Giannis Bezos

Ioannis "Giannis" Bezos (Greek: Ιωάννης (Γιάννης) Μπέζος; born 10 September 1956 in Athens) is a Greek actor and director, widely considered one of the best Greek comedic actors of all time, performing on TV and in the theatre. He has also acted in five films. The person who discovered Bezos first was Thymios Karakatsanis, at a performance at Smaroula theatre. Initially, he worked with Aliki Vougiouklaki on stage. He went on to have a number of TV hits: Oi Aparadektoi (1991–92, 1992–93), Tis Ellados ta Paidia (1993–95), Ekeines Kai Ego (1996-98), Flower-spread Life (1998–99), Akros oikogeneiakon (2001-3), Eftyhismenoi Mazi (2007–10), My Daughter's Marriage (2010) and Clinical Case (2011). In many of the TV series in which he starred and stars, he has cooperated with the director Andreas Morfonios, with whom he has a close friendship, while some of these are directed by Bezos himself. Also, he starred in various theatrical performances in the 1980s including Frogs and Lysistrata. In March 2009, the theatrical hit La Cage Aux Folles, a Jean Poiret French musical, starring Bezos, made its premiere at Pallas theatre, with direction by Stamatis Fasoulis. Bezos is also famous for his singing, which he often demonstrates while performing. Consequently, he has featured in musical performances, periodical cooperations and on records (at Giorgos Hatzinasiou, Notis Mavroudis and Thanos Mikroutsikos records). Since 1987, he has been married to actress Natalia Tsaliki, who has featured alongside Bezos many times on TV and stage. They have a daughter, Iro Bezou (1988). In April 2016, the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation announced Bezos would host a new television series, "Speaking of Theatre" («Μιλώντας για θέατρο»), on ERT2, Bezos's first TV hosting role for some time.

Works

Throw the Deep Fryer

When internationally renowned chef Kimon Orloff discovers that his real father is not the man who raised him but the owner of the tavern "I Lagoudera" who is facing serious financial problems, he must work with him if he wants to save his business.

Release Date2018-09-24

Charactersd Ανδρέας Μπασκιάς

Episode Count114

Vote Count5

They and I

The adventures of a vulture, an exquisite, handsome and particularly charming man who loves and is loved too much by women.

Release Date1996-10-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Zahos Donganos

Episode Count55

Vote Count11

The Other Me

A series of murders alarm the police authorities, as strange symbolisms are traced to every crime scene. The eccentric professor of criminology Dimitris Lainis is asked to shed some light on the mystery.

Release Date2019-06-22

Charactersd Minister Dorotheos Komninos

Episode Count4

Vote Count26

The Unacceptable

A comedy television series. The series is representative of the daily life of Athenians in the early '90s.

Release Date1991-09-18

Charactersd Giannis

Episode Count48

Vote Count13

Vios Anthospartos

Amalia Parisi is a tax preparer, living in Chalkida. She is about to get married with Anestis, but when she meets his brother Nikolas, a new love is born.

Release Date1998-10-05

Charactersd Νικόλας

Episode Count32

Vote Count2

Se xena kheria

Release Date2021-09-27

Charactersd Χαράλαμπος Φεγκούδης

Episode Count157

Vote Count2

I Eliza kai oi alloi

Release Date1992-09-14

Charactersd Mickie

Episode Count1

Vote Count5

VIP Kala Geramata

A strictly appropriate comedy, comes to a nursing home... pure madness!

Release Date2024-10-09

Charactersd Giannis Leroutsos

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

The Children of Greece

Three airthcraftmen have their military service in an aviation office camp. The commander of this camp is Kakalos with the military rank of Group Captain. He is a strict commander but he is also ambitious, flirtatious and sometimes blunderer. Other basic members of the cast are Hlapatsas, a nark aircraftman, Karavaneas a naive sergeant and Boubou the secretary of the commander. The series is based on the funny situations between the staff of this aviation camp.

Release Date1993-09-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Σμήναρχος Κάκαλος

Episode Count53

Vote Count12

Γάμος με τα Όλα του

Γάμος με τα Όλα του

Release Date2005-09-30

Charactersd Ηλίας

Episode Count2

Παρουσιάστε

Bored soldiers, hard-ass commandos, dirty boots, guard duties, a Greek mommy, an influencer, a plastic surgeon, a gambling-addicted secretary and a caravan parked right outside! Two adjoining camps in the greek border. Two commanders in the middle of a "battle" that started years ago for a woman and now erupts for the position of brigadier general. One is old-school, cold-blooded militarist and the other lenient and caring. Goulas and Skordas. Sworn enemies!

Release Date2020-09-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Lefteris Goulas

Episode Count60

Vote Count4

Happy Together

A man with three sons and a woman with two daughters fall in love and decide to live together as a family.

Release Date2007-10-05

Charactersd Διονύσης Μαυροτσούκαλος

Episode Count60

Vote Count10

You Can’t Take From One Who Does Not Have

You Can’t Take From One Who Does No Have (Ouk an lavois para tou mi ehontos) is a Greek animated mini-series that aired in the 2010-2011 season on Mega. Ouk an lavois para tou mi ehontos develops in modern Athens where Charos goes, wanting to withdraw from his obligations. However, he is short an obolus on his books, what Menippus owes since he died. Hermes, as the carrier of souls and responsible for Menippus not having the obolus, together with Charus try to help Menippus make money to pay him the obolus. The series was scheduled to begin in the 2009–2010 season, but was eventually rescheduled for the following season’s schedule. The series consists of a total of one cycle with 14 episodes.

Release Date2010-11-05

Charactersd Saint Peter

Episode Count14

Vote Count8

Famagusta

A couple of young people (she 17 and he 19) lose their three-month-old baby on the day of the invasion. They themselves are forced to leave their place, at the same time losing all hope of finding their baby.

Release Date2024-01-21

Charactersd Antreas Sekeris

Episode Count24

Vote Count5

Absent

Another great success by Mirella Papaikonomou, which outlines in the most dramatic way the catalytic power of absence. The series is filmed, for the most part, in enchanting locations in Crete. The messes at his daughter's wedding party hide his plans. In the wake of the mantinades, Sifis packs his things and says goodbye to his wife after 22 years of marriage. The closed society of Chania is in uproar. And as she desperately demands "purification", his wife will search for the reasons that led Sifis to this decision. And while he is absent, Stathis, his close childhood friend, stands by his wife's side. Can the absence of a loved one prove worse than his presence? And how catalytic can this absence prove to be for people's relationships and emotions?

Release Date1995-10-05

Charactersd Στάθης

Episode Count20

Vote Count2

Clinical Case

Markos is a wealthy big-shot surgeon who in a twisted turn of events, finds himself working at a small village in the countryside. There he must get along with the kindhearted and naive villagers who like him despite him being anti-social and peculiar. Will he fight back falling in love? Will the villagers show him a calmer approach to life?

Release Date2011-11-18

Charactersd Μάρκος Στάικος

Episode Count18

Vote Count7

Extremely Family Friendly

The every day life of a Greek family - four children, a husband who is a lawyer, a wife, a gambling grandma, a jinxed aunt, and a rabbit.

Release Date2001-10-01

Charactersd Alexandros Theotokatos

Episode Count48

Vote Count6

Θα μιλήσεις με τον δικηγόρο μου

Release Date1992-12-01

Charactersd Αντώνης

Episode Count31

Vote Count2

I zoi en tafo

Release Date2019-01-31

Charactersd Στρατηγός Μπαλαφάρας

Episode Count16

Vote Count2

Emma's House

Release Date2013-11-22

Charactersd Αρχοντής Παξινός

Episode Count21

Vote Count3

He came and tied

A flirtatious successful heart surgeon becomes attracted to a young doctor and her strong independent mother and his life gets very complicated.

Release Date2006-10-04

Charactersd Γιώργος Λεβέντης

Episode Count28

Vote Count4

Aristotelis O Aristos

Yannis Bezos is spotlighted.

Release Date1999-10-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Αρίστος

Episode Count32

Vote Count1

Μη με σκας!

Μη με σκας!

Release Date2015-10-20

Charactersd Σωκράτης Αβρααμίδης

Episode Count3

Τα Μαχαιρώματα

Release Date2004-09-30

Charactersd Θεμιστοκλής Μακρής

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Front Page Woman

What was this woman? The tragic victim of the SS or the female executioner of the Hitler's camps? What was it all about? A satan or an angel? Why, in peacetime, the old nightmares come back and drift into this shocking adventure of love, hatred and action with an unexpected ending?

Release Date1987-01-01

Charactersd Preacher

Vote Count2

The Christmas Tango

At the time of the Greek junta, in an isolated army camp, a lieutenant forces a soldier to teach him the tango in order to ask the wife of his Colonel to dance with him.

Release Date2011-12-01

Charactersd Manolis Loggos

Vote Count28

Στενές επαφές τρύπιου τοίχου

Release Date1991-12-12

Charactersd Χατζηπαπάς, νομικός σύμβουλος

Episode Count15

Vote Count1

Bonus

Pandelis is a garbageman who is anxiously waiting to retire and receive his well-earned superannuation payout. His wife and mother-in-law are also awaiting the super payout, but they have different ideas as to how the money should be spent. The usually submissive and calm Pandelis suddenly decides to react... Philippides does a sterling job as the long-suffering Pandelis and his vicissitudes leave one with a warm feeling. Unlikely though the scenario may seem, one wishes it to be true, thus giving hope for the many Pandelides out there who find themselves contemplating life in their middle years with regret and disappointment.

Release Date2001-11-30

Charactersd Giannis

Vote Count11

Illustration

An arrogant politician feeds his mail ego in meeting with a Russian call girl. At the same time his wife, a young hysterical star, picks a fight on set with a talk-show hostess who is in a loveless marriage with a yuppie manager who vents in therapy.

Release Date2006-11-23

Charactersd Giorgos

Vote Count2

Ευτυχισμένοι μαζί

TV Movie - 3 Years after the series with the same name

Release Date2009-01-01

Charactersd Dionisis

The Very Poor, Inc.

Odysseus is a model employee in Haramis Inc, a large company with an unscrupulous boss, Mr Haramis. When an oil spill puts the boss in a difficult situation, Odysseus gets the blame and he is sent to jail unfairly. In jail, he meets a junkyard dealer and an out-of-work mathematician with a fixation on the chaos theory. The three meet again once out of jail and decide to start a rubbish recycling company, which unfortunately, soon becomes successful enough to challenge the profits of Haramis Inc. Odysseus and his former boss cross swords again and end up in court - The moot point, who owns rubbish?

Release Date2000-11-17

Charactersd Odysseas

Vote Count2

Creative Producer: The Unsung Hero of Greek Cinema

The documentary Creative Producer: The Unsung Hero of Greek Cinema explores the role of the producer in the creative process of Greek cinema, highlighting the complexity and unseen creative role that distinguishes this special profession.

Release Date2024-05-26

Charactersd Himself (Archive Footage)

My Daughter's Wedding

Yannis Lazos is a man who has it all! He is a charming and famous actor, madly in love with his wife and protective of his daughter. In fact, he is overly protective! For his daughter, his greatest work, Yannis is capable of going to extremes!

Release Date2010-01-06

Charactersd Γιάννης

Vote Count3

The Woman Who Dreamed

Something changes in the relationship of Achilleas and Anna when she starts to dream vividly and insists on relating her dreams to her husband. He is a barrister in the middle of an important murder trial and his temper becomes frayed with Anna's seeming indifference and involvement and preoccupation with her dream world.

Release Date1988-12-02

Charactersd Achilleas

Vote Count3

Honorable Cuckolds

This is a series of stand-alone comedy episodes on the theme of infidelity. Each episode deals with a different type of "cuckold" man and how he reacts to his wife's infidelity. The connecting link of all the stand-alone episodes is the "ghost" couple, Eva - Theophilos. After their death, they are given a second chance at life as long as they win a bet. Eva will have to break up more couples than Theophilos can keep together. Their fights are proverbial and in order to achieve their goal, they find inventive ways to get involved in the lives of the "cuckold" heroes and turn them upside down...!

Release Date2006-10-02

Episode Count1

Vote Count6

Ta haidemena paidia

Ta haidemena paidia

Four men and one woman, possessed by a "natural need" for the law, create the NSPR (Special Body to Fight Poverty) and intervene whenever circumstances call for them. However, the driving force behind everything is the old hacker named Nikephoros A', who not only watches, protects and sometimes subtly guides his son's scandalous group, but also paves the way for the Greece of the future...

Release Date2001-10-18

Episode Count1

Up, Down and Sideways

A prosperous widow with a gay son falls for a young gym instructor in Athens.

Release Date1992-12-01

Vote Count9

I kori tou Rembrandt

A lavish mansion hosts a grand reception attended by ambassadors, ministers, the police chief, a techno-detective, a mercenary, and two wandering beauties. A mysterious painting by Rembrandt piques the interest of some of the guests, with the host of the evening, Mr. Malaparte, hiding a priceless artistic treasure inside his home... Or maybe not?

Release Date2015-12-10

Vote Count6

Magic Skin

Running away from a life filled with failure and rejection, Nikos desperately dives into the dark waters of human desire, after closing a faustian pact. He is given an old piece of animal skin that promises its owner everything, but at a high price - his life. As he steadily steps down the spiral of madness, Nikos wonders if he could ever wake up from a life that more and more resembles a dream. A contemporary, radical outlook on Balzac’s classic novel.

Release Date2018-11-08

Vote Count1

Αθώος ή ένοχος;

Release Date1989-10-01

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