Anthem Moss (Born 9 June 1985), or Anthimos Ananiadis (Greek:
Άνθιμος Î'νανιάδης), is a Greek actor and model best
known from his leading role in Maria, i Aschimi, the Greek edition of
the television series Ugly Betty. For most of 2007-2008, he
simultaneously played the lead role of Benjamin Braddock in The
Graduate at the Britain Theatre.Ananiadis was born in Thessaloniki
(Greece) where he started studying theatre at the age of 12. After
joining the National Drama School of Greece 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 in the
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, 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
Timo Ananiadi. His stepfather is the Greek actor Kostas Voutsas. One
week 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.In late 2016, Ananiadis started dating dancer
Maria Nefeli Gazi, during their collaboration for theatrical play
«Dorian Gray Frames». On April 21, 2018 Gazi gave birth to their
son, Philipos-Dimitris, but they separated one month later. Their
son's last name is "Gazis" because Ananiadis hasn't recognized him as
a father.
Άνθιμος Î'νανιάδης), is a Greek actor and model best
known from his leading role in Maria, i Aschimi, the Greek edition of
the television series Ugly Betty. For most of 2007-2008, he
simultaneously played the lead role of Benjamin Braddock in The
Graduate at the Britain Theatre.Ananiadis was born in Thessaloniki
(Greece) where he started studying theatre at the age of 12. After
joining the National Drama School of Greece 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 in the
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, 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
Timo Ananiadi. His stepfather is the Greek actor Kostas Voutsas. One
week 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.In late 2016, Ananiadis started dating dancer
Maria Nefeli Gazi, during their collaboration for theatrical play
«Dorian Gray Frames». On April 21, 2018 Gazi gave birth to their
son, Philipos-Dimitris, but they separated one month later. Their
son's last name is "Gazis" because Ananiadis hasn't recognized him as
a father.
Share this
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
Join us for free and get valuable content delivered right through your inbox.