Christos Politis

Christos Piatoulakis (Heraklion, 27 December 1942 - Athens, 5 January 2026), known artistically by the pseudonym Christos Politis, was a Greek actor of theater, television and cinema. He worked in the theater from 1966-1967 to 1997-1998, in more than 45 theater productions, while in the cinema, mainly, from 1968 to 1974, participating in 18 films. He worked on television from 1973 to 2005, starring in 8 television series. He was born on 27 December 1942 in Heraklion, Crete, where he grew up, originally from the village of Kavousi, Rethymno. He was a graduate of the Drama School of the National Theater (1965). He first appeared in the troupe of Yannis Fertis - Xenia Kalogeropoulou, in the play Ten Little Negroes (1965-1966) and was followed by the troupe of Titika Nikiforakis - Nikos Hatziskos in the plays Too Bad for Nothing (1968) and Tea and Sympathy (1969) while he collaborated with the troupe of Kostas Mousouris and the National Theatre. He worked in theatre from 1966 to 1998, par...