Vangelis Mourikis

Vangelis Mourikis
Mourikis in 2014
Born1963 (age 62–63)
Athens, Greece
OccupationActor
Years active1982–present

Vangelis Mourikis (Greek: Βαγγέλης Μουρίκης; b. 1963) is a Greek film actor.

Early life

Βοrn in Athens, Greece, in 1963, Mourikis found himself at a very young age in Australia, a place where some of his family's members had emigrated in decades past,[1][n 1] working in various jobs and, as an adolescent, taking up at some point acting lessons; he appeared in theatrical plays staged by Greek expats.[2] Mourikis made his Greek television debut in Thodoros Maragos "Emmones Idees" alongside Angelique Rockas[3]

He made his film debut in the 1982 production Running On Empty, "a pretty silly but finally likeable and good humoured Aussie car flick," as the Filmnews review described it, which noted the "personable" onscreen presence of Mourikis in a "more-ethnic-than-thou performance."[4]

Career

Returning to Greece, he became known with his role in The truants, a 1996 movie featuring an ensemble of six young actors as old school friends who reunite every summer at the place where they grew up; they all shared the Best Supporting Actor award at the 27th Thessaloniki Film Festival.[5]

In 2002, he was the lead in The King as the ex-convict who returns to his hometown and tries to fit in, in a performance said to be a "tour de force."[6]

His performances in Rakushka (2004) and The Wake (2005) won him the Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor awards respectively at the Thessaloniki Film Festival.[7]

For Georgis Grigorakis' 2020 Digger, winner of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival's CICAE award and other festival pizes,[8] Mourikis was the farmer protagonist whose life is disturbed by a mining company's intrusion.[9] He won the Best Actor award in the 26th Sarajevo Film Festival.[1]

The 2024 fantasy drama Arcadia, described by a reviewer as a "dreamy, at times absurd fantasy, an aching, downbeat tale about loss and lingering grief,"[10] and by another as an "ambitiously spun script, the depth of which ultimately doesn’t live up to the superfluously complicated fable,"[11] featured Mourikis and Lanthimos regular Angeliki Papoulia as a couple heading off to a resort, whose "strongly internalized" performances[12] were said to offer "a clean, restrained picture of grief."[13]

Selected filmography

Film
Title Year Role Notes
Running On Empty 1982 Tony Spotto a 57 Chev
Apontes 1996 Sakis Winner for Best Supporting Actor, Thessaloniki Festival
The King 2002 Vangelis Winner for Best Actor, Thessaloniki Festival
Rakushka 2004 Charis Winner for Best Supporting Actor, Thessaloniki Festival
The Wake (Agrypnia) 2005 Andreas Winner for Best Actor, Thessaloniki Festival
Soul Kicking 2006
Stratos (To Mikro Psari) 2014 Stratos Winner for Best Actor, Iris Awards
Digger 2020 Nikitas World Premier at the 70th Berlin Film Festival; won Iris Award for Best Actor
Monday 2020 Takis
Arcadia 2024 Yannis World Premiere at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival[14]

Awards

Year Award Film Result
1996 Greek State Awards for best supporting actor Apontes Won
2002 Greek State Awards for best actor The King Won
2004 Greek State Awards for best supporting actor Rakushka Won
2005 Greek State Awards for best actor Agrypnia Won
2014 Hellenic Film Academy Awards for best actor Stratos Won
2020 Sarajevo Film Festival - Best Actor Digger Won
2021 Hellenic Film Academy Award for Best Actor Digger Won

Notes

  1. ↑ An uncle of Mourikis was Christos Mourikis, reporter and owner of Australia's Greek-community newspaper New World. See Neos Kosmos, 2020.

References

  1. 1 2 "Το βραβείο 'Καλύτερος Ηθοποιός' στον Ελληνοαυστραλό Βαγγέλη Μουρίκη" [The Greek films that marked us]. Neos Kosmos (in Greek). 22 August 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  2. ↑ Mitsis, Christos (27 February 2026). "Οι 5 κορυφαίοι ρόλοι του Βαγγέλη Μουρίκη" [The 5 top roles of Vangelis Mourikis]. Athinorama (in Greek). Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  3. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2052454/ Emmones Iddes
  4. ↑ Kemp, Peter (August 1982). "Doing the Rounds: Running On Empty". Filmnews. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  5. ↑ Michos, Theodossis (22 July 2019). "Οι «Απόντες» Είναι Παντοτινοί" [The «Truants» Are Forever]. Popaganda (in Greek). Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  6. ↑ Kostakos, Kostas (8 April 2020). "Οι Eλληνικές ταινίες που μας σημάδεψαν" [The Greek films that marked us]. Skra-Punk (in Greek). Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "Βαγγέλης Μουρίκης, Υποκριτική στον Κινηματογράφο" [Vangelis Mourikis, performance in cinema]. AnoixtiTexni (in Greek). Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "Digger". Berlinale. 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2026. A story of resistance more powerful than the strongest excavator.
  9. ↑ "Georgis Grigorakis Won The CICAE Art Cinema Award for Digger at Berlinale". Art Works. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  10. ↑ Young, Deborah (18 February 2024). "The living haunt the dead in Yorgos Zois's dreamy, at times absurd fantasy Arcadia, an aching, downbeat tale about loss and lingering grief, told from the ghosts' POV". Film Verdict. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  11. ↑ Hristova (19 February 2024). "Review: Arcadia". Cine Europa. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  12. ↑ van de Klashorst, Marc (18 February 2024). "Berlinale 2024 review: Arcadia". International Cinephile Society. Retrieved July 24, 2026.
  13. ↑ Petkov, Georgi (18 February 2024). "Arcadia Review: Tender Take on Grief & Loss". Loud And Clear Reviews. Retrieved July 24, 2026.
  14. ↑ Abbatescianni, Davide (22 January 2024). "The Berlinale unveils its Competition and Encounters titles". Cineuropa. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
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