Yiannis Fertis Athens April 21 1938 April 14 2024 was a Greek theater film and television actor Protagonist from the 1960s to 2019 in classical and contemporary plays prose and ancient drama In cinema he starred in more than 30 films He appeared for the first time in 1961 in the movie Whos Margarita with Jenny Karezis The following year he played Orestes in Elektra directed by Michalis Kakogianni a film that won 25 international awards among which was nominated for an Oscar for best foreign language film In 2008 he won the Best Actor Award at the Thessaloniki Festival for his performance in the film Slaves in Their Chains directed by Toni Lykouresi On television he appeared in more than 15 series most notably The Teacher with the Golden Eyes and The Notary in 1979