Trifon Karatzas

Biography

Tryfon Karatzas (Athens, 5 October 1935 – 17 January 2019) was a Greek television, theater and film actor with a 60-year acting career. In elementary school he was a classmate of Alekos Fasianos. He studied at Panteion University and then with a scholarship at the Drama School of the Athens Conservatory where he had Dimitris Rodiris as a teacher. During his military service he served as an announcer at the Armed Forces Radio Station (1958). After the army, he continued for a number of years to work as a radio announcer, alongside his theatrical activity. From the age of 11 he was a cantor. He started his career in 1957, at the age of 22. Two years later, in 1959, he made his first appearance in the cinema with the film Love Stories, alongside Aliki Vougiouklakis, where he had a small role. He participated among others in the films: The Merchant (1967), The Lamp Against the Outlaws (1967), Those Who Know Love (1968), Hurt Youth (1969), Shadows in the Sand (1970), Violence and Charm (1989), Gigolo (1993) and Crying Out of Heaven (2001).

Known For

Marjoram
Marjoram
Luna Bar
Luna Bar
Crying... Silicon Tears
Crying... Silicon Tears
The Merchant
The Merchant
Lampiris against the outlaws
Lampiris against the outlaws
Via & goiteia
Via & goiteia
Shadows in the sand
Shadows in the sand
Wounded youth
Wounded youth
Oti peite ypourge mou
Oti peite ypourge mou

Filmography

2016 Luna Bar
as
2013 Marjoram
as Psychotherapist
2013 Marjoram
as
2010 Ονειροπαγίδα
as Xenofondas
2008 40 Κύματα
as Γιάννης Χτυποκάρδης, γιατρός
2007 Pos na klepsete tous klironomous sas
as
2002 Hrimata fantasmata
as
2001 Crying... Silicon Tears
as Vyron Delafrangas
1999 Oti peite ypourge mou
as Teddy Baker / Fred
1994 Λαβ σόρρυ
as Τρύφων
1992 Hai Rok
as
1990 Η Αναγέννηση Ενός Έθνους
as Κοκός
1989 Via & goiteia
as
1987 The Death of Timotheos Konstas
as Apostolos Melahrinos
1970 Shadows in the sand
as
1969 Wounded youth
as
1967 The Merchant
as
1967 Lampiris against the outlaws
as
1959 Erotic Stories
as