Angelos Antonopoulos was born in 1932, in Piraeus, Greece. He studied
at Theatro Technis (Art Theater) under the direction of Carolos Koun
and made his stage debut in a 1962 Athens production of Aristophanes'
"Ornithes". He then collaborated with many prestigious groups
(including the Greek National Theater) and even created personal
groups, playing in Tolstoy's "Resurrection" (as Nechliudoff), Luigi
Pirandello's "As You Desire Me" (as Karl Zalter), Sartre's "Les mains
sales" (as Hederrer), Ibsen's "John Gabriel Borgman" (in the title
role) etc. He made his movie debut in 1964 and appeared in some
supporting roles, before approaching screen stardom in the late 1960's,
co-starring with
Aliki Vougiouklaki and
Jenny Karezi. He became extremely popular in
the early 1970's, when he starred opposite
Gely Mavropoulou in the phenomenally
successful TV series
Agnostos polemos (1971), written by
Nikos Foskolos.