Georges Corraface

Georges Corraface

actor, producer, writer

Georges Corraface was born on Dec 07, 1952 in France. Georges Corraface's big-screen debut came with The Bunker directed by George Schaefer in 1981, strarring Gard SS #1 (as George Chorafas). Georges Corraface is known for A Touch of Spice directed by Tassos Boulmetis, Georges Corraface stars as Fanis Iakovidis and Ieroklis Michaelidis as Savvas Iakovidis. Georges Corraface has got 5 awards and 1 nominations so far. The most recent award Georges Corraface achieved is Hellenic Film Academy Awards. The upcoming new movie Georges Corraface plays is Superwho? which will be released on Feb 02, 2022.

Georges Corraface has risen to star status in Europe throughout a career in film, theatre and television.This ruggedly charismatic leading man is notably a box-office draw in Greece, Spain and France, where he lives and is a popular celebrity.A classically trained and versatile actor, his gift for languages and his multi-cultural background has enabled him to work in eight languages and an even wider variety of accents.At the height of an auspicious and daring theater career, as a member of the famed Peter Brook Company in Paris, Corraface was discovered by David Lean in 1987. The legendary director cast him in the title role of "Nostromo". Although the film was never made, due to Lean's illness, the resultant attention launched Corraface into American productions with films like Jamais sans ma fille (1991), Impromptu (1991) Christophe Colomb: La découverte (1992) and Los Angeles 2013 (1996).In recent years, however, he has found his most challenging and successful roles in European film and television where his original characterizations have won him a loyal and ever-growing following, critical acclaim and Best Actor awards.The smolderingly lusty Yaman in La pasión turca (1994) wooed audiences in Spain. Meanwhile, in France, Corraface was getting rave reviews for a wide variety of starring movie roles, ranging from the candid and ebullient macho, Cheto, in the romantic comedy Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan (1998) to the swarthy and noble ex-con, Max, in the dark psychological thriller La préférence (1998).In Greece, he made his mark with his performances first as a tormented and emotionally disconnected everyman in I sfagi tou kokora (1996), then as the comically naive and soulful peasant on a pilgrimage in To tama (2001). Both parts earned him the highest film awards in Greece. He went on to portray Fannis, the introspective and traumatized exile in the nostalgic comedy Un ciel épicé (2003), which broke all Greek box-office records before conquering audiences abroad.French television has made Corraface a broadcast star with mini-series roles like the suavely sophisticated François in La bicyclette bleue (2000), the hurt and sensitive rebel Thomas in L'été rouge (2002), or the earnestly bumbling professor in Le château des oliviers (1993)". Other TV productions focusing on contemporary issues have reinforced his popularity, through characters such as the haunted, hard-drinking journalist Rachid in the made for Arte film, Alger-Beyrouth: Pour mémoire (1998), or as Alex, a solitary, fast-talking swat team crisis negociator in Alex Santana, négociateur (2002), a series of made-for-TV movies (TF1).Overall, Corraface appears to enthusiastically alternate his more commercial work with dedicated involvement in less mainstream "films d'auteurs" with a new generation of independent filmmakers.

  • Birthday

    Dec 07, 1952
  • Place of Birth

    Paris, France
  • Also known

    Γιώργος Χωραφάς, Georges Chorafas

Known For

Awards

5 wins & 1 nominations

Hellenic Film Academy Awards
2013
Nova Award
Winner - Hellenic Film Academy Award
London Greek Film Festival
2011
Best Actor
Winner - Festival Prize
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