Michalis Giannatos Greek Μιχάλης Γιαννάτος 11 July 1941 17 September 2013 alternatively spelled as Michael Yannatos was a Greek actοr Ηe was born in Istanbul Turkey He left the city for Greece in 1964 during the long expulsion of Istanbul Greeks He studied in Konstantinos Demopoulos school of drama and first appeared as a professional actor in Georgios Zervoulakos film Oi stigmatismenoi Greek Οι στιγματισμένοι in 1966 When still a student he participated in the theatrical play Capetan Michalis Greek Καπετάν Μιχάλης next to Manos Katrakis During his long cinematic career he appeared in close to 100 films television series and plays He was a regular in Theodoros Angelopoulos films since he was one of the directors favorite actors After Megalexandros Greek Μεγαλέξανδρος in 1981 Angelopoulos was always calling him to play in his movies He was fluent in five languages Greek Turkish French Italian and Spanish Due to that he appeared in many international productions including Midnight Express Captain Corellis Mandolin Munich and more
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