Thanos Samaras

Thanos Samaras

52 · Born: Jun 8, 1973

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Personal Details

BornJun 8, 1973 Salonika, Greece

Biography

Person Biography:

Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, after studying Art & Design at Guildhall University and abandoning a bachelor's degree in Architecture at London Metropolitan University.

He followed his training with an internship at Richard Foreman's avant-garde Ontological Theater in New York City and working with his acting coach and mentor, Actors Studio artistic director Elizabeth Kemp.

He was nominated for the Horn award for best newcomer in theater for his stage debut as Carl, in Sarah Kane's play Cleansed, directed by legendary Greek director Lefteris Voyatzis.

Other stage credits include Trebliev in Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, Oswald in Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts, the title role in Janusz Glowacki's The Fourth Sister, Mira in Jens Diedrich's Des Tragischen Todes der Hexe Mira, Darren in Gary Owen's The Drowned World, Anton in Marius von Marienburg's Eldorado, Emil in Handl Klaus' Wilde, and many others.

He is a member of the Hellenic Film Academy and has starred in several Greek feature films, including Tied Red Thread, Homeland, Valse Sentimentale, Delivery, Atlas, Athens Blues, and many others.

His directorial debut, Dimitris Dimitriadis' The Annunciation of Cassandra, opened to rave reviews and sold-out shows, and was lauded by the Greek press as one of the 10 best Greek theater productions of the decade.

He also directed Chrysippus by Dimitris Dimitriadis, which opened the 2019 Athens Epidaurus Festival to sold-out shows and polarized reviews.

In all of his directing projects, he also designs the sets, costumes, lighting, sound, and creates the publicity campaigns.

He designed and photographed "The Greeks" and "Post Inferno" campaigns for the Onassis Foundation.

Awards and Nominations:

* Best Actor nomination for his work as Stergios in Homeland (2010) at the Hellenic Film Academy Awards.

* Best Actor nomination for his work as Stamatis in Valse Sentimentale (2007) at the Thessaloniki Film Festival.

Career

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2012
Dead Europe
Dead Europe as Andreas