Kostas Staridas

Acting · Born December 8, 1967 · Athens, Greece

Konstantinos Staridas (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Σταρίδας, December 8, 1967 - October 7, 2016) was born in Athens. He studied at the schools of the National Theater and the State Theater of Northern Greece. His first appearance in cinema was in 1996 in Nikos Grammatikos's Absent, a film for which he was awarded, along with the other actors in the film, the Best Supporting Actor award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. He acted in feature and short films, participated in theatrical performances and television series, and represented Greece at international film festivals. In 2002, he wrote and directed the short film Fotas with Dimitris Bavellás. He also worked as a Production Manager and was involved in radio and television. In the last years of his life he was involved in photography.