Dimitris Naziris
Biography
Dimitris Naziris (Greek: Δημήτρης Ναζίρης) was born in February 1950 in Thessaloniki. He studied at the Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the Drama School of the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki. Since 1982 he has been working continuously in the theater and has performed more than 80 roles. Since 1998 (and permanently in 2000) he has been teaching acting at the Theater Department of the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, believing that collaborating with young people is the most creative element of working in the theater. He has also worked in productions on radio, television and film, while he has also signed theatrical translations.
Known For & Full Filmography11 Titles
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Periklis
As Rallou (40) visits her parents at the house, imagination and reality interweave comic-tragic situations that give the protagonist laughter but also strength to face the definitive changes that time brings. she grew up in, fantasy and reality create bittersweet situations that make the protagonist smile and give her strength to face the definite changes brought on by time.
Movie - 2020, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
When the taps of a remote town stop running, its inhabitants seek salvation in the repetition of an informal sacrifice.
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • as Doctor
He was having his sweetest dream. Blurry images from when he was a boy and his parents were alive. An old song begins to play in the background, giving clear form to the figures of his parents. But he is not dreaming. He is awake. And the music is playing in his head... K. is 40 years old, lives alone. This song is his only chance to remember his parents. Time passes and K. gets more and more lost in his memories, putting his life on the back burner.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A person, in the case of "Iphigenia" a girl, sacrifices part or even her whole ego to become a member of a new social ensemble and specifically of the social ensemble of her future husband. The film is inspired by the theater of the absurd and mainly by theatrical texts by Ionesco and Pinter but also by the original myth of Iphigenia which symbolizes sacrifice.
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Stathis
Nina knows why her grandfather hates her – obviously because she’s a lesbian. Time to come clean. In the weirdest car ride of their lives, Nina and Stathis will have to finally talk to each other whether they like it or not.
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • as Grandpa
Artemis finds out that her application for a British university has been accepted. As she prepares to leave, her parents organize a big farewell party at their house. In a crowd full of guests Artemis finds Simos. He proposes to flee the party in order to have a last excursion together. A long journey commences, filled with nature, sea and secluded landscapes. Present, past and future meet for a hike only to decipher the answers for some unresolved questions. What is love? When do we fall in love? What is what makes us fall in love with someone? How do we stop loving someone? Where do all those beautiful sentiments end up to? Who is the culprit when two people must break up, but they don’t want to? A series of questions that will never be addressed and perhaps might never be answered. A starry-eyed story about feelings and their decay throughout time, as well as the heartache we experience when we have to move on and leave behind traces of something that once only mattered.
Movie - 2009, 2h 15m • as Prime-Minister
Two brothers are fighting on opposite sides during the Greek Civil War.
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • as Dean
It is a movie following the coming-of-age for a boy; the story begins in the mid-60s, continues all through the 70s, and finishes in 1981. He is a creative young man facing the troubles of the first pangs of love and we observe the way he tries to handle them within his social surroundings, his family, and environment.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Κυριάκος
2012. Nikos lives in Athens. He is a film director who teaches film direction at the University of Thessaloniki. Today he will ask his father, Mr. Andrikos, to accompany him to the swearing-in ceremony for his promotion to the higher rank at the University - a father-son train journey, with time running backward.
Movie - 1999, 2h 15m • as Sokratis
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A tribute to Nikos Kazantzakis, the great writer and thinker. Researchers, university professors, who dealt with the great Cretan and world creator, but also ordinary everyday people, tell stories they lived and heard, outlining his life and work. His relationship with God, travel, love, philosophy, friendship, love, music and dreams are recorded in filming that took place in Crete, Aegina, Thessaloniki and Athens. The tribute is the truth of his personal path, a path that is identified with his life and work.