Zak Kostopoulos

Acting

Zak Kostopoulos

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
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Birthday
Aug 22, 1985 (39 years old)
Death date
Sep 21, 2018

Zak Kostopoulos

Known For

Avant-Drag!
1h 32m
Movie 2024

Avant-Drag!

Avant-Drag! paints portraits of ten drag artists of varying gender...

AKOE/AMFI: The Story of a Revolution (*Just to sleep on their chest…)
1h 11m
Movie 2023

AKOE/AMFI: The Story of a Revolution (*Just to sleep on their chest…)

Greece, 1977. A proposed law brings gay men and “transvestites”...

Grief – Those Who Remain
1h 11m
Movie 2023

Grief – Those Who Remain

A descent into the world of mourning and loss through...

Bitter September
0h 27m
Movie 2022

Bitter September

September 2018, a terrible assassination takes place in the center...

Orfeas2021
1h 51m
Movie 2021

Orfeas2021

A retro-futurist story of utopian politics, ideological conflicts, supernatural leaders...

This is Right: Zak, Life and After
0h 9m
Movie 2020

This is Right: Zak, Life and After

This is Right: Zak, Life and After is a portrait...

Chained (Agora II)
1h 50m
Movie 2020

Chained (Agora II)

For four and a half years, between 2015 – 2019,...

10 Years Athens Pride
0h 6m
Movie 2014

10 Years Athens Pride

“In 2014, on the tenth anniversary of Athens Pride, I...

Biography

Zacharias "Zak" Kostopoulos (Greek: Ζαχαρίας «Ζακ» Κωστόπουλος; 22 August 1985 – 21 September 2018) was a Greek-American activist, defending the rights of LGBT people, HIV-positive people, sex workers and refugees. He was also a drag performer under the name Zackie Oh. He was killed at the center of Athens. The trial ended on 3 May 2022, with two men having been found guilty. Zak Kostopoulos was killed on September 21, 2018, from a fatal injury in an incident that took place in the area of Omonia Square in Athens. In particular, Kostopoulos was found trapped inside a jewelry store on Gladstonos Street under unspecified circumstances. He was beaten by the shop owner and a bystander broker, mistaking him for a robber. Following the beating, the bloodied Kostopoulos was arrested by at least 8 police officers who rushed to the scene of the violent incident. Kostopoulos expired while being transported by ambulance to the hospital. After his death, protest marches and gatherings were held in various cities of Greece, while associations, parties and other organizations issued statements, mainly condemning the phenomenon of self-righteousness, which occupied the Greek public opinion for a number of months. Annual marches and commemorative events are held on September 21 in Athens, Thessaloniki and other cities.