Thanasis Papageorgiou

Nascimento 16 de fev. de 1936 · Kesariani, Greece

Thanasis Papageorgiou is a Greek director and actor. It has staged approximately 130 plays and is in its 53rd theatrical season. He was born in Kaisariani on February 16, 1938. He studied Theater at the Drama School of Christos Vachliotis. His first theatrical appearance took place in 1962 in the troupe of K. Livadeas. Until 1965 he collaborated with the troupes V. Diamantopoulou-M. Alkaiou, Titou Vandis, Mirandas-Barkoulis, United Artists, Eleftheras Skenis, etc. so he leaves the theater and works in Cinema, shooting as a director, screenwriter and actor the film "Epi eschatis prodossia" (1968) On television he directed plays for the Monday Theater. He also directed, together with Paul Slave, and starred in the series "Madame Soussou". He participated in the series "The Lottery" (N. Alevras), "Mikres adgieli", "Mikori magolii" (Aris Papatheodorou) and "13th box" (T. Psarras) and Postcard directed by Giorgos Papavasiliou based on short stories by Victoria Hislop. Also on television, he has directed and performed roles in adaptations of the Lodge's plays as well as stand-alone children's films. In cinema, he has starred in Elina Psykou's film "Son of Sophia"(2015), where he was honored with the Best Actor award from the Hellenic Cinema Academy and in Zacharias Mavroides' film "The retired" (2018) and had friendly participations in films by Tsberopoulos and Perakis (Sudden Love, Goodbye, Life and Politics).