Kostas Kazakos

Kazakos playing Mr Puntila at Brecht's epic comedy Mr Puntila and his Man Matti. (National Theater of Northern Greece),^[1] 23 December 2010)

Kostas Kazakos (Greek: Κώστας Καζάκος) (alt. sp. Costas Kazakos) (born 29 May 1935 in Pyrgos, Ilia), (with family origins from the Mani Peninsula) is a Greek actor, director, and politician.

He was married to the famous actress Tzeni Karezi with whom he has a son. In 1997 he married the actress Jenny Jolia.

In the 2007 Greek legislative election, he was elected to the Greek Parliament as a candidate of the Communist Party of Greece. He was reelected in 2009.

Selected filmography

• Enas delikanis (1963)
• Act of Reprisal (1964)
• Bullets don't come back (1967)
• The Man with the Carnation (1980)

References

• Who's Who (Greek) 1979 p. 226.