Andréas Voutsinas

Biography

Andreas Voutsinas (22 August 1930 – 8 June 2010) was a Greek actor and theatre director. In the English-speaking world, he was best known for his roles in three Mel Brooks films, The Producers (1967), The Twelve Chairs (1970) and History of the World, Part I (1981). Voutsinas was born on 22 August 1930 in Khartoum, since there was a sizeable community of Greek settlers in Sudan at the time. His parents came from the island of Cephalonia, Greece. They set up a pasta factory in the Anglo-Egyptian colony, "reputedly supplying spaghetti to Italian forces" during the Fascist invasion of Abyssinia. After the collapse of the business during WWII, Voutsinas moved with his mother to Athens, Greece. His father returned 2 years later. Voutsinas studied acting and costume design at the The Old Vic Τheatre School and drama and song at the Webber Douglas Academy in London, and, in 1957, joined the Actors Studio. Voutsinas directed more than 130 performances of classical and contemporary repertoire in London, Paris, New York, Canada and Greece. He worked as an actor and director on Broadway and acted in films by Jules Dassin and Luc Besson. Voutsinas, a life member of The Actors Studio since …

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Big Blue (1988) — Priest
2. History of the World: Part I (1981) — Bearnaise - The French Revolution
3. The Producers (1968) — Carmen Ghia
4. The Twelve Chairs (1970) — Nikolai Sestrin
5. Rum Runners (1971) — Alvarez
6. Safe Sex (1999) — director
7. Les Charlots contre Dracula (1980) — Dracula
8. Poisonous Women (1993) — Psychoanalyst
9. Thieves After Dark (1984) — Jose
10. The Little Apocalypse (1993) — The American Director
11. A Dream of Passion (1978) — Kostas
12. Sacrée soirée (1987) — Self
13. I Prova tou Nyfikou (1995) — Orestis Yalinis
14. Lovely Swine (1973) — Poussin, the pianist
15. The Making of 'The Producers' (2002) — Self
16. Les Nouveaux Tricheurs (1987) — Romanoff
17. Jane (1962) — Self
18. The Erotic Films of Peter De Rome (1973)
19. Madame Sourdis (1979) — Vladimir
20. A Little, a Lot, Passionately (1971) — Mr. Keller
21. Monsieur Balboss (1975) — Diplomat
22. The Second Coming (1972)
23. Les Grandes Familles (1989) — Strinberg
24. Parta ola (2003)
25. Matin Bonheur (1987) — Self

Directed

1. Le Bonheur à Romorantin (1983) — Director