Biography

Yiannis Tsortekis (Greek: Γιάννης Τσορτέκης, Neo Psychiko, 1967) is a Greek actor and director of cinema, television and theatre. He was born and raised in Neo Psychiko, Athens. He is a graduate of the National Theater as well as a graduate of the Department of Theater Studies of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Patras. He is widely known for his participation in the television adaptation of the short story "To 10" by Miltiadis Karagatsis on Alpha TV in the 2007-2008 season. Then followed some participations in the cinema, in the film "The Little Fish" and recently in the film "The Ballad of the Holey Heart". In 2021, he won the "Best Actor" award for his role in this film. In the 2021 season "Postcard" series on ERT1. In 2022 he returns and participates in three productions, in "Dark Sea", in "Maestro" by Christoforos Papakaliatis at MEGA and in the series "This night stays" at Alpha. In 2009 he was awarded the "Karolos Koon" award for his performance in the play "Black Calm" by Dimitris Maronitis