Charissis started playing basketball in 1995, becoming a member of the junior team of
Panellinios. In order to get more playing time, he moved to
Psychiko, in 1996, where he stayed for two years, competing at the junior and the men's
amateur levels. He continued his career by moving to
Papagou, during the 1998–99 season, where he made his debut in the
top-tier level Greek Basket League. In 1999, Charissis moved to
Los Angeles, to play
NCAA Division I college basketball, at the
USC. After playing 4 years of college basketball years with the
USC Trojans, (1999–2003), he joined the Greek club
Olympiacos Piraeus, for the 2003–04 season. The very next season, he moved to the Greek club
Ilysiakos (
Greek 2nd Division). He then spent the next two seasons with
Olympias Patras, the first in the Greek 2nd Division, where he won the league's championship, and the second season in the Greek First Division. Then, for the 2007–08 season, he joined
AEK Athens, where he stayed only one year. For the next four seasons, he was a part of
Kolossos Rodou, from 2008 to 2012. At the age of 33, he decided to move to
Aris Thessaloniki in 2012, where he played for three seasons. In 2015, he moved to Kos island and joined Ippokratis Kos. ==Awards and accomplishments==