Andreas Mandas
Biography
Andreas was born and raised in Athens, Greece. He attended both the National Theatre of Greece & the "Iakovos Kambanellis" drama schools as well as acting seminars in Athens and Berlin. Since then he has appeared mostly in television & film productions in Greece, as well as, Krügers Odyssee in Germany, The Durrells season one in the UK and Smokers in the USA. Recently he co-created Amor Omnia, a non-profit theatrical productions company, which produced "A Clock Made Of Sand", an original play based on the work of Jorge Luis Borges. He just completed his first book. A Covid-19 memoir.
Known For & Full Filmography4 Titles
Drama Series - 2016, 16 episodes • as Stratos
In 1935, financially strapped widow Louisa Durrell, whose life has fallen apart, decides to move from England, with her four children (three sons, one daughter), to the island of Corfu, Greece. Once there, the family moves into a dilapidated old house that has no electricity and that is crumbling apart. But life on Corfu is cheap, it's an earthly paradise, and the Durrells proceed to forge their new existence, with all its challenges, adventures, and forming relationships.
Movie - 2015, 2h 15m • as Rich Man
In a near future where corporations have seized all natural resources, Nala is a lonely rebel trying to break the rules.
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • as Bruder Silas
Berlin pensioner Paul Krüger looks forward to lead his fatherless-raised pregnant granddaughter Annie to the altar, but Turkish groom Denis's sugar uncle insists due to Anatolian family honor tradition on the presence of her biological father Harald, whom her mother Susanne never even told about their child having broken up. Knowing only Harald moved to Greece, Krüger takes his pétanque (bowling) pub buddies Ecki and Bernd along to Hellas, a country they know nor trust. Equipped only with an old photograph, they find themselves on the wrong island, upsetting the wrong shopkeeper's family. Having crossed to the right one, they wander into a tempting German free sex commune, before even learning Harald is now an orthodox monk in a monastery, which observes lent silence, albeit without fasting. The clergyman won't consider returning until Paul calls in unenthusiastic help, and even then the monk isn't on their plane back.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Policeman Mark
Following a tragedy at sea, the lives of two orphaned refugees and an Australian aid worker are inextricably woven together in this bracing, humanistic drama.