Georges Corraface
Georges Corraface is a Greek-French actor. He has had an international career in film and television, following many years in French theatre, notably as a member of the famed Peter Brook Company. His film credits include To Tama, Escape from L.A., La Pasión Turca, Vive La Mariée, Impromptu, , A Touch of Spice, and a feature film debut in The Mahabharata. His most famous television appearances include La Bicyclette Bleue, L'Éte Rouge and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.
Biography
Corraface was born in Paris, France. He is the son of noted Greek conductor . His multi-cultural background enables him to work extensively in French, Greek and English, as well as in Spanish, German and Italian, with roles ranging from dramatic leads to eccentric characterisations. He is particularly popular in France, Greece and Spain, due to box office hits, critical acclaim, best actor awards and television celebrity he has enjoyed in these countries. Corraface won the International Thessaloniki Film Award for Best Actor in 2001 for To Tama. He was the president of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival from 2005-2010.Returning to the stage in Paris, France in 2011, he created the role of Hook in Pan a musical adaptation of Peter Pan directed by Irina Brook. In 2012, Georges Corraface starred in British independent feature film Papadopoulos and sons in which he played the playful and larger-than-life "Uncle Spiros". The film was released in the UK through Cineworld on 5 April 2013.
In 2013, he wrote, directed and played in Burn Your House in Paris based on a selection of works by Nikos Kazantzakis, he participated in The Other Side of Greece , a series of concerts in Paris, France, Brussels, Belgium, and Athens, Greece, with Filippos Pliatsikas And Babis Stokas and a number of outstanding artists.
He received the Nova Award for International Achievement at the 2013 Hellenic Film Academy Awards.
He is currently pursuing his career as an actor, as well as branching out in the area of fiction and documentary film production.
He lives in Paris, France with his family and works in film, television, and theatre.
Selected credits
Films
- S.A.S. à San Salvador - Luis
- The French Revolution - Hébert
- The Mahabharata - Duryodhana
- Not Without My Daughter - Mohsen
- Impromptu - Felicien Mallefille
- ' - Christopher Columbus
- Meine Tochter gehört mir - Nikos
- La Pasión Turca - Yamán
- Quartet in Four Movements - Antonis
- Mor, vida meva - Jota Sansvolonté
- Escape from L.A. - Cuervo Jones
- The Slaughter of Cock - Evagoras
- C'est la tangente que je préfère - Jiri / theater director
- Minotaur - Nicos
- Long Live the Bride and the Liberation of Kurdistan .... Cheto
- Préférence - Max
- ' - Rachid
- Peppermint - Stefanos
- Km.0 - Gerardo
- Stand-by - Le client dans le parking
- To Tama - Evagoras
- Reflejos - Jaime
- Girls Can Get with Anything - Le pompier
- A Touch of Spice - Fanis Iakovidis
- Chariton's Choir - Chariton
- Camille des Lilas et les voleurs d'enfants - Alain
- L'Ultimo Pulcinella - Commandant Richard
- The Ball of the Actresses - Réalisateur Jeanne Balibar
- Dangerous Cooking - Damoklis
- The Prankster - Nick Karas
- The Signature - Angelos Mavilis
- Without Borders - Plato
- Papadopoulos & Sons - Spiros Papadopoulos
- Joy and Sorrow of the Body - Milen
- Family Harmony - Jean
- Promakhos - Michel
- Ursus - Jean-Pierre Jannaud
- Lolo as Sakis
- Xamou - Johnny
- Adults in the Room - Greek Ambassador France
Television
- Bunker,, by George Shaeffer.
- Salut Champion,, by Serge Friedman.
- La Crêtoise,, by Jean-Pierre Desagnat.
- Les Poneys Sauvages,, by Robert Mazoyer.
- Drifting Cities,, by Robert Manthoulis.
- La Louve,, by José Giovanni.
- War and Remembrance,, by Dan Curtis.
- Fly By Night,, by Bruno Gantillon.
- Navarro,, by Patrick Jamain.
- Runaway Bay,, by Jerry Mill.
- Inspector Morse,, by Gregg Collin. As Claudio Battisti in Season 6, Episode 3: The Death of the Self
- Palace Guard,, by George d'Amato.
- Le Petit Milliard,, by Pierre Tchernia.
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles,, by Mike Newell.
- Bambino Mio,, by Edward Bennett.
- Le Château des oliviers,, by Nicolas Gessner.
- ,, by Ray Austin.
- The Scarlet and The Black,, by Ben Bolt.
- Esperanza,, by René Manzor.
- Barrage sur l'Orénoque,, by Juan Buñuel.
- Strangers,, by Eleanore Lindo.
- Une patronne de charme,, by Bernard Uzan.
- Algiers-Beirut: A Souvenir,, by Merzack Allouache.
- Only Love,, by John Ermin.
- Winds of Passion",, by Henri Helman.
- Toutes les femmes sont des déesses,, by Marion Sarraut.
- Femme d'Honneur,, by Gilles Béhat.
- The Teacher,, by Henri Helman.
- The Dispossessed,, by Jacques Renard.
- The Blue Bicycle,, by Thierry Binistri.
- L'Emmerdeuse,, by Mickael Perrotta.
- Écoute, Nicolas,, by Roger Kahane.
- The Red Summer,, by Gérard Marx.
- Alex Santana, negotiator,, by José Pinheiro.
- Disparitions,, by Bruno Gantillon and Robin Davis - 12 episodes.
- Les Amants de l'ombre,, by Philippe Niang.
- Les Associés,, by Alain Berliner.
- Section de Recherches,, by Eric Leroux.
- Death in Paradise'',, episode 4.3 by James O'Neill.
Theatre
- Burn your house directed by Georges Corraface at the Maison de la Poésie.
- PAN directed by Irina Brook at the Théâtre de Paris.
- The Mahabharata, by Jean-Claude Carrière, directed by Peter Brook. Avignon Theatre Festival and Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, European & world tour.
- The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, directed by Peter Brook. Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord.
- Sur le Fil, - by Fernando Arrabal, directed by Pierre Constant. Avignon Theatre Festival: world premiere.
- Sur le Fil, - by Fernando Arrabal, directed by Jorge Lavelli.
- Blood Wedding, by Federico García Lorca, directed by Telmo Herrera. Lucernaire Théâtre..
- Antony and Cleopatra, by William Shakespeare, directed by Michel Cacoyannis. Athens Festival, with Irène Papas.
- Phedra, directed by Antoine Vitez. Conservatoire National d'Art Dramatique.
- Much Ado About Nothing et Beatrice & Benedicte, by William Shakespeare, combined with the Berlioz Opera, directed by Jean-Louis Thamin. Berlioz Festival in Lyon.
- Dialogue with Leuco, by César Pavese, directed by Antoine Bourseiller. Petit Théâtre de l'Odéon.
- In Memphis, There is a Man of Prodigious Power, by Jean Audureau, directed by Henri Ronse. Théâtre de l'Odéon with Tania Torrens.
- The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare, directed by Gérard Le Breton, at the Shakespeare Festival. Georges Corraface as Petrucchio..
- The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare, directed by Marcelle Tassencourt. Théâtre Édouard VII & tournée. Georges Corraface as Bassanio.
- The Just, by Albert Camus, directed by Marcelle Tassencourt
- Springtime Awakening, by Frank Wedekind, directed by Pierre Romain. Grasse Theatre Festival.
- Le Bleu du ciel, by Georges Bataille, directed by Serge Martin. Théâtre Malakoff à Rennes.
- Play It Again, Sam, by Woody Allen, directed by Bob Hranichny.
- The Iron and the Rose" ", by Patrick Schmitt.
- Hello, là-bas'', by William Sarroyan, directed by Marcelle Tassencourt.