Giannis Fertis

Died at 88

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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 "Who's 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.

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Giannis Fertis

Nestor

for Nestor in Christopher Nolan's Troy

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Christopher Nolan's Troy

It is loosely based on Homer's Iliad in its narration of the entire story of the decade-long Trojan War—condensed into little more than a couple of weeks, rather than just the quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon in the ninth year. Achilles leads his Myrmidons along with the rest of the Greek army invading the historical city of Troy, defended by Hector's Trojan army. The end of the film (the sack of Troy) is not taken from the Iliad, but rather from Quintus Smyrnaeus's Posthomerica, as the Iliad concludes with Hector's death and funeral.

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