He
studied in Konstantinos
Demopoulos' school
of drama and first appeared as a professional actor in Georgios
Zervoulakos' film Oi
stigmatismenoi in 1966. He participated in the
theatrical play Capetan
Michalis next
to respected actor Manos
Katrakis.
During
his long cinematic career, he appeared in close to 100 films,
television series and plays. He was a regular in Theodoros
Angelopoulos films
since he was one of the director's favorite actors.
He
was fluent in five languages; Greek, Turkish, French, Italian and
Spanish.He appeared in many international productions,
including Midnight
Express, Captain
Corelli's Mandolin and Munich and
more. He worked with great actors like Anthony
Quinn, John
Hurt, Nicholas
Cage, Penélope
Cruz, Christian
Bale, Eric
Bana and Daniel
Craig.
He
also played in the film A
Touch of Spice (Politiki kouzina ) ] by
Tassos Boulmetis,and n the European co-production Le Dernier Seigneur
des Balkans.
Giannatos
died on September 17, 2013 at the age of 72 due to a heart attack,
while watching a football match with friends.
