Biography

Stratos Tzortzoglou (Georgeoglou)

Known for his breakthrough starring role as Orestes on the film "Landscape in the Mist "directed by Palm d'Or in Cannes festival Theodoros Angelopoulos (Landscape in the mist-Ulysses Gaze) who talked of Stratos as "someone who can absorb everything, turning this to an advantage"

Also St. Holden wrote in his review in New York times: ...Orestes,whom Stratos Tzortzoglou imbues with a "winning sweetness", works for an itinerant theater company that has been traveling around Greece. "Landscape in the Mist'' has already won many honors, and was the Greek entry for best foreign film in the Academy Awards. A 126-minute work of exceptional beauty.

Next was "One Love and the Other" directed by Eva Bergman who starred opposite Lena Endre (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Faithless) in which the nominated for 9 Oscars Ingmar Bergman (Fanny and Alexander-Seventh Seal-Persona) compared Stratos to "a Stradivarius violin," adding that "the great actors are great instruments".

After that, he had a starring role in the film "Up ,Down and Sideways" opposite to Irene Pappas (Electra,Z,Captain Corelli's Mandolin) under the direction of the 5 times Academy Award nominee Michael Cacoyannis (Zorba the Greek-Trojan Women-Iphigenia) who described Stratos as "that rare phenomenon, a natural who combines striking good looks with that special brand of talent which blends a fiery temperament with easy personal charm". Stratos reached a summit of his profession with his performance as Stavros in the above film which garnered him an Award as Best Actor at the Greek National Awards.

The chairman of 20th Century Fox Jim Gianopulos said about him that " Stratos is destined for great things, he has a unique way of capturing the audiences with his charm,his authenticity and has truly mastered his art form.He is bound to succeed in the American entertainment industry", while the Oscar winning actress for Moonstruck Olympia Dukakis said that "Stratos has a lot to offer to the American film industry in his unique sense of acting, combing talent, intuition, passion and determination".
- IMDb mini biography by: Stratos Tzortzoglou