Alexis Georgoulis

Alexis Georgoulis is a Greek actor and producer who became particularly popular in Greece after his participation in the 2001 Greek television series Eisai to Tairi mou. His first international feature film appearance was in My Life in Ruins, a romantic comedy, playing the love interest of Nia Vardalos.

Georgoulis was born in the town of Larissa. He is the third of four siblings, two older brothers and a younger sister. His father owned a shop selling lottery tickets and his mother was a nursery school teacher. Today they are both retired. In 1993 he joined the National Technical University of Athens where he studied to become a civil engineer and in 1996 he started acting lessons at the Greek Drama Schools StageCraft and Theater of Changes. In 1997 he joined, and graduated with excellent grades, the Drama School Iasmos.

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