Yorgo Voyagis

Yorgo Voyagis ( ; born 6 December 1945) is a Greek actor.

Career as an actor Voyagis' film debut was in Michael Cacoyannis's Zorba the Greek (1964). He reappeared three years later in the Italian Western Killer Kid.

Voyagis then starred in the film Chronicle of the Years of Fire by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina (1975). In The Ballad of Mamluk by Abdelhafidh Bouassida (1982) he played the titular role alongside Bekim Fehmiu and Irene Papas. He also played Joseph alongside Olivia Hussey (Mary) in Franco Zeffirelli's TV Production of Jesus of Nazareth in 1977, in which he powerfully portrayed a strong, yet humble, man.

In the following years, his career was divided between television and film, from one country to another: from the French series X with Capt. Pierre Malet; the film The Little Drummer Girl by George Roy Hill, opposite Diane Keaton an episode of Miami Vice and the movie Julia and Julia by Peter Del Monte, with Kathleen Turner. After a role alongside Klaus Kinski and Harvey Keitel, Voyagis played the kidnapper in Frantic by Roman Polanski. The same year, he appeared in the series The Fortunate Pilgrim by Mario Puzo, with Sophia Loren in dispensing head. The actor found Kinski in Nosferatu in Venice and Venice in Rosso veneziano to Etienne Perier, in 1989, he also appeared in an episode of the American television series China Beach.

He also played in the horror film Vortice mortale and Detective Zaras, Paris Aristeidis hero in a series in 1991.

In 1997, he was Agamemnon in the blockbuster television series The Odyssey, produced by Andrei Konchalovsky, and he participated with Claudia Cardinale and Guy Bedos in Rachida Krim's Under the Feet of Women. Since then, his work has included: a movie of adventure and fantasy directed by Pupi Avati in 2001 (as Raoul Bova, Edward Furlong, Stanislas Merhar and F. Murray Abraham), Swept Away by Guy Ritchie (in the role of the captain) and Without Borders (2010) alongside George Corraface (of Greek origin) and Seymour Cassel.

Yorgo Voyagis remains active in Greece and Italy.

Filmography Sources:

1964: Zorba the Greek (Alexis Zorbas) by Michael Cacoyannis, Pavlo 1967: Killer Kid by Leopoldo Savona, Pablo 1967: To prosopo tis Medousas by Nikos Koundouros 1968: Giarrettiera Colt by Gian Rocco, Carlos 1968: Love Problems by Giuliano Biagetti 1969: Cuore di mamma by Salvatore Samperi, Carlo 1970: The Adventurers by Lewis Gilbert, El Lobo 1970: The Last Valley by James Clavell, Pirelli 1975: Orlando furioso (TV series) by Luca Ronconi 1975: Chronicle of the Years of Fire by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Ahmed 1977: Jesus of Nazareth by Franco Zeffirelli - Joseph 1977: The New Monsters (I nuovi mostri) by Mario Monicelli, Dino Risi and Ettore Scola, the terrorist 1978: Nero veneziano by Ugo Liberatore, Dan 1981: Un'assistente tutta pepe by Nando Cicero, Bel Ami 1981: Tutta da scoprire by Giuliano Carnimeo, Nicki 1982: La casa stregata by Bruno Corbucci, Omar 1982: The Ballad of Mamluk by Abdelhafidh Bouassida, Mamluk 1982: Eccezzziunale... veramente by Carlo Vanzina, Slavo 1982: Sesso e volentieri by Dino Risi, Lover of Pino 1983: Captain X (TV series) by Bruno Gantillon, Ismet 1983: O stohos by Nikos Foskolos, Tasos Seretis 1984: The Little Drummer Girl by George Roy Hill, Joseph 1986: The Boss (TV series) by Silverio Blasi 1986: Naso di cane (TV miniseries) by Pasquale Squitieri, Achille Ammirato 1987: Nel gorgo del peccato (TV series) by Andrea and Antonio Frazzi 1987: Miami Vice (TV series, one episode) created by Anthony Yerkovich, Alexander Dykstra 1987: Julia and Julia by Peter Del Monte, Goffredo 1988: Grandi cacciatori by Augusto Caminito, Leader 1988: Frantic by Roman Polanski, the Kidnapper 1988: The Fortunate Pilgrim (TV series) by Stuart Cooper, Tony 1988: The Bourne Identity by Roger Young, Carlos 1988: Nosferatu in Venice (Nosferatu a Venezia) by Augusto Caminito, Dr. Barneval 1989: China Beach (TV series, one episode) created by John Sacret Young and William Broyles Jr., Turner 1989: Rosso veneziano by Étienne Périer, Torelli 1990: Courage Mountain by Christopher Leitch, Signor Bonelli 1991: I agapi tis gatas (TV series) by Andreas Thomopoulos, Detective Zaras 1992: L'ispettore Anticrimine (TV series) by Paolo Fondato 1993: The Washing Machine by Ruggero Deodato, Yuri Petkov 1994: Running Delilah by Richard Franklin, Alec Kasharian 1996: Earth indigo (TV Series) by Jean Sagols, Alvarez Corea 1997: Jeavaeri (TV Series) by Giorgos Kordelas Antonis 1997: The Odyssey (The Odyssey) by Andrei Konchalovsky, Agamemnon 1997: Under the feet of women by Rachida Krim, Moncef 1996 1999: Guardami by Davide Ferrario, Father of Nina 2000: ...Ystera, irthan oi Melisses (TV series) by Kostas Koutsomytis, Stathis Horafas 2000: The Prince of Arabia by Peter Deutsch and Karola Meeder, Prinz Mahib 2001: The Knights of the Quest by Pupi Avati, Isacco Sathas 2001: Beautiful People by Nikos Panayotopoulos 2002: Winter by Nina Di Majo, Gustavo 2002: Lilly's Story by Robert Manthoulis George 2002: Swept Away by Guy Ritchie, Captain 2003: Leni (TV series) by Lambis Zaroutiadis Petros 2004: Signora by Francesco Laudadio, Basilio 2004: Arhipelagos (TV series) by Vasilis Karfis, Manola Stella and Nikos Zapatinas, Stratis 2006: An m 'agapas (TV series) by Stratos Markidis 2007: Yungermann (TV series, 2 episodes), Ademar From Kresy 2009: Without Borders by Nick Gaitatjis, Thanasis 2012: The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 by Renzo Martinelli, Abu'l 2017: Dove non ho mai abitato by Paolo Franchi