[2] He was born in Velo, Corinthia in 1951, where he lived his childhood until the age of 11, when his family moved to Aegaleo.
He already had one daughter, Maria, from his previous marriage to Katia Kyvelou.
He became popular in the 1980s with commercial movies that included "Kamikazi agapi mou", "Troxonomos Varvara", "Ta kamakia", "Vasika Kalispera sas", "Kai o protos matakias", "Trellos eimai oti thelo kano", "Ela na agapithoume darling", and "Mantepse ti kano ta vradia".
He was admitted to the Athens Oncology Hospital "Agios Savvas" on March 14, 2017, dealing with multiple cancer metastases.
He was buried at the Zografou cemetery, in the presence of many of his friends and colleagues, on April 24, 2017.