Giorgos Mihalakopoulos

Giorgos Michalakopoulos Athens 28 February 1938 16 December 2023 was a Greek actor and director He was born on 28 February 1938 in Athens and studied acting at the Drama School of the Art Theatre In the theatre he had appeared in plays such as Crime and Punishment The Death of the Salesman Every Thursday Mr Green and The Price In the cinema he played in films such as Wake Up Santa Claus The Barbers Beauty A Knight for Vassula and The Gaze of Ulysses On television in the 1970s he costarred along with Vasilis Diamantopoulos in the iconic television series Him and Him on EIRT as well as in the remake of the series in the 1990s by ERT He had won the Karolos Koun First Prize for Best Actor and the Emilios Veakis award He had also served as a municipal councilor of Athens 19741986 and vicepresident of KETHEA He was married to fellow actress Athina Michalakopoulou and with her he had two daughters Ioanna who is a director and Eleni who is a painter He had declared himself a leftist without being affiliated with any party He died after a long hospitalization as a result of a stroke on 16 December 2023 at the age of 85 He was buried at the First Cemetery of Athens on 20 December