Giannis Stankoglou

Yannis (or Yiannis) Stankoglou (; born 10 January 1974) is a Greek actor.

Biography Yannis Stankoglou was born in Athens, and worked as a builder and construction worker in his teens, before discovering theatre. He attended the Athens Drama School and went on to study and work in New York. Stankoglou later returned to Greece where he would spend the next two decades working as a television, film and theatre actor. Stankoglou works in Greece, Europe and the United States. He has toured internationally with productions of Greek tragedy and modern works, representing Greek theatre in China, Latin America, and Russia.

In October 2025, Stankoglou featured in productions of Annie and Lola.

Theatre 2011: The Third Wedding (adaptation of the novel by Costas Taktsis) 2012: Rainman (theatre version of the film) 2012: Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides) 2013: Theseus and Ariadne (adaptation by Stratis Paschalis) 2013: I am somebody else (based on the life of Arthur Rimbaud) 2015: Jason and the Golden Fleece 2016: Victor/Victoria 2018: Junkermann (adaptation of the novel by Karagatsis)

Filmography

Film + Year Title Role Notes 2001 Bar film debut 2003 Black Amour Panagiotis short film 2004 Hardcore Zoes Alithini Zoi Giorgos 2005 To oneiro tou skylou Omiros Grigoris Ki an fygo... tha xanartho Markos 2006 2004, One Year Later man short film Kinisi omali Nikos short film Without promotion supervisor short film Pandora Manos 2007 To spiti me tis elies short film 2008 Flat short film When fish fly short film Ta poupoula tou Donald short film 2009 Vasilis Karagiorgos short film Euphoria short film 2010 Oedipus son / detective short film Stiff - a little love story Short film 2011 Christmas Tango Lt. Stefanos Karamanidis Mavri Thyella short film 2012 Desma aimatos Apostaseis short film 2013 Wild Duck Manos The Case of Mary Ford Giorgos short film To deipno man short film Illusion 2014 Me horis gynaikes Xenia Lefteris Lomasankarit Andriana's father Forget me not Alex 2015 Semeli Aris short film The Republic Efthymiadis Invisible Aris Blind Sun Le policier Ouzeri Tsitsanis Jaco Beza I kori tou Rembrandt 2016 Amerika Square Billy 2017 Aria short film I zoi meta Michalis Mandelion Pyrros short film 2018 Chinatown: The Three Shelters O thanatopoinitis short film The Waiter The Blond 2019 Fantasia Nikos Kokkinos 2021 Man of God Spiros 2022 The Last Journey captain short film 2026 What Soul Will You Deliver, You Fool Woman?: Part 1 Joe Widmark

Television Year Title Role(s) Notes 2003 Kleise ta matia Argyris 1 episode 2004 10th commandment Socrates Episode: "Aggelika prosopa" 10th commandment waiter Episode: "Se vathia nera" 10th commandment Vangelis Episode: "Kleistes portes" 2005 10th commandment Nikos Episode: "Enoho mystiko" 10th commandment Argyris Episode: "Mesotoihia" 10th commandment Petros Episode: "Oikogeneiaki giorti" 2006 10th commandment Marios Episode: "Ofthalmon anti ofthalmou" 10th commandment Ages Episode: "Kataramenoi" 10th commandment Fotis Episode: "Emmoni" 2007 Pano apo to nomo Mihalis Lazarou Lead role (9 episodes) Oi istories tou astynomou Beka Yannis Aggelides Episode: "O dolofonos forouse smokin" 10th commandment thif #1 Episode: "Enas isihos anthropos" 10th commandment Kostas Palmas Episode: "The end" Istories apo tin apenanti ohthi Episode: "Idioktitis" 2007-2008 One month or something Thodoros Lead role, 25 episodes 2008 True Loves Haris Episode: "Invisible people" True Loves Thanasis Episode: "Small things" 2008-2009 Who's catching us! Konstantinos Lead role, 16 episodes 2010 Star War Dimitris Samiotakis Episode: "Ego and me" The Third Law Nikos Episode: "The smell of the beast" 2010-2011 The Island Andreas Vandoulakis Lead role, 19 episodes 2012 Clinical Case Nikitas Freris 4 episodes 2015 10th commandment man in the elevator Episode: "Beast" 10th commandment Haris Episode: "Three" 10th commandment dealer Episode: "Face" 2019-2020 Wild Bees Thomas Kypraios Lead role, Season 1 - 125 episodes,Recurring role, Season 2 - 22 episodes 2021 Almost Adults Apostolis Karkantzos Lead role, 12 episodes 2022 The Oath Angelos Raptis Lead role, Season 1 - 36 episodes Saint Paisios: From Farasa to Heaven shepherd Thodoros 1 episode One August Night Andreas Vandoulakis Lead role, 14 episodes 2022-2023 Edge of Night Christos Anagnostou Lead role, 110 episodes 2023 The Numbers Himself Episode: "The circle" 2023-2024 The shipwreck Ippokratis Panopoulos Lead role, 116 episodes 2024-2025 Archelaou 5th street Matthew vasileiou Lead role, 80 episodes 2025 The Ghosts Himself 1 episode 2025-2026 Grand Hotel Gerasimos Hatzimitros Main role, 150 episodes