Thymios_Karakatsanis Knowpia

Thymios Karakatsanis
Thymios Karakatsanis
Born	8 December 1940; Piraeus, Greece
Died	30 June 2012 (aged 71); Athens, Greece
Occupation	Actor

Thymios Karakatsanis (Greek: Θύμιος Καρακατσάνης; 8 December 1940 – 30 June 2012) was a Greek actor with a notable career in theatre. He was born in Piraeus on 8 December 1940.^[1]^[2] He studied at Art Theatre of Karolos Koun.^[1] His first professional role was in the play Thyrida of Tardieu in 1963.^[2] He appeared in a few films but he became well known mainly from his roles in the plays of Aristophanes. He played the role of Lysistrata three times.^[2] He appeared frequently at theatre of Ancient Epidavros. In 1978, he founded the group New Greek Stage and he presented famous plays, starting with the play Von Dimitrakis of Dimitris Psathas.^[2] In 1987 he won a theatre award for his role in Death of a Salesman of Arthur Miller.^[2] In the same period he also worked as a radio presenter. The play Death of a Salesman was his last role. He died on 30 June 2012 at the age of 72 years.^[1]

Filmography edit

Cinema edit

To pio lampro asteri (1967)
I hartorihtra (1967)
Boum Taratatzoum (1972)
I Gynaikokratia (1973)
La faille (1975)
Oi Ntantades (1979)
idou i Rodos (1979)
Karavan Sarai (1986)

Theatre edit

Plutus by Aristophanes
Peace by Aristophanes
The Frogs by Aristophanes^[3]
The Birds by Aristophanes
Lysistrata by Aristophanes
The Clouds by Aristophanes
Tartuffe by Molière
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Von Dimitrakis by Dimitris Psathas
The Sunshine Boys by Neil Simon
The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c "Πέθανε ο ηθοποιός Θύμιος Καρακατσάνης". tovima.gr. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Ο Φον Δημητράκης "βούλιαξε" την Επίδαυρο με Λυσιστράτη". ethnos.gr. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
^ Review of The Frogs in the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus: «Thymios Karakatsanis (Dionysus) and Kostas Triantafyllopoulos (Xanthias) in The Frogs». Eleftherotypia newspaper, 6 July 1990 (in Greek).