Nikos Glavas
Biography
Nikos Glavas (Greek: Νίκος Γκλαβάς) is a Greek actor with a significant presence in Greek cinema and television, mainly during the 1970s and 1980s. He has linked his name to some of the most emblematic and artistic productions of that period, collaborating with great Greek directors.
Known For & Full Filmography6 Titles
Movie - 1974, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A mysterious disappearance takes place during the shooting of a commercial on the beach in the early morning hours. An unknown man suddenly comes into the shot, then walks into the sea holding an umbrella and seizes to exist, before the bewildered eyes of the whole crew. After the police are notified, a confusing array of red tape manoeuvers begins, revealing the close affiliations of the Authorities with the advertising company manager and the whole mechanism of Mass Media, all of which are trying not to investigate the event but to conceal or even exploit it in their own interest. Only the musician involved in that commercial is trying to figure out what really happened.
Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1977, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
During a hunting party on New Year's Eve 1976, five representatives of the bourgeoisie encounter with their companion the body of a partisan from the Civil War of the late forties. What they are most confused about is the fact that the corpse that lies at their feet is still bleeding…
Movie - 1975, 2h 15m • as Self - Narrator (voice)
A documentary presenting people and events connected with the most important political developments from the student uprising at the Athens Polytechnic in 1973 until the first year of democratic rule after the dictatorship collapsed in 1974.
Movie - 1973, 2h 15m • as Iraklis
The story of Ioannis Zachos, a young psychopath who commits a murder in Athens.
Movie - 1975, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Aldevaran is an imaginary city where the word-maven and poet Dimitris, the prostitute Magdalene and the rock musician Chris live together. Every evening, the two men give improvised performances in a coffee bar, until the day that Dimitris is informed by his doctors that he has cancer and only two months to live. The film is about those two months, with Dimitris wandering in an ugly city which is also dying with him.