Spyros Fokas

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Born: August 17, 1937
Died: November 10, 2023

Spiros Focas is one of Greece's most respected and well-known actors. He was discovered by legendary Italian director Luchino Visconti and cast in a lead role in the classic Rocco and His Brothers (1960). He went on to star in many Greek and Italian films throughout the 1960s and '70s, working with…

Biography

Spiros Focas is one of Greece's most respected and well-known actors. He was discovered by legendary Italian director Luchino Visconti and cast in a lead role in the classic Rocco and His Brothers (1960). He went on to star in many Greek and Italian films throughout the 1960s and '70s, working with such famous directors as Vincente Minnelli and Ferdinando Baldi. His work in Hollywood includes the hit films The Jewel of the Nile (1985) and Rambo III (1988). His most recent work includes the role of Uncle Telly in 3 Nights in Nisyros (2009).

Actor

Few Hours in Athens(2019)as Street artist

Outlanders(2019)as Tyrant

Ellinikon(2019)

O thisavros(2017)as Charálampos Chairetákis

Raw Trip(2016)as Sheriff

Art Department

Night Adventure(1954)

The Tower of Knights(1952)

Additional Crew

Night Adventure(1954)

The Key of Happiness(1953)

The Father Is Training(1953)

The Tower of Knights(1952)

Self

Fay's Time(2023)as Self

Pragmaton yli magiki(2012)as Narrator

Eikona sou eimai(2010)as (2010)

Gala(2002)as Self

I farma ton eponymon(2003)as Self

Archive Footage

Compression(1995)as Self

Known for

Rambo III1988 · Actor The Jewel of the Nile1985 · Actor Rocco and His Brothers1960 · Actor Zorro in the Court of England1969 · Actor

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Max Cartier, Spyros Fokas, Renato Salvatori, and Rocco Vidolazzi in Rocco and His Brothers (1960)

Alain Delon, Spyros Fokas, Katina Paxinou, Renato Salvatori, and Rocco Vidolazzi in Rocco and His Brothers (1960)

Spyros Fokas and Richard Roundtree at an event for Shaft in Africa (1973)

Spyros Fokas and Eleni Zafeiriou in Apolytrosis (1961)

Despo Diamantidou, Spyros Fokas, Dimitris Kollatos, Lakis Lazopoulos, Sotiria Leonardou, Sotiris Moustakas, Giannis Savvidakis, and Alexandros Kollatos in Death on the Prowl (2003)