From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Stathis Giallelis (born 21 January 1941) is a Greek actor who, in the early 1960s, won brief international renown as the star of Elia Kazan's Academy Award-nominated epic America, America, a role which brought him the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor, as well as a nomination for Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. Description above from the