Christoforos Papakaliatis


Christoforos Papakaliatis is a Greek actor, film director and screenwriter.
He was born and raised in Heraklion, Greece, by mother Villy Malamis and father Emmanuel Papakaliatis. He had relationship with Andreas Geoegiou a Greek actor and screenwriter

Career

Television

His career began at age 16 playing numerous roles on successful TV shows broadcast by Mega Channel, Greece’s largest TV network at that time.
At the age of 23, he began writing his own TV scripts. His first script "Our Life Is A Path" aired on Mega Channel and was well received by critics and the public giving him a green light for future projects.
The following season he wrote and starred in the TV series "Take Care Of Me" and after that he wrote and starred in the TV movie "Three Wishes".
His TV drama "Close Your Eyes" was one of the highest rated TV series in Greece. He wrote and starred in the series, and also directed most of the second and third season episodes. In "Close Your Eyes" a kiss between two men sparked a great debate in Greece and resulted in a fine by the Greek National Council for Radio and Television, which was later withdrawn by The Council of State.
In 2006 he wrote, directed and starred in a new drama-thriller series "Two Days Only" and in 2009 he wrote, directed and starred in the TV series "4". It was the same year that he got accepted as a member of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Film

In 2012, he starred next to Catherine Deneuve and Sebastian Koch in the feature film "God Loves Caviar" directed by Iannis Smaragdis.
What If.... was his first feature film. He wrote and directed the film, and played the leading role of Demetris.
The movie was a box office success in Greece for the 2012-2013 season, remaining in theaters for more than 4 months and making a $4.5M box office. "What If" was screened at numerous film festivals around the world, but never got international distribution. In 2013, it was qualified to run for a Golden Globe nomination as a foreign movie but never made it to the finals. In 2017, its script was sold in Turkey and a Turkish adaptation will be soon shot in Istanbul.
In 2015, his second feature film "Worlds Apart" starring Academy Award winner J.K. Simmons had its official theatrical release in Greece. This love story was set in Athens between foreigners and Greeks and was played out against the tense backdrop of the combined incoming immigration wave and devastating economic crisis that Europe and especially Greece were then facing. The movie made a $5M box-office and was the highest grossing film in the last decade, notably surpassing the performance of blockbusters like Star Wars-"The Force Awakening" and James Bond "Spectre" in Greece. Worlds Apart had international distribution and was released in 25 countries.
In January 2017, the movie was released theatrically in the US by Cinema Libre Studio, receiving positive reviews from the and various other publications.
In 2017 the movie was also released theatrically in Switzerland and Austria by Trigon Films.

Theatre

Christopher Papakaliatis is presently dividing his time between Greece and Los Angeles working on his upcoming TV and film projects.