Alekos Tzanetakos

Known for ActingBorn 1937-01-01Died 2010-04-11Athens, Greece

Alekos Tzanetakos (1937–2010) was a Greek film actor and screenwriter. He was born in Maniatika, Piraeus, in 1937. He studied at the Karolos Koun School of Theatre Arts and the Lykourgos Stavrakos Higher Film School. He made his theatre debut in 1957 with the troupe of Alekos Sakellarios and Christos Giannakopoulos in the play "Our People", while with the Thessaloniki Regional Theatre of Kostas Hatziskos he also appeared in classical repertoire roles. He first appeared on the big screen in Grigoris Grigoriou's comedy The Abduction of Persephone (1956), written by Iakovos Kambanellis. Later he participated in several films such as Elias of the 16th Century, My Dad the Tendyboy, The Crazy Fifty, Some Prefer the Cold, Law 4000, etc. In the early 1980s he retired from the theater and became involved in writing scripts for video films in which he starred. Tzanetakos was also a racing car and motorcycle driver, taking part in the Panhellenic championships and races of the time and scoring many victories. The actor suffered from serious health problems in the last years of his life, culminating in abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery in November 2009. He passed away at the age of 73 in April 2010. (Source: Wikipedia)Read more

Movies & web series

The Drunk of the Harbor

Κάνε Με Πρωθυπουργό

Five Thousand Lies

Two Clever Fools

Kokovios and Sparos in the Spider's Web

Thymios in the Land of Striptease

Εδώ παπάς εκεί...λαπάς

Great Brides, Gullible Grooms

Crazy Girls Awesome Boys

The Bluffer

The Avenue of Hate

Untouched... flirting!!

A Crazy Crazy Family

The Policeman of the 16th Precinct

Two Crazy and crafty, clever and cunning person

The Incredible

One Groom, Many Lightweight

My Adopted Son the Rally Driver

The Three Liars

The Ogre of Athens

Something Hot

Welcome Dollar

Someone like It Cold...

Egoism

Raki No. 0, the Number!

Ο Μπαμπάς Μου Ο Τεντυμπόυς

One Girl For Two Men

Astronauts

The Parliamentarian Lady

If I Were Rich

For the heart of beautiful Helen

Runaway Bride

Captain Fandis Bastounis

The Smart Aleck

The Crazy Fifty

Seduction... of an Adult

Kiss the Girls

A Very Clever Guy

Mr. Wing Commander

The Orgies Villa

I Neraida Kai to Palikari

My Luck Went Crazy

The Right-Minded Madman

Nomos 4000

Father, Behave Yourself!

The Playful Girl

One Vengos for All Jobs

Holidays in Vietnam