In 1998, Bousdoukos had a role in Fatih Akin's Short Sharp Shock and, together with the other two leading actors Mehmet Kurtuluş and Aleksandar Jovanovic, received the Leopard award at the Locarno Festival in 1998 and the Grimme-Preis in 2001.

With the exception of Getürkt, Bousdoukos can be seen in every film by his friend Akın, including Soul Kitchen (2009), where he had the leading role and wrote the script.

The cinematic collaboration with Akin began in 1995 with the short film Sensin – Du bist es!.

He also ran the "Sotiris" restaurant in the Ottensen district of Hamburg for almost ten years.

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