Alexandros Rigas

Alexandros Rigas

Birth : 1965-05-05, Athens, Greece

History

Giorgos Rigas (May 5, 1965, Athens), better known as Alexandros Rigas, is a Greek actor, screenwriter and director. He studied at the Philosophical School of Athens and the Drama School of the National Theater, from where he graduated in 1989. Several well-known series he has written are Dolce Vita, Two Strangers, The Red Room, The Stables of Erieta Zaimi, Her Cake Mama, Eliza and the Others and What Kind of Soul Will You Deliver to God, Bitch. Rigas stated that his favorite series is The Stables of Erieta Zaimi. The Room service series has been canceled due to precautionary measures. In the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 seasons, he participates and writes the series Mom's Cake together with Dimitris Apostolou.

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Alexandros Rigas

Movies

The Little Dolphins
Petros's Uncle
Set in the period between the two world wars in a seaside village in the bay of Amvrakikos. Two children, Petros (8 years old) and Anthoula (7 years old) spend their summer holidays. During a walk they discover in an isolated shack a boy who lives with his mother. He is rejected by the community because of tuberculosis. Petros and Anthoula become friends with the boy. They encounter the cruelty of the adults and they decide to resist.