Giannis Stankoglou

Giannis Stankoglou — Biography

For more than two decades, Greek actor Giannis Stankoglou has worked in film, television and theatre. In 2019 he won the Hellenic Film Academy award for best supporting actor for playing the Blond in The Waiter (2018). He also won the best actor award at the Montelupo Fiorentino film festival in Florence.

As a teenager he worked in construction before discovering the stage; he trained at the Giorgos Kimoulis Drama School and then studied and worked in New York. Back in Greece he worked across television, cinema and theatre. His early screen work includes Hardcore (2004) and Hostage (2005), and in 2007 he appeared in the series Pano apo to nomo and 1 minas kai kati. He then appeared in To Nisi, The Christmas Tango (as Lieutenant Stefanos Karamanidis) and Xenia (as Lefteris), followed by films such as Cloudy Sunday, Blind Sun and Amerika Square. In recent years he has appeared in the series Agries Melisses and To Navagio.

In the theatre he has appeared in productions including Iphigenia in Aulis, Rainman, Victor/Victoria and Junkermann, and he has toured Greek tragedy and modern works to China, Latin America and Russia. In October 2025 he took part in productions of Annie and Lola.