Matthaios Tsaltas
O Tamtakos Zei!
Major
Jimmy the Tiger
Jimmy the Tiger
I Neraida Kai to Palikari
kapetan Skandalakis
Of Fortune The Written
Υπέρ επείγον
Concert for Machine Guns
Agent
The Craziest Star
In the name of the law
Dimosthenis Evelpidis
The Ruthless
Thanasis
The little man
Panagiotis
The Red Train
Logothetis
At Hell's Door
Panic
Nikos
The Omnipresent
The Revolutionary
Αυγουστής
The Jungle of Cities
Frantzis
I theatrina
The Constellation of Virgin
Leonidas
Εσχάτη Προδοσία
Athens by Night
A Funny Girl
Παντελής
Stakaman!
Petros
Ο Εραστής
Vyron
Αλίκη
Βασίλης (Πατέρας της Αλίκης)
Trouba '67
Tsardas
Madalena
Giakoumis
Markisia tou limaniou
O kavalaris ton F.M. Stereo
Markos Papastathis
Ο Θείος μας ο Μίμης
Λυκούργος
Ο παπαφαγάνας
A Thief and a Gentleman
Arhelaos
Young Lad at the School Desks
Mr. Kalavrezos
The Daughter of the Sun
Stratos Karatzas
Πασοκομαζέματα Ανδρεοσκορπίσματα
Τίποτα δεν Άλλαξε Λαέ!
Και Εύθυμη και Χήρα
κ. Ράντεκ
Ena moro... gia treis
Τα ντερέκια
O protaris batsos kai i troteza
Noulis
I am innocent
Η εκδίκηση του Πατέρα
Markos, the drug dealer
A German in Kalavryta
Confession of a Mother
Stathis
Μαντάμ Ορτάνς
Bullets Don't Come Back
Outlaw
Η μάνα της φόνισσας
Επιχείρηση προίκα
The Beloved Of The Shepherdess
I Love You, Mitso
Vladimiros Iordanoglou
Love and Blood
Theofilos Argouzis
O xemoramenos
Kyriakos
Εγκέφαλος Με Βίδα... Και Βαλβίδα!!!
Andreas Pirounis
Agrafos nomos
Κυριάκος
O kontos me to papaki
Theodore
Φωτιά στα μπατζάκια μου
Varvaros erastis
Ο τελευταίος πειρασμός του Μήτσου
Jobber crazy awesome girls
Policeman