Thymios Karakatsanis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thymios Karakatsanis

Greek actor

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1940

Place of Birth: Piraeus, Attica Region, Greece

Date of Death: 30-Jun-2012

Profession: actor, theater director

Nationality: Greece

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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