Kostas Rigopoulos


Kostas Rigopoulos was a Greek actor.

Biography

Kostas Rigopoulos was born in Athens in November 1930 and graduated from the Dramatic School at the National Theatre in 1953.
He appeared for the very first time on stage at the Kyveli Theater in the work of Oscar Wilde. It was there he met the 18-year-old Kakia Analyti, whom he later married. They raised a daughter, Zoi Rigopoulou who is also an actress.
Later on, he appeared along side with other established actors and actresses, including Lambeti, Katerina, Katrakis, Horn.
From 1962, he ran his own company with his wife, at the Diana Theatre in which a year later ran her own theater, the Analyti Theatre.
Rigopoulos appeared in the cinema when he was a child. With the work To proxenio tis Annas won the Honorary Award at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
He also appeared on television on the Greek serial Axomatikos Ypiresias, Viva Katerina, Hamoyelaste parakalo, in 1988, he also presented a game show Essis ti lete
He later lived by himself in Palaio Faliro southwest of Athens and also spoke English and French.
He died from a major stroke which he suffered 6 months earlier.

Filmography

partial list