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Nikos Verlekis (Νίκος Βερλέκης; born January 20, 1949) is a Greek actor and director. As an actor, his most well-known film roles include ''A lady at the bouzoukia'', ''Those who spoke with death'', and ''Every dawn I die''. He also appeared in British TV series ''Who Pays the Ferryman?'' and Anglo-Greek horror film ''The Devil's Men'' aka ''Land of the Minotaur''. ==Life== Nikos Verlekis was born in 1949 in Arta, Greece. He has two brothers and one sister. His parents were both farmers and could not afford to send him to drama school, so when he graduated from high school he decided to go to Athens, get a job there and enroll at the Kostis Michailidis Drama School, one of the best drama schools back then, from which a lot of acclaimed actors had graduated. While he was studying drama there, he auditioned for a small role in a movie by Finos Film called “A lady at the bouzoukia.” His collaboration with Finos Film went on and played in other films by that film production company as well, such as “Those who spoke with death,” “Every dawn I die,” e.t.c. When he graduated from drama school, he collaborated with the “Karagiannis-Karatzopoulos” company and other independent producers and he played next to other acclaimed comedians and actors. At the same time, he was playing in plays by Greek and foreign authors. Some of those include “Ti 30, ti 40, ti 50,” “Agapi mou paliogria,” “Kare tou erota,” “Bizarre male,” “Volpone” by Ben Jonson, directed by Minos Volanakis, “The Mousetrap” by Agatha Christie, “Captain Michael” by Nikos Kazantzakis, e.t.c. In 1973, he stars in acclaimed series, such as: “Keklismenon ton thiron,” “The ship,” “The city,” by Spiros Plaskovitis, “O Patouchas,” by Ioannis Kondilakis, directed by Alexis Damianos, “Tis agapis machairia,” e.t.c. The three last series mentioned, had a huge reception by the Greek TV audience. He has taken part in 30 TV series in total. Leaving briefly his job in Greece, he went to England, where he takes part in English productions, such as Michael J. Bird's TV drama ''Who Pays the Ferryman?'' starring Jack Hedley, and others that have not been released in Greece. His British films included ''The Devil's Men'' (aka ''Minotaur'') with Donald Pleasence and Peter Cushing.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://trovacinema.repubblica.it/film/la-valle-del-minotauro/117282 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.premiere.fr/film/La-Secte-Des-Morts-Vivants-553932 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nikos Verlekis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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