He graduated from
Theodosiadis Drama School of
Athens and went on to perform a wide variety of roles on stage from
Greek tragedy,
Aristophanes and
Shakespeare to contemporary
American drama (
Eugene O'Neill,
Arthur Miller,
Tennessee Williams,
Joyce Carol Oates,
Thornton Wilder,
Sam Shepard). He performed frequently at the
National Theatre of Greece, the
National Theatre of Northern Greece and at many other major Greek theatres, appearing in both classics and new works. His most notable stage roles include: Joe Keller in
All My Sons by Arthur Miller, Kilroy in
Camino Real by Tennessee Williams, Erie Smith in
Hughie by Eugene O'Neill, Frank Gulick in
Tone Clusters by Joyce Carol Oates, Juror #3 in
12 Angry Men by
Reginald Rose, Old Man in
Fool for Love by Sam Shepard, Joseph Garcin in
No Exit by
Jean-Paul Sartre, Launce in
The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare, Cardinal in
The Duchess of Malfi by
John Webster, Gilbert Horn in
Knives in Hens by
David Harrower,
Creon in
Oedipus at Colonus by
Sophocles,
Xanthias in
The Frogs and
Lamachus in
The Acharnians both by Aristophanes. From November 1998 to July 1999 and from July 2002 to March 2003 he participated in the world tours of the National Theatre of Greece with the tragedies
Medea by
Euripides (as
Creon),
Electra (as Paedagogus) and
Antigone (as Guard) both by Sophocles. The tour included performances in France, Australia, Israel, Portugal, United States, Canada, Brasil, Germany, Italy, Cyprus, Denmark, Turkey, Bulgaria, China and Japan.
Medea was well received by the critics and especially by
The New York Times. He appeared in numerous Greek television series and films, such as
Ela sti thesi mou,
Ta mystika tis Edem, ''
Kaneis de leei s' agapo, Peninta Peninta and Symmathites. He had also established himself as a voice actor, performing the Greek dubbing voices of numerous popular Disney characters such as Pete of the Mickey Mouse universe, Tigger in Winnie the Pooh, Mr. Potato Head in Toy Story, Don Carlton in Monsters University, Cogsworth in the Beauty and the Beast, Django in Ratatouille and Dr. Jumba Jookiba in Lilo & Stitch''. == Work ==