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1952-12-07 · Paris, France · Male

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Georges Corraface (Greek: Γιώργος Χωραφάς, Giórgos Chorafás; born December 7, 1952, in Paris, France) is a French actor of Greek descent. He performed in film and television, following many years in French theatre, notably as a member of the International Center for Theatre Research under the direction of Peter Brook in the Peter Brook Company. His notable film credits include To Tama, Escape from L.A., La Pasión Turca, Vive La Mariée, Impromptu, Christopher Columbus, A Touch of Spice, and a feature film debut in The Mahabharata. His most popular television appearances include La Bicyclette Bleue, L'Été Rouge in France, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles in the US and Drifting Cities in Greece.

Biography

Georges Corraface is the son of the Greek symphonic and opera conductor, and violinist, Dimitri Chorafas, Cephalonian descendant of the Neapolitan Carafa family. His multi-cultural background enables him to work in French, Greek, English, Spanish, German and Italian, in roles ranging from dramatic leads to eccentric characterizations. He is most popular in France, Greece and Spain, by virtue of box office hits, best actor awards and television celebrity he enjoys in these countries. Corraface won The International Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Film Award in 1996 for Slaughter of the Cock and the State Award for Best Actor of the Year in 2001 for To Tama (Word of Honor). He was the president of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival from 2005 to 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 & 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 Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine in Paris a play based on a selection of works by Nikos Kazantzakis, he also joined the tour The Other Side of Greece, a series of concerts in Paris, Brussels, Athens, 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 wife and writing partner Rosalie and their two children (Zoe Corraface, an actress/singer, and Ilya Chorafas, a documentary film-maker) and works in film, television, and theatre.

Film

S.A.S. à San Salvador (1983, by Raoul Coutard) - Luis

The French Revolution (1989, by Robert Enrico and Richard Heffron) - Hébert

The Mahabharata (1990, TV Mini-Series, by Peter Brook) - Duryodhana

Not Without My Daughter (1991, by Brian Guilbert) - Mohsen

Impromptu (1990, by James Lapine) - Felicien Mallefille

My Daughter Belongs to Me (1991, by Vivian Naefe) - Nikos

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992, by John Glen) - Christopher Columbus

The Turkish Passion (1994, by Vicente Aranda) - Yamán

Quartet in Four Movements (1994, by Lucia Rikaki) - Antonis

Mor, vida meva (1996, by Mar Targarona) - Jota Sansvolonté

Escape from L.A. (1996, by John Carpenter) - Cuervo Jones

Slaughter of the Cock (1996, by Andreas Pantzis) - Evagoras

Love, Math and Sex (1997, by Charlotte Silvera) - Jiri / theater director

Minotaur (1997, by Jonathan Tamuz) - Nicos

Long Live the Bride and the Liberation of Kurdistan (1997, by Hiner Saleem).... Cheto

Préférence (1998, by Grégoire Delacourt) - Max

Algiers-Beirut: Remembrance (1998, by Merzak Allouache) - Rachid

Peppermint (1999, by Kostas Kapakas) - Stefanos

Km.0 (2000, by Juan Luis Iborra and Yolanda Garcia Serrano) - Gerardo

Stand-by (2000, by Roch Stéphanik) - Le client dans le parking

To Tama (World of Honor) (2001, by Andreas Pantzis) - Evagoras

Reflections (2002 film) (2002, by Miguel Angel Vivas) - Jaime

Girls Can Get Away with Anything (2002, by Charlotte Silvera) - Le pompier

A Touch of Spice ("Πολίτικη Κουζίνα") (2003, by Tassos Boulmetis) - Fanis Iakovidis

Chariton's Choir (I Horodia Tou Hariton) (2005, by Grigoris Karandinakis) - Chariton

Camille des Lilas et les voleurs d'enfants (2005, by Jean-Louis Milesi) - Alain

L'Ultimo Pulcinella (2008, by Maurizio Scaparro) - Commandant Richard

Le Bal des Actrices (2009, by Maïwenn Le Besco) - Réalisateur Jeanne Balibar

Dangerous Cooking (Epikindynes mageirikes) (2009, by Vassilis Tselemegos) - Damoklis

The Prankster (2010, by Tony Vidal) - Nick Karas

The Signature (2010, by Stelios Haralambopoulos) - Angelos Mavilis

Without Borders (2011, by Nick Gaitatji) - Plato

Papadopoulos & Sons (2012, by Marcus Markou) - Spiros Papadopoulos

Joy and Sorrow of the Body (2013, by Andreas Pantzis) - Milen

Family Harmony (2013, by Camille de Casabianca) - Jean

The First Line (2014, by Coerte Voorhees, John Voorhees) - Michel

Ursus (2015, by Otar Shamatava) - Jean-Pierre Jannaud

Lolo (2015, by Julie Delpy) as Sakis

Xamou (2016, by Clio Fanouraki) - Johnny

Adults in the Room (2019, by Costa-Gavras) - Greek Ambassador France

Super-héros malgré lui (2020, by Philippe Lachau) as Alain Belmont

Ghosts of the Revolution (2020, by Thanos Anastopoulos) as Demetrio Carciotti

Alibi.com 2 (2023, by Philippe Lachau) as Thierry

Sugar and stars (2023, by Sébastien Tulard) as Charles Bauchon

Television

Salut Champion, (1979), by Serge Friedman.

The Bunker, (1980), by George Shaeffer.

La Crêtoise, (1980), by Jean-Pierre Desagnat.

Les Poneys Sauvages, (1982), by Robert Mazoyer.

Two of Diamonds, (1984), by Bruno Gantillon.

Drifting Cities (Cités à la dérive), (1884), by Robert Manthoulis.

La Louve, (1987), by José Giovanni.

War and Remembrance, (1988), by Dan Curtis.

Fly By Night, (1991), by Bruno Gantillon.

Navarro, (1991), by Patrick Jamain.

Runaway Bay, (1991), by Jerry Mill.

Inspector Morse, (1991), by Colin Gregg. As Claudio Battisti in Season 6, Episode 3: The Death of the Self

Palace Guard, (1991), by George d'Amato.

Le Petit Milliard, (1992), by Pierre Tchernia.

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, (1992), by Mike Newell.

Bambino Mio, (1993), by Edward Bennett.

Le Château des oliviers, (1993), by Nicolas Gessner.

Highlander (Saving Grace), (1993), by Ray Austin.

The Scarlet and The Black, (1993), by Ben Bolt.

Esperanza, (1994), by René Manzor.

Barrage sur l'Orénoque, (1995), by Juan Buñuel.

Strangers, (1995), by Eleanore Lindo.

Une patronne de charme, (1996), by Bernard Uzan.

Algiers-Beirut: A Souvenir, (1997), by Merzack Allouache.

Only Love, (1998), by John Ermin.

Winds of Passion (Tramontane), (1998), by Henri Helman.

Algiers-Beirut: Remembrance (1998, by Merzak Allouache) - Rachid

Toutes les femmes sont des déesses, (1999), by Marion Sarraut.

Femme d'Honneur, (1999), by Gilles Béhat.

The Teacher, (2000), by Henri Helman.

The Dispossessed (Les Déracinés), (2000), by Jacques Renard.

The Blue Bicycle, (2000), by Thierry Binistri.

L'Emmerdeuse, (2001), by Mickael Perrotta.

Écoute, Nicolas, (2002), by Roger Kahane.

The Red Summer, (2002), by Gérard Marx.

Alex Santana, negotiator, (2002–2004), by José Pinheiro.

Disparitions, (2008), by Bruno Gantillon and Robin Davis - 12 episodes.

Les Amants de l'ombre, (2009), by Philippe Niang.

Les Associés, (2009), by Alain Berliner.

Enquêtes Réservées, (2011), by Laurent Carceles.

Section de Recherches, (2012), by Eric Leroux.

One dead man too many, (2014), by Philippe Niang.

The Permission, (2014), by Philippe Niang.

Death in Paradise, (2015), episode 4.3 by James O'Neill.

Clem, (2017–2018), by [Elsa Bennett, Hippolyte Dard, Nicolas Herdt] as Antinio.

Commissaire Magellan, (2019), by [Gregory Ecale] as Claude.

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…