Pavlos Kourtidis

Pavlos Kourtidis is a Greek actor based in Athens. born and raised in Wuppertal Germany by Greek parents. His roots are from Pontoirakleia Municipality of Paionia Greece. After finishing his studies in the early 90s in London, England at ArtsEd, he returned to Athens Greece to pursue his career.

Pavlos Kourtidis was the founder of PK Theater (2009-2021) based in Neos Cosmos Athens. For more then fifteen years (2005 - 2020) he worked as actor, dancer and choreographer in his own Dancetheater projects/creations.

Pavlos Kourtidis is also an Audio book narrator.

Film and television
In development 2023/24

Rembetis die Geisterjäger

Role: Marcos

Director: Jasin Challah

TV series

Channel: ZDFneo

Production:ZDF / eitelsonnenschein GmbH (DE 2024)

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"HLEKTRA s1 & s2"

Role: Orestis

Director: Viki Manoli

TV series

Channel: ERT 1 State-owned public television

Production: Kapa Studios - G. Karagiannis S.A.

(2023/24 GR)

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KLARA

Role: Nikos

Director: Lukas Jaworski

TV series

Channel: TVN / Warner Bros. Discovery

Production: Player tv - TVN

(2024 PL)

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I magissa

Role: Ottoman Senior Officer

Director: Lefteris Charitos

TV series

Channel: ANT1

Production: Kapa Studios - G. Karagiannis S.A.

(GR/TR 2024)

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KAPODISTRIAS

Role: Konstantinos Mavromichalis

Director: Yannis Smaragdis

Film

Production: Alexandros Film Co. Ltd.

(GR/SW/RU 2024)

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Past film/TV up to 2023

"To Kokkino Potami S2"

Role : Hristodoulou Pavlos

Director: Manousos Manousakis

TV series

Channel: OPEN TV

Production: Telekinissi S.A

(GR/AM/TR 2022/23)

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 The Flame of the revolution 1821

film / documentary

Role: Theodoros Kolokotronis

Director: Manousos Manousakis

Production: Peloponnese region

(GR 2021)

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Guardian of the Quarantined Ships

TV series

Role: Captain Kostantis (Pavlos Kourtidis)

Director Manousos Manousakis

Channel: ERT 1 State-owned public television

Written by Alexandros Papadiamantis

Production:ERT / Telekinissi S.A

(GR 2021)

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Krisimes Stigmes

Role: Radio announcer (voice actor)

TV series

Channel: ERT 1 State-owned public television

Director Manousos Manousakis

Production: ERT/ Telekinissi S.A

(GR/DE 2021)

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"Agries Melisses" s1 & s2

Role: Lias

TV Series

Director: Lefteris Charitos

Channel: ANT1

Production: Kapa Studios - G. Karagiannis S.A.

(GR 2020/21)

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"Man of God"

Role: Raggedy Man

Film

Director: Yelena Popovic

Production: Tanweer Productions

(GR/USA 2021)

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"Kala-azar"

Role: Security man at crematorium

Film

Director: Janis Rafailidou

Production:

SNG Film / Studio Nieuwe Gronden Heretic

Greek Film Centre (GFC) (co-production)

(ND/GR 2019)

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" My name is Eftyhia"

Role: Zeibekiko Dancer

Film

Directed by Angelos Frantzis

Production: Tanweer Productions

(GR 2019)

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In 2005 he founded Pavlos Kourtidis Dancetheater (formerly Migma). The company's projects are known for combining Greek history and culture with dancetheater through an innovative perspective.

Journalist K. Betinakis spoke of his work on Styx "The choreographies were as brilliant as others – I have watched- like those by Maurice Béjart."

GENOCIDE

 * GENOCIDE Theater Director, Actor & Choreographer for 15th Nationwide Festival POE at PAOK Sports Arena Thessaloniki - October 2019
 * GENOCIDE Aesxylia Festival - September 2019 inspired by the city of Elefsina.
 * GENOCIDE PK Theater  Athens - October 2018 - February 2019

A performance based on the true historical facts of the Pontian Greek genocide

"STYX, the goddess of water"
Inspired the mythological Greek goddess Styx which was presented in 4 tons of water.

LABYRINTH

 * Labyrinth based on Minotaur's maze that combined for the first time Cretan traditional dance with contemporary dance based on a realistic maze that represents the union of the ancient with the renovation.

MADHOUSE
"Madhouse" that was based on the true story of a man suffering from mental illness in order to communicate against the fear and social exclusion.

Theater

 * 2021: "Don Camilo" Theater play. Role: Fluratos - Theater Broadway (Athens Greece)
 * 2020 : Theatre play "The Clothes" Actor at "PK Theater" Athens Greece. Director Emmanuel Manios
 * 2019 : Actor & Choreographer for 15th Nationwide Dance Festival POE at PAOK Sports Arena Thessaloniki
 * 2019 : Genocide - Festival Aisxylia Elefsina
 * 2018-19: Genocide – PK Theater  Athens
 * 2017: Styx, the goddess of water – PK Theater, open stone theater at Platania Trifilias (Peloponnese)
 * 2016: Labyrinth, from darkness to light – Pallas Theater
 * 2015-16: House of Bridges – PK Theater
 * 2014-15: Madhouse – PK Theater
 * 2012-13: Dead-end – PK Theater
 * 2010-11: Frankenstein – PK Theater
 * 2009-10: Society Says – PK Theater, 11th International Modern Dance Festival in Egypt (Gomhouria Theatre, Cairo and Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria.
 * 2008: MONOS – "Polychoros" Theatre of municipality of Athens, Akis Davis Theater
 * 2007: The Step First Step – "Polychoros" Theatre of municipality of Athens, "Goulandris" natural history museum at Oikopolis awards