Yannis Tsortekis
Date of birth: 1967-01-01
Place of birth: Athens, Greece
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Yiannis Tsortekis
Biography
Yiannis Tsortekis (Neo Psychiko, 1967) is a Greek actor and director of cinema, television and theatre. He was born and raised in Neo Psychiko, Athens. He is a graduate of the National Theater as well as a graduate of the Department of Theater Studies of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Patras. He is widely known for his participation in the television adaptation of the short story "To 10" by Miltiadis Karagatsis on Alpha TV in the 2007-2008 season. Then followed some participations in the cinema, in the film "The Little Fish" and recently in the film "The Ballad of the Holey Heart". In 2021, he won the "Best Actor" award for his role in this film. In the 2021 season "Postcard" series on ERT1. In 2022 he returns and participates in three productions, in "Dark Sea", in "Maestro" by Christoforos Papakaliatis at MEGA and in the series "This night stays" at Alpha. In 2009 he was awarded the "Karolos Koon" award for his performance in the play "Black Calm" by Dimitris Maronitis
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Soul Food
2021-09-16
Yannis (15) and his mother are moving in at her boyfriend’s apartment. Yannis starts hanging out wit
13½
2010-12-07
Aphrodite is thirteen and a half. Her friends call her Tin-Tin. Aphrodite is in love with Lou. Aphro
J.A.C.E.
2012-11-08
Twice-orphaned Jace, a seven-year-old Albanian of Greek origin, witnesses a massacre that wipes out
At Home
2014-09-04
For many years, Nadja has worked as a housekeeper for an upper class Greek couple and their daughter
The Chaos She Left Behind
2023-09-05
Anna, in her late twenties, feels like her life is sliding away from her hands. A ticket to a music
Stratos
2014-03-27
At age 19, Stratos committed a crime of passion. He spent half his life in prison, where underground
Crossing
2023-10-02
A railway crossing in the middle of nowhere. Two guards: solitary Yiannis who never leaves his post
Fonissa
2023-11-30
It is the early 20th century on a dystopian Greek island. Hadoula, a widow who lost her husband, loa
Brando with a Glass Eye
2024-01-18
A method actor commits a heist that goes wrong. He befriends the critically injured victim and tries
Not Tomorrow
2022-09-10
Michalis has barely 24 hours to redefine his life and make up for his close ones. That same night he
11.20 a.m.
2022-09-06
Olga, a domestic worker originally from Albania, finds herself in a house she works in downtown Athe
Entropy
2018-09-19
It's Eleni's birthday. Friends and relatives are gathering together. Their relationships are going t
Suntan
2016-03-31
Kostis is a 40-year-old doctor that finds himself in the small island of Antiparos, in order to take
Spring Awakening
2016-02-25
Contemporary Athens: A gang of teenage thieves and romantic anarchists test the limits of their yout
The Summer with Carmen
2023-11-04
While having a day-long swim at Athens’ queer beach, best friends Demosthenes and Nikitas recall the
USSAK
2017-05-02
In a suffering country somewhere in the near future, a community of misfits who live in a state of d
Mum, I'm Back
2017-10-09
A woman returns, after 40 years, to the village where she was born. The cause is the death of her mo
37 Days
2018-11-08
When Maria, a young pregnant woman is fired, she goes on a birth strike.
Ballad for a Pierced Heart
2020-03-05
In a small town in Greece, when amorous passion meets with greed money, dead bodies start pilling up
II
2014-09-02
An old groom walks in the open horizon towards a bride waiting for him. They meet but the distance b
Iro /he.roː/
2020-09-28
Today is Tuesday but Iro is not at school. Instead she's at home and she's ready to set off on a Jou
Dad, Lenin and Freddy
2011-11-04
During the 80's, in Athens, a nine-year old girl gradually loses touch with her workaholic communist
Green Sea
2021-11-25
Anna has lost her memory but she hasn’t forgotten how to cook. One night she shows up in a working-c
45 Degrees
2013-04-27
Athens, August 2012. 45 degrees. The fridge is empty. The situation is very tense. A father changes
Cruiser
2015-12-21
It’s just another night at the 24-hour gas station at the edge of Athens. Vlassis starts his night s
Harisma
2010-11-18
Ismini is in her early 30s. She is cultivated, delicate, sensitive and... emotionally handicapped. S
Save Me
2001-11-13
Anna faces everyday problems in her Greek life. Her previous "man" left her debts, the new guy appro
Freezer
2017-09-20
Tassos, a man just over 50 years old, with a career in the marketing and commercial direction of lar
Guilt
2009-09-22
The 50-year Cypriot tragedy through the memories of an old man, a former gun dealer at death's door.
The Volunteer
2022-06-10
Marisa, a recently retired doctor, decides to travel as a volunteer to a Greek refugee camp where, i
January 5th
2025-10-02
The chronic suffering of a troubled son, culminates in a single long shot, as he finds his sick fat
Wasted Youth
2011-03-17
Harris, a 16 year old boy spends his day skateboarding aimlessly around Athens with his friends. Vas