THE Dimitris Imellos he left an indelible mark on theater tablebut he also stood out in television and film roles, in his long career as an actor.
The news of the death of the well-known actor Dimitris Imellos at the age of 57, after a battle with cancer, spread sadness on Monday evening, December 16, in the art world.
The actor, who left an indelible mark on stage, cinema and television, continued to fight his illness while filming and on stage.
THE Dimitris Imellos was born in Kypseli on June 12, 1967, originally from Naxos and his two parents from the villages of Filoti and Apeiranthos. He had a son, Phoebus, who even passed from the series “Sasmus“, although he worked mainly behind the cameras, as a member of the directing team.
Dimitris Imellos – A whole life of theater and roles
The actor had studied in Athens Law School and then joined the Vassilis Diamantopoulos Theater Workshop. After that was the Diomedes Fotiadis Drama School. At the same time, he studied at the Moscow Academy of Theater Arts, in the directing department of Leonid Heifits.
A tireless “worker” of theater art participated in many plays, for example: Iphigenia in the Land of the Bulls, Oedipus at Colonus, Horner Magnificent, Persia, Antigone, Frenapati, Nostalgos, Love Struggle Agonos, Something that does not end, Medea, Moliere, Dream, Tartufos, The Idiot, At Bottom , The Last Day , Erotokritos , Amfitryon et al.
From 2001 to 2007 He was a member of the Experimental Stage of the National Theater under the direction of Stathis Livathinos, with whom the actor worked closely. He also taught at the Directing and Acting Workshop as well Iasmos drama schools and Delos.
Dimitris Imellos
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In 2001 he was the first young actor to be awarded the Horn Award for his performance in “Frenapati” by T. Kushner directed by Stathis Livathinouin the role of Matamor, and in 2005 he was honored by the readers of the magazine “Athinorama” with the male performance award for his performance in Bulgakov’s play”Moliere“.
On television he appeared in 2007-08 in the series ALPHA “The 10” directed by Pigis Dimitrakopoulos in his role Christos Haritakis. The series, which was a TV adaptation of the (unfinished) a novel of the same name by M. Karagatsiconsidered one of the successful and excellent productions of private television.
In the cinema he was in the films: “Aliosa” by Thanasis Skroubellos (1999), “Beautiful people” by Nikos Panagiotopoulos (2001), “By small, by a point, by a hair” by Stella Theodorakis (2002), “Delivery” by N. Panagiotopoulos (2004) . ), “Sweet Memory” by Kyriakos Katzourakis (2005), “Bank Bang” by Argyris Papadimitropoulou (2008), “From the Bones” by Sotiris Goritsa (2011), “Happy Birthday” by Christos Georgiou (2017), “Her Job ” by Nikos Labot (2018), “Tailor” by Sonia Lisa Kedetman (2020).
On private television, he also appears in the series “Karyotakis”, “My name is Vangelis”, “The Killings”, “Sygnomi”, “Life in the grave”, “Agios Paisios – From Heaven to Heaven”.
At Theater Marchthe unlucky people who attended the show”Kotzambasis of Kastropyrgosbased on the Karagatsis trilogy of the same name and directed by Dimitris Tarlow, he was seen performing a demanding role Kolokotroni.
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The last roles of Dimitris Imellos
Although the his presence in the theater was uninterruptedand offered excitement to the audience with his theatrical talent, Dimitris Imellos loved the role of the policeman Antonis Fragiadakis in the series”Sasmus“, which was also his last television work. He participated in all three seasons of the popular series and has been imprinted in the public consciousness on the integrity of his roles.
Dimitris Imellos in crime and punishment
In the last theater season he was in the theater in a double distribution with Kostas Filippoglou in the role of the police investigator Porfiri Petrovich in the outstanding performance “Crime and Punishment” at the Poria Theater, directed by him Dimitris Tarlow. Imellos’ strong performance in the role of police officer Porphyris impressed the audience.
In the cinema he played his last role Nanny in the award-winning “Fonissa” with Eva Nathena.
The current season would like to find a joint production of it Alternate Stage of the National Opera and National Theatre, “Mataroa on the Horizon”directed by Thodoris Ambazis, from whom he left due to the health problems he was facing.
In one of the last television interviews he did in September 2023he also spoke about his son who is studying directing and he had I hope they work together sometime in the future.
«My son is in production (Sasmus). As you can see different in the production, the movies and the series and sometimes we fill in with people who are needed at that time. Can someone pass. My son is not an actor, he is a director and he competes… Now he is doing a small film. I hope we can work together in the future.” he said in Happy Day Dimitris Imellos.
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