Stelios Mainas

Stelios Mainas is a Greek actor. He was born in Ermoupoli, Syros on October 1, 1957 and grew up in Athens. He studied Business Administration (hotel studies) and later graduated from the Veaki Drama School in 1984. In later years, he worked as an actor in many of the central and regional Theaters of Athens and the province. He became more widely known with his participation in the television series Oi men and the ones who don't" and the movie Balkanizer. In 2015 he won the best actor award at the Hellenic Film Academy Awards for his role in the film Wednesday 04:45.

Loafing and Camouflage (1984)

The film is the story of a group of soldiers, who, in the course of their compulsory military service in 1967 and 1968, before and during the military dictatorship in Greece, are assigned to the then recently founded Armed Forces Television. This TV station, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nikos Perakis
CAST:  Nikos Kalogeropoulos  •  Giorgos Kimoulis  •  Stavros Xenidis  •  Andreas Filippides

The film is the story of a group of soldiers, who, in the course of their compulsory military service in 1967 and 1968, before and during the military dictatorship in Greece, are assigned to the then recently founded Armed Forces Television. This TV station, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nikos Perakis
CAST:  Nikos Kalogeropoulos  •  Giorgos Kimoulis  •  Stavros Xenidis  •  Andreas Filippides

Hard Goodbyes: My Father (2002)

Elias is a 10 year old boy living in Athens with his family in 1969 and has an interest in Jules Verne's stories and in astronomy. His father, with whom Elias has a strong relationship, is a travelling salesman and his absence affects the whole family. On the eve ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Penny Panayotopoulou
CAST:  Yorgos Karayannis  •  Stelios Mainas  •  Ioanna Tsirigouli  •  Christos Stergioglou

Elias is a 10 year old boy living in Athens with his family in 1969 and has an interest in Jules Verne's stories and in astronomy. His father, with whom Elias has a strong relationship, is a travelling salesman and his absence affects the whole family. On the eve ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Penny Panayotopoulou
CAST:  Yorgos Karayannis  •  Stelios Mainas  •  Ioanna Tsirigouli  •  Christos Stergioglou

Up, Down and Sideways (1992)

A prosperous widow with a gay son falls for a young gym instructor in Athens.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mihalis Kakogiannis
CAST:  Irene Papas  •  Stratos Tzortzoglou  •  Giannis Bezos  •  Yannis Zouganelis

A prosperous widow with a gay son falls for a young gym instructor in Athens.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mihalis Kakogiannis
CAST:  Irene Papas  •  Stratos Tzortzoglou  •  Giannis Bezos  •  Yannis Zouganelis

Balkanisateur (1997)

Two friends from a small Greek town travel to Bulgaria and Switzerland, hoping they can gain money from the difference in foreign exchange rates.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sotiris Goritsas
CAST:  Gerasimos Skiadaresis  •  Stelios Mainas  •  Yiota Festa  •  Katharina Zapatka

Two friends from a small Greek town travel to Bulgaria and Switzerland, hoping they can gain money from the difference in foreign exchange rates.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sotiris Goritsas
CAST:  Gerasimos Skiadaresis  •  Stelios Mainas  •  Yiota Festa  •  Katharina Zapatka

Μπραζιλέρο (2001)

Vasilis Arvanitakis after spending the E.U money for buying a poor Brazilian Football player, must face the two members of the E.U who will come to check how and where the money is spent...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sotiris Goritsas
CAST:  Stelios Mainas  •  Maria Kehayioglou  •  Elisavet Moutafi  •  Ivano Marescotti

Vasilis Arvanitakis after spending the E.U money for buying a poor Brazilian Football player, must face the two members of the E.U who will come to check how and where the money is spent...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sotiris Goritsas
CAST:  Stelios Mainas  •  Maria Kehayioglou  •  Elisavet Moutafi  •  Ivano Marescotti

A Touch of Spice (2003)

"A Touch of Spice" is a story about Fanis, a young Greek boy growing up in Istanbul, whose grandfather, a culinary philosopher and mentor, teaches him that both food and life require a little salt to give them flavor. They both require... A Touch of Spice. Fanis ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tasos Boulmetis
CAST:  Ieroklis Michaelidis  •  Renia Louizidou  •  Tamer Karadağlı  •  Stelios Mainas

"A Touch of Spice" is a story about Fanis, a young Greek boy growing up in Istanbul, whose grandfather, a culinary philosopher and mentor, teaches him that both food and life require a little salt to give them flavor. They both require... A Touch of Spice. Fanis ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tasos Boulmetis
CAST:  Ieroklis Michaelidis  •  Renia Louizidou  •  Tamer Karadağlı  •  Stelios Mainas

7 Kinds of Wrath (2014)

Petros is a gay archaeologist who experiences the naked Greek paranoia in the center of Athens. Either by choice or coincidence, he comes into contact with people who are "different": An Arab immigrant, who comes to Greece, a land of "infidels", determined to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christos Voupouras
CAST:  Maximos Moumouris  •  Haris Fragoulis  •  Nikos Gelia  •  Ieronymos Kaletsanos

Petros is a gay archaeologist who experiences the naked Greek paranoia in the center of Athens. Either by choice or coincidence, he comes into contact with people who are "different": An Arab immigrant, who comes to Greece, a land of "infidels", determined to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christos Voupouras
CAST:  Maximos Moumouris  •  Haris Fragoulis  •  Nikos Gelia  •  Ieronymos Kaletsanos

Wednesday 04:45 (2015)

Stelios Dimitrakopoulos has 32 hours left before he loses everything. From the jazz bar he painstakingly keeps running for years, to his own family. The Romanian gangster who lent him money, now demands the debt to be paid. The middle-man and former friend, makes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexis Alexiou
CAST:  Adam Bousdoukos  •  Stelios Mainas  •  Dimitris Tzoumakis  •  Giorgos Symeonidis

Stelios Dimitrakopoulos has 32 hours left before he loses everything. From the jazz bar he painstakingly keeps running for years, to his own family. The Romanian gangster who lent him money, now demands the debt to be paid. The middle-man and former friend, makes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexis Alexiou
CAST:  Adam Bousdoukos  •  Stelios Mainas  •  Dimitris Tzoumakis  •  Giorgos Symeonidis

Welcome to 'All Saints (2011)

The trainee Orthopedic Doctor George Spyrou began his career in the fictional General Orthopedic Hospital "All Saints', somewhere on the outskirts of Athens. There you will discover that the hospital population, by physicians, administrators and nurses, to patients ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sotiris Goritsas
CAST:  Bessy Malfa  •  Kostas Triantafyllopoulos  •  Gerasimos Skiadaresis  •  Stelios Mainas

The trainee Orthopedic Doctor George Spyrou began his career in the fictional General Orthopedic Hospital "All Saints', somewhere on the outskirts of Athens. There you will discover that the hospital population, by physicians, administrators and nurses, to patients ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sotiris Goritsas
CAST:  Bessy Malfa  •  Kostas Triantafyllopoulos  •  Gerasimos Skiadaresis  •  Stelios Mainas

Γκίνες (2009)

Threatened by his debtors, rocked by a broken heart and driven by greed, a charming gambler arrives at a middle-of-nowhere tavern in search of a case of gold. Instead, he attracts the attentions of the grumpy tavern owner's unhappy wife, whose affection complicates ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexis Kardaras
CAST:  Yorgos Pirpassopoulos  •  Markella Giannatou  •  Stelios Mainas  •  Antonis Kafetzopoulos

Threatened by his debtors, rocked by a broken heart and driven by greed, a charming gambler arrives at a middle-of-nowhere tavern in search of a case of gold. Instead, he attracts the attentions of the grumpy tavern owner's unhappy wife, whose affection complicates ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexis Kardaras
CAST:  Yorgos Pirpassopoulos  •  Markella Giannatou  •  Stelios Mainas  •  Antonis Kafetzopoulos

1968 (2018)

A.E.K., the well-known Greek basketball team founded in 1924 by refugees from Constantinople, after 44 years, beats SLAVIA of Prague and wins the European Cup.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tasos Boulmetis
CAST:  Antonis Kafetzopoulos  •  Stelios Mainas  •  Errikos Litsis  •  Themis Panou

A.E.K., the well-known Greek basketball team founded in 1924 by refugees from Constantinople, after 44 years, beats SLAVIA of Prague and wins the European Cup.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tasos Boulmetis
CAST:  Antonis Kafetzopoulos  •  Stelios Mainas  •  Errikos Litsis  •  Themis Panou

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DIRECTION:  Alexis Kardaras
CAST:  Stelios Mainas  •  Rena Morfi  •  Yannis Stankoglou  •  Vicky Papadopoulou

...Deserter (1988)

This film is about life at a country health resort seen through the eyes of Christos, a young man from Athens who has just been discharged from the army. Christos is there because he is enthralled by the rebellious Manolis, a three-time army deserter his same age. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christos Voupouras  •  Giorgos Korras
CAST:  Stelios Mainas  •  Toula Stathopoulou  •  Leonidas Nomikos  •  Stelios Pavlou

This film is about life at a country health resort seen through the eyes of Christos, a young man from Athens who has just been discharged from the army. Christos is there because he is enthralled by the rebellious Manolis, a three-time army deserter his same age. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christos Voupouras  •  Giorgos Korras
CAST:  Stelios Mainas  •  Toula Stathopoulou  •  Leonidas Nomikos  •  Stelios Pavlou

I Love Greece (2022)

Jean and Marina go to Athens for their summer vacation. There they are reunited with Marina's family, while preparing to spend a romantic getaway, Marina's family decides to accompany them. But nothing will go according to the plan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nafsika Guerry-Karamaounas
CAST:  Stacy Martin  •  Vincent Dedienne  •  Maria Apostolakea  •  Panagos Ioakeim

Jean and Marina go to Athens for their summer vacation. There they are reunited with Marina's family, while preparing to spend a romantic getaway, Marina's family decides to accompany them. But nothing will go according to the plan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nafsika Guerry-Karamaounas
CAST:  Stacy Martin  •  Vincent Dedienne  •  Maria Apostolakea  •  Panagos Ioakeim