Anthimos Ananiadis

Anthem Moss (Born 9 June 1985), or Anthimos Ananiadis , is a Greek actor, director, producer, and model best known from his leading role in Maria, i Aschimi, the Greek edition of the television series Ugly Betty. For most of 2007-2008, he simultaneously played the lead role of Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate at the Bretania Theatre.

He found his film company AA Productions Maria Korinthiou, Mihalis Markatis, Iphigenia Makri, Vangelis Mourikis and others.

Early life Ananiadis was born in Thessaloniki (Greece) where he started studying theatre at the age of 12. After joining the Giorgos Kimoulis Drama School and landing an award-winning role for This is our Youth (2004) as "Breakthrough Artist of the Year," he went on to perform in the opening ceremony of the 2004 Olympic Games as "Love." After spending a year for military service in the Hellenic Army, Anthimos returned to the silver screen in Loathing and Camouflage (2005), which was both a commercial and critical success. By 2006, his leading role in Straight Story (2006), the most successful movie in the history of Greece, earned him a nomination for "Best Leading Actor" in the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. Then his role as "Alexis" in the hit TV series Ugly Maria earned him another nomination as "Best Leading Man" at the TV Faces Award. In 2007, after a critically acclaimed performance as Benjamin Braddock in the stage production of The Graduate, he also went on to star in the Greek version of Surfs Up (2007) and numerous other film, TV and stage productions.

In his first year in Los Angeles, Anthem landed the leading role in the movie "1001 Ways To Enjoy The Missionary Position" opposite Amanda Plummer and the leading role in the film "Sol". He has also starred in another five independent feature films such as "Brief Star" directed by Juan Ramos, "The Hollywood Percentage" directed by Eddie Romero, "Dreams" directed by Peter Ferguson, "Player A" directed by Joshua Perev and Sayulita directed by Jacob Swanson. Most recently he has performed on stage playing Stanley Kowalsky in the theater production, "The Street Car Named Desire", by Tennessee Williams (2011).

He is the son of the actress/model Evi Karagiani and Timos Ananiadis. His stepfather is the Greek actor Kostas Voutsas. After moving to Los Angeles, Anthimos beat out the competition to land the leading role of Joel in the Indie film 1,001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position.

Personal life In late 2016, Ananiadis started dating dancer Maria Nefeli Gazi, during their collaboration for the theatrical play "Dorian Gray Frames". On April 21, 2018 Gazi gave birth to their son, Philipos-Dimitris Gazis, but they separated one month later.

Selected filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2023-2025 The Greek Job Giannis Grigoriadis (Johnny Greek) 2016 Brief Star 2014 Foreign Relations Nikos 2013 Loud and Deep Rico 2012 My Earl Grey Geo Performance Anxiety Director 94 Raymond 2011 Orange Inn 2009 1,001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position Joel 2006 Giannis 2005 Loafing and Camouflage: Sirens in the Aegean Soldier

Television Year Title Role Channel Notes 2018 Sunday live ANT1 Game show Celebrity game night ANT1 Game show Dancing with the Stars ANT1 Dance TV show 2017 Star Academy E Channel Reality TV show 2008 How to Look Good Naked Channel 4 TV series 2007-2008 Maria, i Aschimi Alexis Mantas Mega TV series 2005-2006 Secret Paths Angelos ANT1 TV series Sole negligence NET TV series 2003-2005 Almost Never ERT2 TV series 2003-2004 At Close Distance Theofilos Mega TV series

Music videos + Year Title Artist Notes 2010 Let the Guilt Go Korn Video clip

Theatre Year Title Role Vevue Notes 2017 Dorian Gray Frames Dorian Gray Polis Theatre (Athens) BlackBox (Thessaloniki) 2010 A Streetcar Named Desire 2007-2009 The Graduate College boy Bretania Theatre (Athens)