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Andrea Dimitry – Greek-American soldier in the War of 1812 fought in the Battle of New Orleans; George Doundoulakis – Greek-American soldier who worked under British Intelligence during World War II and served with the OSS in Thessaly, Greece. Later becoming a physicist, he is known by his twenty-six US patents in the fields of radar ...
Adonis Kapsalis (Greek: Αντώνης Καψάλης; born November 11, 1980) is a Greek-American actor known for such television shows as Netflix's The Crown, Showtime's Homeland [1] and the 2012 Greek drama film Meteora. [2] [3]
Alexander I of Macedon, runner and Olympic winner; Astylos of Croton; Pheidippides Phidippides, acclaimed runner and 'inspirator' of the Olympic Marathon race, who had run back and forth between Athens and Sparta in order to relay news of the Battle of Marathon, resulting in his death from ultimate exhaustion, when in his last breath he yelled out "We (the Greeks) won".
The 2002 comedy film My Big Fat Greek Wedding portrayed the love story of a Greek American woman (portrayed by Greek Canadian Nia Vardalos) and a non-Greek American man (specifically a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant). It also examines the protagonist's troubled love/hate relationship with her cultural heritage and value system.
Film Status Milestone / Notes 1963: Elia Kazan: America, America: Nominated 1964: Michael Cacoyannis: Zorba the Greek: Nominated Cacoyannis is Cypriot-born Greek. 1995: George Miller: Babe: Nominated Miller is an Australia of Greek descent. Shared with Doug Mitchell and Bill Miller. 2011: Alexander Payne: The Descendants: Nominated Payne is ...
Nick "the Greek" Stephen Marcus: n/a UK 1998 The Big Lebowski: Heist Comedy Coen Brothers: Theodore Donald "Donny" Kerabatsos Steve Buscemi: n/a USA 2000 300: War Epic Zack Snyder: Leonidas Gerard Butler: n/a USA 2002 My Big Fat Greek Wedding: Comedy Joel Zwick: Various Various n/a USA, Canada 2002 Windtalkers: War Epic John Woo: Corporal Milo ...
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This film-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. ( September 2013 ) Action film actors appear in action movies , a film genre in which one or more heroes are thrust into a series of challenges that typically include physical feats, extended fight scenes, violence , and frantic chases.