Acting
Jul 29, 1938
Athens, Greece
Giorgos Tzortzis
Acting
Biography
George Tzortzis (Athens, 30 July 1938 - 14 January 2019) was a Greek television and film actor. He was born in Athens on 30 July 1938. He made his theatre debut in 1960 and in cinema in 1961. He made his theatre debut in Alejandro Casona's play "Trees Die Standing", with the troupe of Vasilis Diamantopoulos and Maria Alkaios. Participation in many other troupes followed, with the longest-lasting one with the troupe of Dimitris Myrat and Voula Zoumboulakis. In the mid-1970s, he created his own troupe with his then wife Tonia Kaziani, with whom he staged important works of the international repertoire. He also acted on television, with his best-known participation being in the series, The Shine, by Nikos Foskolos, in the role of the Chief of Police. His other television appearances were in The Unknown War, The Witches of Smyrna and Bloody Soils in 2008, where he co-starred with Anna Synodinou. He was married to fellow actress Tonia Kaziani, whom he met on the set of the film A German in Kalavrita and with whom he also starred in the TV series The Unknown War. They had a daughter, Eugenia, who did not pursue acting. They divorced years later. He died at the age of 80 on January 14, 2019.
Feature Films (33)
The film is inspired by the epic poem, "Astrapogiannos", of the Greek poet, representative of the Heptanese School, and politician, Aristotelis Valaoritis, and refers to the life of Lambetis, the son of Astrapogiannos.
Freedom or Death
The picture is set during Battle of Greece and Crete Battle in 1941, after the fall of the mainland when the Germans entered Athens.
At the Battle of Crete
When a timid villager sees bureaucracy's ugly side, he makes a hollow bomb threat, unbeknownst to him that, only moments after his outburst, a very real bombing attack will level the Tourism Organisation.
A Coward and a Brave
Lena, Alexis and Manolis are ready to run with the money of a bogus company they had founded, when Lena discloses the secret to her childhood friend Dimitris. Alexis and Manolis decide to take him along, in their small private plane. They will land in a deserted spot and try to kill him, while Lena escapes with the plane, which she throws to a swamp along with the money it carries. The people from a lighthouse nearby apprise of the situation and try to get the plane out of the swamp, hoping the money will change their fortune.
The Swamp
Jealousy is a reasonable indication of love and expressions of interest for the other half. But when it exceeds the reasonable limits, is suffering for both. Typical is the case of a jealous wife who during a cruise in the Mediterranean, will upset everyone with her antics.
The Cruise of Love
A quartet of short stories about Greece during the various occupations during World War 2
The Cannon and the Nightingale
Television & Series (7)
Lampsi is one of the most popular series on Greek television. It was broadcast for more than 14 years by the Greek television station ANT1 nearly every day. This TV series was played on Greek television station ANT1 and began broadcasting on 16 September 1991 and the last episode was broadcast on 29 July 2005. In total 3,457 episodes were broadcast in 14 years. The script was written by Nikos Foskolos and on the filming of the episodes directors were Nikos Foskolos, Spyros Foskolos and other five directors. All the actors and the actresses, who were performed roles on TV series, were 1.500 who were already well-known or became well-known from their acting careers on the TV series.