Akis Sakellariou

Acting

Akis Sakellariou

Born November 9, 1961 · Thessaloniki, Greece (age 64)

Akis (Kaloudis) Sakellariou (Thessaloniki, 9 November 1961) is a Greek actor. Graduated from the Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and a graduate of the Roula Paterakis Drama School. He continued his theatrical studies in America, at the Stella Adler Drama School and at HB STUDIO. He has been honored twice with the First and Second Prizes for Best Actor at the Thessaloniki Fil…

Known For

The BricklayerThe Bricklayer · 2023
The Bricklayer
★ 5.82023
MovieActionThriller
Someone is blackmailing the CIA by assassinating foreign journalists and making it look like the agency is responsible. As the world begins to unite against the U.S., the CIA must lure its most brilliant – and rebellious – operative out of retirement, forcing him to confront his checkered past while unraveling an international conspiracy.
Adults in the RoomAdults in the Room · 2019
Adults in the Room
★ 6.52019
MovieDrama
A universal theme: a story of people trapped in an inhuman network of power. The brutal circle of the Eurogroup meetings, who impose on Greece the dictatorship of austerity, where humanity and compassion are utterly disregarded. A claustrophobic trap with no way out, exerting pressures on the protagonists which finally divide them.
God Loves CaviarGod Loves Caviar · 2012
God Loves Caviar
★ 5.42012
MovieAdventureHistory
The true-life, stranger-than-fiction tale of eighteenth-century Greek pirate turned merchant Ioannis Varvakis, who rose from humble beginnings to become the head of one of the largest mercantile empires in Europe.
The Suspended Step of the StorkThe Suspended Step of the Stork · 1991
The Suspended Step of the Stork
★ 6.91991
MovieDrama
A reporter notices an old man in a border town who may be an important Greek politician who disappeared mysteriously years ago.
MeltemMeltem · 2019
Meltem
★ 5.92019
MovieDrama
One year after the death of her mother, Elena, a young French woman of Greek origin, returns to her holiday home on the island of Lesbos. She is accompanied by her friends Nassim and Sekou, two young suburbanites more used to the benches of the city than the paradisiac beaches.
Small CrimeSmall Crime · 2008
Small Crime
★ 5.82008
MovieComedyCrime
Leonidas, a young, ambitious police officer, is assigned to a remote island in the Aegean Sea. He dreams of solving important crimes, but there are few to be found in the sleepy beach community where he is left to such menial chores. Each day at the town café, Leonidas and the other locals watch the beautiful Angeliki, the small islands most famous daughter, as she hosts a popular talk show on national TV. These daily rituals are shattered when the island experiences what appears to be an actual crime-the island drunk, Zacharias, is found dead at the base of a cliff. Eager to do some sleuthing, Leonidas soon finds clues that tie the victim to Angeliki, who returns to the island and joins the investigation.
DodoDodo · 2022
Dodo
★ 5.02022
MovieDramaRomance
A dodo, a bird that disappeared 3000 years ago, makes its appearance in Athens in the luxurious residence of a family on the verge of ruin for which the countdown has begun: the 38 crucial and saving hours that separate them from the marriage of their daughter with a rich heir. The boundaries between reason and madness will be tested and the situation will soon be out of control.
ΓκίνεςΓκίνες · 2009
Γκίνες
★ 5.92009
MovieActionComedy
Threatened by his debtors, rocked by a broken heart and driven by greed, a charming gambler arrives at a middle-of-nowhere tavern in search of a case of gold. Instead, he attracts the attentions of the grumpy tavern owner's unhappy wife, whose affection complicates his plan and perpetuates his spell of misfortune.

Filmography

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Liar WantedLiar Wanted · 2010
Liar Wanted
★ 5.62010
MovieComedy
This bitter political satire is based on a theatre play, later made to a movie, of which the current film is a remake.It's main focus is the clientelistic character of Greek politics which makes a well-meaning but naive Health minister to employ an ambitious young provincial with a talent for lying in order to handle the diverse demands of his volatile political clientèle.The provincial becomes the mastermind behind every move of the minister causing the envy of the minister's closest associates and of his good-looking wife, played by rising Greek media star Zeta Makrypoulia. Changes of fortune abound and finally the plot reveals that the lying provincial is not a bad person in heart although he never denounces lying as a survival strategy.

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