---
name: "Takis Emmanuel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/takis-emmanuel"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 January 1933"
died: "26 August 2017"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T04:30:50.392689+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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# Takis Emmanuel

Actor. Born 4 January 1933 in Messolonghi, Greece. Died 26 August 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 January 1933, Messolonghi, Greece
- **Died:** 26 August 2017
- **Also known as:** Такис Эммануэль, Τάκης Εμμανουήλ, Τακης Εμμανουηλ
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takis_Emmanuel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25409285, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256468/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65896

## Biography

Takis Emmanuel (also credited as Takis Emmanouil) was a Greek actor who appeared in Greek and international films from the 1960s onwards. He was born in 1933 in Messolonghi, Greece, and trained at the Drama School of the Athens Conservatory under Dimitris Rontiris. He made his stage debut in 1960 in Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris at the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus and his film debut the same year in The River.

Emmanuel is known for his role as Manolakas in Zorba the Greek (1964), as well as appearances in Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973), Play Dirty (1969) and Lion of the Desert (1981). He worked in Europe, the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy and Australia, where he collaborated with director Paul Cox on films including Caddie (1976) and Kostas (1979). He later returned to Greece, established a production company and turned to writing.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, neoskosmos.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Zorba the Greek* (1964), Fi1m 67, as Manolakas — [page](https://film.one/film/zorba-the-greek.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Once Upon a Time in the West* (1968), Fi1m 91, as Gang Member (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-the-west.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *Lion of the Desert* (1981), as Bu-Matari
- *Levkas Man* (1981), series, as Kotiades
- *Kostas* (1979), as Kostas Andropolous
- *Who Pays the Ferryman?* (1977), series, Actor
- *Promised Woman* (1976), as Manolis
- *Caddie* (1976), as Peter
- *That Lucky Touch* (1975), as Arab Sheik
- *The Golden Voyage of Sinbad* (1973), as Achmed
- *N.P. - The Secret* (1972), as Leali
- *Cannon for Cordoba* (1970), as Campo
- *Hell Boats* (1970), Actor
- *Play Dirty* (1969), as Kostas Manou
- *Once Upon a Time in the West* (1968), as Gang Member (uncredited) — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-the-west.md)
- *The Magus* (1968), as Kapetan
- *The Jazz Age* (1968), series, as Romero
- *Oedipus the King* (1968), as Chorus
- *Damned love* (1968), Actor
- *He And She* (1967), Actor
- *Bloody earth* (1967), as Kostas
- *Love on the Hot Sand (The Runaway)* (1966), Actor
- *The Avengers* (1966), Actor
- *The Steps* (1966), as Hristo
- *Έρωτας στην καφτή άμμο* (1966), as Άγαλος
- *Ου Κλέψεις* (1965), as Petrakas
- *The Nets of Shame* (1965), Actor
- *Ενώνει ο πόνος δυο καρδιές* (1965), Actor
- *Zorba the Greek* (1964), as Manolakas — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/zorba-the-greek.md)
- *The barker* (1964), as Mihalis
- *Young Aphrodites* (1963), as Tsakalos
- *Amok* (1963), Actor
- *Glory Sky* (1962), as Giagos
- *Electra* (1962), as Pylades
- *The River* (1960), Actor

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