Kostas Kazakos (Greek: Κώστας Καζάκος, alt. sp. Costas Kazakos; 29 May 1935 – 13 September 2022) was a Greek actor, television director, and politician.

Kostas Kazakos
Kóstas Kazákos en 2017.
Died	13 September 2022  Evangelismos Hospital

He was married to the famous actress Tzeni Karezi for 24 years until her death in 1992 at 60 years old. Together they acted in a number of films, had a son, and were well loved and respected actors. In 1997 he married the actress Jenny Jolia and they eventually had three surviving children. The couple also had a daughter who died at June 25, 1999, when she was eight months old.

In the 2007 Greek legislative election, he was elected to the Greek Parliament as a candidate of the Communist Party of Greece. He was reelected in 2009.

Kazakos continued to act, and be involved in Greek politics until his death. After many hospitalizations at "Evangelismos" hospital the summer of 2022, died on September 13, 2022, at the age of 87, due to health problems.[2]

Selected filmography

• Enas delikanis (1963)
• Act of Reprisal (1964)
• Bullets don't come back (1967)
• Iphigenia (1977)
• The Man with the Carnation (1980)

References

• Who's Who (Greek) 1979 p. 226.

External Links

• Kostas Kazakos discography at Discogs
• Kostas Kazakos at IMDb

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