Birthday

1969-10-12

Place of Birth

Larissa, Greece

Biography

Dimitris Tsilinikos is an actor, writer and director. He was born and raised in Larissa, Greece. He graduated from the Physics Department of the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki and holds a Business Administration (distance learning) title from National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He started working in the business field while at the same time studying theater in a small dramatic school based in Stavroupoli, Thessaloniki. Although his acting career started at the age of 30, he has held lead roles in more than 20 theatre plays in a wide repertoire, including ancient Greek drama, rock opera, musical and stand up comedy. He has also appeared in over 20 feature films and 1 TV series. He directed twice for the National Theatre of Northern Greece. In 2017, he wrote and directed the theatrical play "Salonika, the covetable city" for the National Theatre of Northern Greece in 2017. He has also written other plays. He was awarded as the Best Male Actor (5th Filme Short Film Festival, Thessaloniki,2015) for the part of Manolis in Gregory Vardarinos' "The Noir Project". He speaks Greek, English, French and Italian. He has participated in literary readings and performed the narration in several documentaries. His first childrens' book was nominated for the Best Childrens' Book (National Book Awards, 2016). He is teaching a seminar entitled "Business Theatre" which is based on theater techniques for Business Executives. He has one daughter and lives in Thessaloniki, Greece.