Pavlos Kourtidis

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Pavlos Kourtidis
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Born
NationalityGreek
EducationStudied at ArtsEd London
Occupation(s)Actor, Choreographer
Height183 m (600 ft 5 in)
ChildrenMaria Matilda Kourtidou [1]
Website== https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3213376/ ==

Pavlos Kourtidis is a Greek actor based in Athens. [2] [3] [4] born and raised in Wuppertal Germany by Greek parents. His roots are from Pontoirakleia [5] Municipality of Paionia Greece. After finishing his studies in the early 90s in London, England at ArtsEd, he returned to Athens Greece to pursue his career.

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Pavlos Kourtidis was the founder of PK Theater (2009-2021) based in Neos Cosmos Athens. For more then fifteen years (2005 - 2020) he worked as actor, dancer and choreographer in his own Dancetheater projects/creations.

Pavlos Kourtidis is also an Audio book narrator.

Film and television

In development 2023/24

"ELECTRA"

Role: Orestes (Pavlos Kourtidis)

Director: Viki Manoli

TV series

Channel: ERT 1 State-owned public television

Production: Kapa Studios - G. Karagiannis S.A.

(2023/24 GR)

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KLARA

Role: Nikos

Director: Lukas Jaworski

TV series

Channel: TVN / Warner Bros. Discovery

Production: Player tv - TVN

(2024 PL)

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I magissa

Role: Ottoman Senior Officer

Director: Lefteris Charitos

TV series

Channel: ANT1

Production: Kapa Studios - G. Karagiannis S.A.

(GR/TR 2024)

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KAPODISTRIAS

Role: Konstantinos Mavromichalis

Director: Yannis Smaragdis

Film

Production: Alexandros Film Co. Ltd.

(GR/SW/RU 2023/24)

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Rembetis

Role: Marcos

Director: Jasin Challah

TV series

Channel: ZDF

Production: eitelsonnenschein GmbH (DE 2024)

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Past film/TV up to 2023

"To Kokkino Potami S2"

Role : Hristodoulou

Director: Manousos Manousakis

TV series

Channel: OPEN TV

Production: Telekinissi S.A

(GR/AM/TR 2022/23)

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The Flame of the revolution 1821

film / documentary

Role: Theodoros Kolokotronis

Director: Manousos Manousakis

Production: Peloponnese region

(GR 2021)

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Guardian of the Quarantined Ships

TV series

Role: Captain Kostantis (Pavlos Kourtidis)

Director Manousos Manousakis

Channel: ERT 1 State-owned public television

Written by Alexandros Papadiamantis

Production: Telekinissi S.A

(GR 2021)

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Krisimes Stigmes

Role: Radio announcer (voice actor)

TV series

Channel: ERT 1 State-owned public television

Director Manousos Manousakis

Production: Telekinissi S.A

(GR/DE 2021)

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"Agries Melisses" s1 & s2

Role: Lias

TV Series

Director: Lefteris Charitos

Channel: ANT1

Production: Kapa Studios - G. Karagiannis S.A.

(GR 2020/21)

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"Man of God"

Role: Raggedy Man

Film

Director: Yelena Popovic

Production: Tanweer Productions

(GR/USA 2021)

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"Kala-azar"

Role: Security man at crematorium

Film

Director: Janis Rafailidou

Production:

SNG Film / Studio Nieuwe Gronden Heretic

Greek Film Centre (GFC) (co-production)

(ND/GR 2019)

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" My name is Eftyhia"

Role: Zeibekiko Dancer

Film

Directed by Angelos Frantzis

Production: Tanweer Productions

(GR 2019)

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In 2005 he founded Pavlos Kourtidis Dancetheater (formerly Migma). The company's projects are known for combining Greek history and culture with dancetheater through an innovative perspective. [2] [4]

Journalist K. Betinakis spoke of his work on Styx "The choreographies were as brilliant as others – I have watched- like those by Maurice Béjart." [6]

Dancetheater Ergography

GENOCIDE

A performance based on the true historical facts of the Pontian Greek genocide [7] [8] [9]

"STYX, the goddess of water"

Inspired the mythological Greek goddess Styx which was presented in 4 tons of water. [10] [11] [12]

LABYRINTH

  • Labyrinth based on Minotaur's maze that combined for the first time Cretan traditional dance with contemporary dance based on a realistic maze that represents the union of the ancient with the renovation. [13] [14] [15]

MADHOUSE

"Madhouse" that was based on the true story of a man suffering from mental illness in order to communicate against the fear and social exclusion. [16] [17] [18] [19]

Theater


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