What is Kostas Voutsas?
'''Kostas Voutsas''' ({{lang-el|Κώστας Βουτσάς}}; 31 December 1931 &ndash; 26 February 2020) was a [[Greece|Greek]] actor, director, and writer. He was born in [[Athens]]. He made his stage and screen debut in 1953. In 1961 his breakthrough came when the Greek film director [[Giannis Dalianidis]] gave him a leading role in his melodrama ''[[The Downhill|O Katiforos]]''. He soon became one of the best and most popular comic in Greece during the 1960s and 1970s. He also starred in like [[Aristophanes]]' ''[[The Wasps]]'' and [[Molière]]'s ''[[Le bourgeois gentilhomme]]''.<ref>[http://www.tlife.gr/Article/news-theodora-voutsa-kwstas-voutsas-amsterdam/0-9-74101.html Theodora and Kostas Voutsas] {{in lang|el}}</ref> He was the voice of Carl Fredricksen in the [[Disney]]-[[Pixar]]'s Greek dub version of ''[[Up (2009 movie)|Up]]''. Voutsas died of a [[respiratory tract infection]] on 26 February 2020 at an [[Athens]] hospital, aged 88.<ref>[https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/02/26/legendary-greek-actor-kostas-voutsas-sadly-passes-away-aged-88/ Legendary Greek actor Kostas Voutsas, sadly passes away aged 88]</ref><ref>[https://neoskosmos.com/en/159116/kostas-voutsas-a-legendary-man-of-comedy-dies/ Vale Kostas Voutsas, a legendary man of Greek comedy passes away]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|0903866}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Voutsas, Kostas}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from respiratory tract infection]] [[Category:Infectious disease deaths in Greece]] [[Category:Writers from Athens]] [[Category:Actors from Athens]] {{actor-stub}}