| Kostas Gousgounis Κώστας Γκουσγκούνης |
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| Born | Konstantinos Gousgounis March 21, 1931 Larissa, Greece |
| Occupation | actor, porn star |
Kostas Gousgounis (Gr: Κώστας Γκουσγκούνης) (born 1931 in Larissa, Greece) is a legendary figure of 1970s and 1980s Greek pornography, although a few of his films were in the genre of hardcore pornography.
Gousgounis (or Gouzgounis) is considered the foremost male figure of 1970s Greek pornography and the best known of 1980s along with Paulos Karanikolas. He has appeared in cult classics such as O Idonoblepsias (The Peeping Tom) and Sklavos (Slave). A retired pornographer for a long time, in 1996 he appeared in the award-winning Nikolas Triantafyllidis film Radio Moscow to be followed by The Overcoat (1997) and Mavro Gala (Black Milk, 2000). He has also made a guest appearance in the popular Greek comedy series Tis Elados Ta Pedia (Greece's Boys). Gousgounis was the honored person in the 3rd Festival of Cult Greek Cinema, which was on February 14, 2005.
Gousgounis has starred in many movies during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. In Greek every-day language, Gousgounis is used as a euphemism for "a male who has lots of sex". He starred in Kazantzakis' Christ Recrucified a Greek TV series.