Thanos Leivaditis
Actor, Film actor
1934 – 2005
Who was Thanos Leivaditis?
Thanos Leivaditis was a Greek actor and screenwriter. He studied drawing at the School of Fine Arts of the Athens Polytechnic School.
In 1959, he finished dramatic school at the National Theatre and worked as a playwright until 1972. He played in many roles of the classical repertoire with other actors, including Katina Paxinou, Alexis Minotis, Kyveli, Christoforos Nezer, Stelios Vokovits, Thanos Kotsopoulos, and Dimitris Horn.
He entered the state theatre in 1959 with a play of Molière for Valerius. He played roles as Aemonas in Antigone of Sophocles, Neoptolemus of Philoctetes, Malcolm in Macbeth of Shakespeare, Oedipus Rex of Sophocles, Menoikea in Phoenicians from Euripides, etc.
Thanos Leivaditis also participated in international film festivals at Théâtre des Nations in 1962 and at the World Theatre Season in 1966.
He wrote 30 screenplays and played in 24 Greek film productions or movies. In these movies, he played with the unforgettable actress Mema Stathopoulou.
The next phase of his career involved television, beginning in 1974 when he starred in Oi Dikaoi. He also starred in Oi Axiopistoi in 1981, Oi Ierosili in 1983, I Vendeta in 1987, I Ekti Entoli in 1990 and I Diki in 1991. He was a screenwriter and a playwright for his roles as the judge Angelos Karnezis and the journalist Aris Martelis.
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