Alexis Georgoulis is a Greek actor and director who became particularly popular in Greece after his participation in the 2001 Greek Television Series "You Are My Mate" (Eisai To Tairi Mou). His first international feature film appearance was in My Life in Ruins

My Life in Ruins

My Life in Ruins is a 2009 romantic comedy film set amongst the ruins of ancient Greece, starring Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Alexis Georgoulis, Rachel Dratch, Harland Williams and British comedy actor and impressionist Alistair McGowan...

, a romantic comedy, playing the love interest of Nia Vardalos

Nia Vardalos

Antonia Eugenia "Nia" Vardalos is a Canadian-American actress, screenwriter, director, singer and producer. Her most notable work is the 2002 Academy Award–nominated film My Big Fat Greek Wedding.-Personal life:...

, the lead female actor.

Personal life

Georgoulis was born in the town of Larissa

Larissa

Larissa is the capital and biggest city of the Thessaly region of Greece and capital of the Larissa regional unit. It is a principal agricultural centre and a national transportation hub, linked by road and rail with the port of Volos, the city of Thessaloniki and Athens...

. He is the third of four siblings, only one of whom is a girl, his younger sister Anna. His father owned a shop selling lottery tickets and his mother was a nursery school teacher. Today they are both retired. In 1993 he joined the National Technical University of Athens

National Technical University of Athens

The National Technical University of Athens , sometimes simply known as Athens Polytechnic, is among the oldest and most prestigious higher education institutions of Greece....

 where he studied to become a civil engineer and in 1996 he started acting lessons at the Greek Drama Schools "Stage-Craft" and "Theater of Changes". In 1997 he joined and graduated with excellent grades the Drama School "Jasmine" which was founded by the famous Greek actor Vasilis Diamantopoulos.

Career

In 1996 started acting lessons in the Drama schools 'Stage-craft' and 'Theater of Changes'. Meanwhile, took extra lessons in phonetics. In 1997 - had been accepted - graduated with excellent - in the Drama School "Jasmine", which has been established by the great Greek actor Vasilis Diamantopoulos. During that time, teamed up with the dance group "Heresis" in the performance "Carmen 33" (1997) and "The Return" (1998), took part in the TV series "Alice in Wonderland" (1997 ET channel), and "Death Agony" (1998 ET channel), and also in the short cut film "No one's Rose". In 2001 co-starred in the sitcom "You are my mate", which became a huge success and made him very popular to the Greek audience. He also played in other series called Εισαι το Ταιρι μου (My Other half) played on Mega Channel. Even then he is a lead actor. In 2003 he directed for the Progressive Stage of the National Theatre the play "Good Luck" written by the rewarded Greek writer Bill Katsikonouris. Next year at Kivotos Theatre (2004), he directed the black comedy "The Shape of Things", written by Neil Labute. He is also the director of the short film 'From the other side' 2001).

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1999	Propatoriko amartima	Elenis' Friend	aka Original Sin (English Title)
2002	''I fouska"	Makis Barlavantzas	aka The Bubble (English title) and Φούσκα (Greece title)
2002	Avrio tha 'nai arga"	Antonis Mainas	aka Too Late Tomorrow ( English title)
2002	"Kourastika na skotono tous agapitikous sou	Vassilis 'Jordan' Iordanidis	aka I'm Tired of Killing Your Lovers (English title)
2003	Oxygono	Stelios Nousias	aka Blackmail Boy (English title)
2005	Liubi"'	Dimitris Georgiou
2009	My Life In Ruins My Life in Ruins My Life in Ruins is a 2009 romantic comedy film set amongst the ruins of ancient Greece, starring Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Alexis Georgoulis, Rachel Dratch, Harland Williams and British comedy actor and impressionist Alistair McGowan...	Poupi Kakas	aka Driving Aphrodite (UK title)

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