Vasilis Papadimitriou
Biography
Vasilis Papadimitriou is an actor and musician. He was born and raised in Patras. He studied Acting at the Drama School of the Art Theatre Karolos Koun and Musicology at the Department of Music Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has attended seminars in theater, singing, dance, and music education in Greece and England. He also holds a degree in Harmony (Patraiko Conservatory) and is proficient in Clarinet/Bass Clarinet and Piano. He has collaborated with the National Theatre, the Athens and Epidaurus Festival, the Art Theatre, the Ilisia Theatre, the Anesis Theatre, and others, in productions such as Song From Far Away directed by Foivos Samartzis, Da directed by Petros Zoulias, The Midnight Gang directed by Dimitris Degaitis, Spongebob Squarepants: The Musical directed by Themis Marsellou, Wonderful Ruins directed by Natasha Triantafylli, Lessons of War III directed by Giorgis Tsouris, A Christmas Carol directed by Yannis Moschos, Oedipus Rex directed by Konstantinos Markoulakis, The Assemblywomen directed by Alexandros Rigas, Grease directed by Dimitris Malissovas, Spamalot directed by Angelos Klonaris, Victor or Power to the Children directed by Marianna Calbari, Adamantia directed by Kostis Kapelonis, Diaries of Solidarity directed by Mania Papadimitriou, I Want a Country directed by Marianna Calbari, and more. He also appeared in the English series The Durrells (ITV) and in the short film Arrows by Nikos Vitis
Known For & Full Filmography2 Titles
Drama Series - 2016, 16 episodes • as Filimonas
In 1935, financially strapped widow Louisa Durrell, whose life has fallen apart, decides to move from England, with her four children (three sons, one daughter), to the island of Corfu, Greece. Once there, the family moves into a dilapidated old house that has no electricity and that is crumbling apart. But life on Corfu is cheap, it's an earthly paradise, and the Durrells proceed to forge their new existence, with all its challenges, adventures, and forming relationships.
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Timos as a Child
A taxi driver is trying to make ends meet with his debts. His brother, a famous TV presenter, lives every day like it's his last one. Tied in their childhood, but alienated in their adult everyday life, they will meet again under unpleasant circumstances. The shared memories, the long journeys to Jamaica - the unattainable dream shared by children - one's inexhaustible humor and the other's pure soul will unite them again.