Anthimos Ananiadis

Anthimos Ananiadis
Άνθιμος Ανανιάδης
Born (1985-06-09) 9 June 1985
Thessaloniki, Greece
Other namesAnthem Moss
Education
  • Giorgos Kimoulis Drama School
  • New York College
Occupations
PartnerMaria Nefeli Gazi (2016-2018)
Children1
Parent(s)Timos Ananiadis
Evi Karagianni

Anthem Moss (Born 9 June 1985), or Anthimos Ananiadis (Greek: Άνθιμος Ανανιάδης), is a Greek actor, director, producer, and model best known from his leading role in Maria, i Aschimi, the Greek edition of the television series Ugly Betty.[1][2] For most of 2007-2008, he simultaneously played the lead role of Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate at the Bretania Theatre.[3][4]

He found his film company AA Productions[5] which co-produced the mystery-action noir film The Greek Job (2023) set in contemporary Greece has been developing for years where Ananiadis directs and stars in the film, with music by Mikis Theodorakis approved the use of his composition Dromoi Palioi (“Old Roads”) in a modern arrangement before his passing, with an international cast, including notable actors, his stepfather, the late Greek actor Kostas Voutsas, in his final film appearance, Eric Roberts, Greek-Australian Costas Mandylor, Rico Simonini,[6] Maria Korinthiou,[7] Mihalis Markatis,[8] Iphigenia Makri,[9] Vangelis Mourikis and others.

Early life

Ananiadis was born in Thessaloniki (Greece) where he started studying theatre at the age of 12. After joining the Giorgos Kimoulis Drama School[10] and landing an award-winning role for This is our Youth (2004) as "Breakthrough Artist of the Year," he went on to perform in the opening ceremony of the 2004 Olympic Games as "Love." After spending a year for military service in the Hellenic Army, Anthimos returned to the silver screen in Loathing and Camouflage (2005), which was both a commercial and critical success. By 2006, his leading role in Straight Story (2006), the most successful movie in the history of Greece, earned him a nomination for "Best Leading Actor" in the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. Then his role as "Alexis" in the hit TV series Ugly Maria earned him another nomination as "Best Leading Man" at the TV Faces Award. In 2007, after a critically acclaimed performance as Benjamin Braddock in the stage production of The Graduate, he also went on to star in the Greek version of Surfs Up (2007) and numerous other film, TV and stage productions.

In his first year in Los Angeles, Anthem landed the leading role in the movie "1001 Ways To Enjoy The Missionary Position" opposite Amanda Plummer and the leading role in the film "Sol". He has also starred in another five independent feature films such as "Brief Star" directed by Juan Ramos, "The Hollywood Percentage" directed by Eddie Romero, "Dreams" directed by Peter Ferguson, "Player A" directed by Joshua Perev and Sayulita directed by Jacob Swanson. Most recently he has performed on stage playing Stanley Kowalsky in the theater production, "The Street Car Named Desire", by Tennessee Williams (2011).

He is the son of the actress/model Evi Karagiani and Timos Ananiadis. His stepfather is the Greek actor Kostas Voutsas. After moving to Los Angeles, Anthimos beat out the competition to land the leading role of Joel in the Indie film 1,001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position.

Personal life

In late 2016, Ananiadis started dating dancer Maria Nefeli Gazi,[11][12][13][14] during their collaboration for the theatrical play "Dorian Gray Frames".[15][16] On April 21, 2018 Gazi gave birth to their son, Philipos-Dimitris Gazis, but they separated one month later.

Selected filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2023-2025 The Greek Job Giannis Grigoriadis (Johnny Greek) [17][5]
2016 Brief Star
2014 Foreign Relations Nikos [18]
2013 Loud and Deep Rico [19]
2012 My Earl Grey Geo [20]
Performance Anxiety Director [21]
94 Raymond [22]
2011 Orange Inn
2009 1,001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position Joel [23]
2006 Straight Story (2006 film) Giannis [24]
2005 Loafing and Camouflage: Sirens in the Aegean Soldier

Television

Year Title Role Channel Notes Ref.
2018 Sunday live ANT1 Game show
Celebrity game night ANT1 Game show
Dancing with the Stars ANT1 Dance TV show
2017 Star Academy E Channel Reality TV show
2008 How to Look Good Naked Channel 4 TV series
2007-2008 Maria, i Aschimi (Μαρία η Άσχημη) Alexis Mantas Mega TV series
2005-2006 Secret Paths (Κρυφά μονοπάτια) Angelos ANT1 TV series [25]
Sole negligence (Μόνη εξ αμελείας) NET TV series [26]
2003-2005 Almost Never (Σχεδόν Ποτέ) ERT2 TV series
2003-2004 At Close Distance (Απόσταση Αναπνοής) Theofilos Mega TV series

Music videos

Year Title Artist Notes
2010 Let the Guilt Go Korn Video clip

Theatre

Year Title Role Vevue Notes Ref.
2017 Dorian Gray Frames Dorian Gray Polis Theatre (Athens)
BlackBox (Thessaloniki) 		[15][16][27]
2010 A Streetcar Named Desire
2007-2009 The Graduate College boy Bretania Theatre (Athens) [3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Anthimos Ananiadis" (in Greek). Archived from the original on 7 February 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Anthimos Ananiadis: The success in Maria the Ugly, the stepfather Voutsas, the DNA test and the shake-outs" (in Greek). 5 February 2021. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b "The 40-year-old and the novice (The Graduate)" (in Greek). To Vima. 25 November 2008. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025.
  4. ^ a b "The 40-year-old and the novice (The Graduate)" (in Greek). 8 July 2008. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Acropolis: How and why filming was approved for Anthimos Ananiadis after the rejection of Yorgos Lanthimos". 22 May 2025. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025.
  6. ^ "Rico Simonini". IMDb. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025.
  7. ^ "Maria Korinthiou". IMDb. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Mihalis Markatis". IMDb. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025.
  9. ^ "Iphigenia Makri". IMDb. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025.
  10. ^ "Anthimos Ananiadis biography: Age, height, origin, education, and Kostas Voutsas" (in Greek). 12 September 2024. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025.
  11. ^ "The child is Ananiadis" (in Greek). 19 January 2019. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025.
  12. ^ "Anthimos Ananiadis: What he says about his son after the results of the DNA test" (in Greek). 19 January 2022. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025.
  13. ^ "Ananiadis - Gazi: They divorced a month after the birth of their son" (in Greek). 24 May 2018. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025.
  14. ^ "Anthimos Anadiadis: With Maria Nefeli we now have typical relations" (in Greek). 10 October 2018. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025.
  15. ^ a b "«Dorian Gray Frames» with the Anthimo Ananiadis" (in Greek). 10 May 2017. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025.
  16. ^ a b "Thessaloniki: The premiere for the iconic «Dorian Gray»" (in Greek). 30 December 2016. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025.
  17. ^ "Acropolis: Lanthimos, Anthimos and the KAS" (in Greek). 23 May 2025. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025.
  18. ^ "Video: Anthimos Ananiadis naked in his new film" (in Greek). 30 May 2014. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025.
  19. ^ "Loud and Deep (Short 2013)". IMDb. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025.
  20. ^ "My Earl Gray (2013)". IMDb. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025.
  21. ^ "Performance Anxiety (2012)". IMDb. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025.
  22. ^ "94 (2012)". IMDb. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025.
  23. ^ "1,001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position (2010)". IMDb. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025.
  24. ^ "Straight Story" (in Greek). Thessaloniki Documentary Festival. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  25. ^ "Hidden Paths" (in Greek). Archived from the original on 24 May 2025.
  26. ^ "Alone through negligence" (in Greek). 2005. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025.
  27. ^ "Anthimos Ananiadis in erotic scenes on stage with his partner Maria-Nefeli Gazi" (PDF) (in Greek). 3 June 2017. p. 32. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2025.
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