Yannis (or Yiannis) Stankoglou (Greek: Γιάννης Στάνκογλου; born 10 January 1974) is a Greek actor. Yannis Stankoglou was born in Athens, and worked as a builder and construction worker in his teens, before discovering theatre. He attended the Athens Drama School and went on to study and work in New York, later returning to Greece to become a major figure in the theatre industry. Stankoglou works in Greece, Europe and the United States. He has toured internationally with productions of Greek tragedy and modern works, representing Greek theatre in China, Latin America, and Russia.

Filmography

• 2026Saint Paisios — Shepherd Thodoros
• The Ghosts — Γιάννης Στάνκογλου
• Αρχελάου 5 — Ματθαίος
• 2023Bastards
• To Navagio — Ippokratis Panopoulos
• An August Night — Andreas Vandoulakis
• Saint Paisios: From Farasa to Heaven — Shepherd Thodoros
• 2022The Last Journey — Captain
• The Oath — Άγγελος Ράπτης
• Αυτή η Νύχτα Μένει — Χρήστος
• Φαντασία — Nikos Kokkinos
• Almost Adults — Αποστόλης
• 2021Man of God — Spiros
• Agries Melisses — Thomas Kypraios
• 2019Fantasia — Νίκος Κόκκινος
• 2018The Waiter — The Blond
• 2017Aria
• 2017Mandelion — Pyrros
• 2017The After Life — Michalis
• 2016Amerika Square — Billy
• 2016Blind Sun — Le policier
• 2015I kori tou Rembrandt
• 2015Invisible — Άρης
• 2015Ouzeri Tsitsanis — Jaco Beza
• 2015Semele — Aris
• 2015The Republic — Efthymiadis
• 2014Forget Me Not
• 2014Include Women Out
• 2014The Island of Secrets — Adrianas Vater
• 2014Xenia — Lefteris
• 2013Illusion — Manos
• 2013Wild Duck — Manos
• 2012Blood Ties — K
• 2011The Christmas Tango — Stefanos Karamanidis
• 2010240
• The Island — Andreas Vandoulakis
• The Third Law / O 3os nomos
• 2009Vasilis Karagiorgos
• Poios mas pianei!
• 2008Without — Promotion supervisor
• 1 minas kai kati
• 2006Pandora — Manos
• 2006Traffic Flow: Normal — Nikos
• 2005A Dog's Dream
• 2005Hostage — Grigoris
• 2005Ki An Fygo Tha Ksanartho — Markos
• 10th Commandment / 10i Entoli — Waiter
• 2004Hardcore — Zois
• 2004Real Life
• Close your Eyes

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2024Creative Producer: The Unsung Hero of Greek Cinema — Himself (Archive Footage)