Nikos Xanthopoulos, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Nikos Xanthopoulos

Greek actor

Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1934

Place of Birth: Athens, Attica Region, Greece

Profession: singer, stage actor, film actor

Nationality: Greece

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Nikos Xanthopoulos (Greek: N???? ?a???p?????) (born 14 March 1934) is a Greek actor, known for his roles in the 1960s era Greek Drama Cinema.
He was also a singer of Greek folk bouzouki, having released many albums and singles.
He is known as "the child of the folk" (pa?d? t?? ?a??) mainly for playing roles depicting men from the lower working classes.
He usually portrayed a poor man, hit hard by fate, seeking justice or one struggling against wealthy and evil men.
In other cases, he played the role of an immigrant in Germany working hard to provide for his wife and child.
Other times he played an unknown poor bouzouki player and singer working his way up to stardom.
From the late 1960s until the early 1970s, these roles helped him become a star in Greece during the dictatorship of the Junta.