Stratos Tzortzoglou (Greek: Στράτος Τζώρτζογλου) is a Greek actor. He was born 5th of August 1965 in Athens. He studied at Karolos Koun's Art Theater school. He worked in theater with many directors, such as Karolos Koun, Minos Volanakis, Jules Dassin, Spyros Evangelatos and Roula Pateraki and in cinema with Theodoros Angelopoulos, P. Voulgaris, Michael Cacoyannis and N. Panayotopoulos.
In 1990, he worked with Catherine Deneuve in "365 Days of Birth". Internationally, in 1994 he worked with Eva Bergman in the film "One Love and the Other", co-starring with Lena Endre. In 2004, he worked with Michel Favart in the film "Le Dernier Monsieur des Balcans." In 2004, he played Leah Vitall's "Roast Beef" in Riveralde Studio in Hammersmith in London, co-starring with Sarah Douglas. STRATOS TZORTZOGLOU worked with:
DIRECTORS
THEODOROS ANGELOPOULOS -Landscape in the Mist [ORESTES -leading role], which received a Silver Lion Award for Best Director, Venice Film Festival. Felix (Best European Film of the Year) Award Golden Hugo Award for Best Director Silver Plaque for Best Cinematography, Chicago Film Festival
-Ulysses' Gaze (1995) with HARVEY KEITEL Grand Jury Prize and International Critics' Prize, 1995 Cannes Film Festival. Felix of the Critics (Film of the Year 1995) [ORESTES]
MICHAEL CACOYANNIS -Up Down And Sideways [Stratos played leading role STAVROS,he co-starred with IRENE PAPPAS (Michael received Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film nominations for Zorba the Greek and two nominations in the Foreign Language Film category for Electra and Iphigenia.)
EVA BERGMAN (daughter of director Ingmar Bergman) -One Love And The Other [Stratos co-starred with LENA ENDRE who is well known for the films Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Faithless, The Girl Who Played With Fire].
DRAGAN BJELOGRLIC -Montevideo, God Bless You![Stratos played the role of Greek-American Mafia Referee]The film is selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards.
MICHEL FAVART -Le dernier seigneur des Balkans [Stratos played the leading role of TAKIS]- TV mini-series France France 2 (FR2) F. Productions TV5 Monde Hellenic Radio & Television (ERT).
JULES DASSIN -DEATH OF A SALESMAN (Theatre),Stratos played the leading role BIFF LOMAN. (JULES DASSIN known for his 1956 film Rififi, Dassin earned the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival. His 1960 film Never on Sunday earned the music Academy Award by Manos Hadjidakis. Ta Paidia tou Peiraia and the Cannes Film Festival best actress award by Melina Mercouri. In 1982, he was a member of the jury at the 34th Berlin International Film Festival and quickly became better known for his noir films Brute Force, The Naked City, and Thieves' Highway in the 1940s, which helped him to become one of the leading American filmmakers of the postwar era. Dassin's most influential film was Rififi, an early work in the "heist film" genre. It inspired later heist films, such as Ocean's Eleven and Mission: Impossible. Another piece it inspired was Dassin's own heist film Topkapi, filmed in France and Istanbul, Turkey with Melina Mercouri and Oscar winner Peter Ustinov.)
ANDREAS VOUTSINAS -MRS. WARREN’S PROFESSION (Theatre),Stratos played the leading role FRANK. (Andreas is best known for his roles in three Mel Brooks films; The Producers (1968), The Twelve Chairs (1970) and History of the World, Part I (1980). In 1957 he joined the Actors Studio. He worked as an actor and director on Broadway in Elia Kazan's films with Jules Dassin and Luc Besson. Voutsinas followed Jane Fonda to Hollywood where he coached her in a number of movies. He then started working as a coach for many others, including Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty).
ACTORS
IRENE PAPPAS in Michal Cacoyiannis s film UP DOWN AND SIDEWAYS.Stratos played the leading role of STAVROS (Irene Papas began her early career in Greece. She was discovered by Elia Kazan, achieving widespread fame there, before starring in internationally renowned films such as The Guns of Navarone and Zorba the Greek, and critically acclaimed films such as Z and Electra. She is a leading figure in cinematic transcriptions of ancient tragedy since she has portrayed Helenin The Trojan Women, Clytemnestra in Iphigenia, and the eponymous parts in Electra and Antigone. She appeared as Catherine of Aragon in the film Anne of the Thousand Days, opposite Richard Burton and Geneviève Bujold in 1969. She co-starred in The Trojan Women with Katharine Hepburn, who once said that Papas was "one of the best actresses in the history of cinema". -CATHERINE DENEUVE (Television) in 365 DAYS OF BIRTH (Catherine Deneuve is a French actress who gained worldwide recognition in films such as Repulsion (1965) and Belle de jour (1967). Deneuve was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1993 for her performance in Indochine. She also won César Awards for the film and The Last Metro (1980). She is considered one of France's most successful actresses).
-LENA ENDRE(Television)in ONE LOVE AND THE OTHER(Swedish production) (who is well known for the films Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Faithless, The Girl Who Played With Fire She is perhaps best known for her part in the Liv Ullmann film Trolösa (2000) as well as her role as Katarina, the love interest for Wallander in the second TV series of that name).
-SARAH DOUGLAS(Theatre) in Lia Vitali s ROAST BEEF. Stratos played the leading role of STRANGER in Riverside Studio theatre, London in 2004 (Sarah Douglas is an English actress best known for playing the Kryptonian supervillain Ursa in the first two Superman movies and for her role as Pamela Lynch in the 1980s primetime drama series Falcon Crest).
AWARDS
1-The National Greek award for best male actor in the film Up, Down and Sideways, by Michael Cacoyannis.
2-Best male actor in STARS DE DEMAIN, Geneva, in the film Landscape in the Mist, by Theodoros Angelopoulos.
Stratos received this award from Jane Russell who was an American film actress and one of Hollywood's leading sex symbols in the 1940s and 1950s He has received two awards: 1) the National (Greek) award for best male actor, for his role in the film "Up, Down and Sideways" by Michael Cacoyannis, in which he was co-starring with Irene Papas. 2) The Second award for best male actor for STARS DE DEMAIN, in Geneve in 1989 for the film "Landscape in the Mist" by Theodoros Angelopoulos.
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2011-MONTEVIDEO,BOG TE VIDEO-PRICA DRUGA by DRAGAN BJELOGRLIC
2011-CYCLOPE by V.Tresziac
2010-POSITIVE STORIES by Th. Totsikas
2010-37 MEMORIES by A. Spartalis
2009-WISHES by A. Spartalis
2005- THE LAST SEGNIOR OF BALKANS by MICHEL FAVART
2002-ARIADNE by G. Kordelas
1997- THE BACHELOR by N. PANAGIOTOPOULOS
1996-TOWARDS FREEDOM by H. Papadopoulos
1995-ULYSSES GAZE by THEODOROS ANGELOPOULOS with HARVEY KEITEL
1994-ONE LOVE AND THE OTHER by EVA BERGMAN (adaptation of Maria Von Rosen, co-starring with LENA ENDRE
1993-UP DOWN AND SIDEWAYS by MIHALIS KAKOGIANNIS co-starring with IRENE PAPPAS
1991-MASTER OF THE SHADOWS by L. Xanthopoulos
1990-SCARS OF THE NIGHT by P. Kokinopoulos
1988 -THE STRIKER WITH NUMBER 9 by P. VOULGARIS
1988- LANDSCAPE IN THE MIST by THEODOROS ANGELOPOULOS
O teleftaios Arhontas ton Valkanion ( Le Dernier seigneur des Balkans ) (2005) adaptation of Necati Cumali novel , The last segnior of Balkans
2009-2011 The Life of Others, Mega Channel
2008-2010 In Red Background Sigma Channel
2003-2004 Windows Club, Alter Channel
2011-2004 Following the Heart Alpha Channel
2000-2001 Secretary in Trouble, Antenna Channel
1999-2000 In the Shadow of War, Mega Channel
1998-1999 The Scars of Love, Mega Channel
1997-1998 Fallen Angel, Antenna Channel
1996-1997 Tide, Mega Channel
1993-1994 Wonderful Life, Mega Channel
1992-1993 Achaia’s Guards, Mega Channel
2011 TRAINSPOTTING I.Wells Director Phaedra Sotou Role: Begby & Swany
2011 HUNGRY ANYONE A. Pappa Director Athina Pappa Role: Angel
2011 MYSTERIES STORIES E.A.Poe 2011 BRIEF ENCOUNTER N. Coward Director S. Tzortzoglou Role: Dr. George
2011 OSCAR Director Stratos Tzortzoglou Role: Oscar
2011 INSIDE THE MIND OF A MAN Director Stratos Tzortzoglou Role: Host
2010 TALENTS READY FOR ALL Director Stratos Tzortzoglou Role: Petros
2009 MRS WARREN S PROFFESION G.B. Shaw Director ANDREAS VOUTSINAS. Role: George
2009 BRIEF ENCOUNTER N. Coward Director Mimi Denisi Role: Dr George
2008 BACCHAE by EURIPIDES Director Tassos Ratzos Role: Dionyssos