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name: "Michalis Koutsogiannakis"
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fi1m_id: "michalis-koutsogiannakis"
imdb_id: "nm0468110"
tmdb_id: 92897
wikidata_id: "Q5920898"
roles: []
born: "22 November 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T21:27:53.571518+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Michalis Koutsogiannakis

## Identity

Michalis Koutsogiannakis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michalis-koutsogiannakis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michalis-koutsogiannakis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0468110
- **TMDB ID:** 92897
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5920898
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5920898, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0468110/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/92897

Actor. Born 22 November 1959 in Crete, Greece.

## Details

- **Born:** 22 November 1959, Crete, Greece
- **Also known as:** Mikalis Koutsog-Ianniakis
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5920898, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0468110/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/92897

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo*](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-2009.md) (75)

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## Biography

Michalis Koutsogiannakis is a Greek-Swedish actor. Born on 22 November 1959 in Chania, Crete, he moved to Sweden in 1979. He studied sociology at Stockholm University and later theatre studies, training at Ingemar Lind’s Institutet för scenkonst in Italy in 1989. He has worked at theatres including Borås, Uppsala, Göteborgs and Malmö stadsteater, Riksteatern and Dramaten, and was a permanent ensemble member at Helsingborgs stadsteater from 2004.

Koutsogiannakis gained recognition for the role of Massoud in the television series *Det nya landet* (2000), for which he received a Guldbagge nomination for Best Actor. In 2009 he played Dragan Armanskij in the film adaptations of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy: *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo*, *The Girl Who Played with Fire* and *The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest*, reprising the part in the 2010 television series *Millennium*. Other screen credits include *The Bridge* (2011 and 2018), *The Crown Jewels* (2011), *A Holy Mess* (2015) and *Betrayed* (2020). In 2014 he was awarded Kvällspostens Thaliapris for his stage work.

*Sources: imdb.com, sv.wikipedia.org, filmmakers.eu.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* (2009), Fi1m 75, as Dragan Armanskij — [page](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-2009.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Redoubt* (2026), Actor
- *Betrayed* (2020), as Benzel Braude
- *The Tower* (2018), as Sidi (voice)
- *A Holy Mess* (2015), as Millitiadis
- *The Lost Treasure of Aquila* (2014), series, as Ivo
- *Fuck Up* (2012), as Torpedo 1
- *Once a Year* (2012), as Mikael
- *The Bridge* (2011), series, as Theo — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-bridge.md)
- *The Crown Jewels* (2011), as Fernandez Fernandez
- *The Sandhamn Murders* (2010), series, as Hector
- *Millennium* (2010), series, as Dragan Armanskij
- *The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest* (2009), as Dragan Armanskij
- *The Girl Who Played with Fire* (2009), as Dragan Armanskij
- *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* (2009), as Dragan Armanskij — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-2009.md)
- *Well, We Were Lucky with the Weather – Again* (2008), Actor
- *5 Lies* (2007), as Ragnar
- *Mirush* (2007), as Kokken
- *Benny's Gym* (2007), as Alfred's father
- *All it Takes is a Miracle* (2006), as Abbas
- *Kissed by Winter* (2005), as Darjosh's Father
- *Details* (2003), as Man in the hospital corridor
- *Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face* (2001), as Tahmed Ahmed
- *Home Sweet Home* (2001), as Saras Läkare
- *His and Hers* (2001), as Dimitris
- *The New Country* (2000), as Massoud
- *The New Country* (2000), series, as Massoud
- *Beck* (1999), series, as Tahmed Ahmed
- *Julkalendern* (1960), series, as Ivo

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