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- Georges Corraface was born and raised in Paris in a celebrated family of musicians.
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Biography
Georges Corraface was born and raised in Paris in a celebrated family of musicians. His father was the symphony and opera conductor Dimitri Chorafas, from the Greek branch of the Carafa family of Naples. Traveling, while his father directed the major symphony orchestras of Europe, enabled him from a very young age to appreciate many different cultures and languages. As a result, he became trilingual (French, English, Greek), fluent in Spanish and Italian, and developed a talent for foreign accents.
Beginning his career on the stage at the age of 19, he studied first at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre and then at Le Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique, notably, in the class of Antoine Vitez. He then was invited to become a member of the national theater (La Comédie Française), but decided to seek adventure « on the road » instead, traveling and doing odd jobs for a few years. When he returned to the theatre, he played a wide variety of leading roles in France and in Greece culminating in a 6 year collaboration wit
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Georges Corraface
Greek-French actor
Georges Corraface | |
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Georges Corraface, president of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival in 2007. | |
| Born | (1952-12-07) 7 December 1952 (age 72) Paris, France |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Website | corraface.net |
Georges Corraface[a] (Greek: Γιώργος Χωραφάς, Giórgos Chorafás[b]) is a French actor of Greek descent, born on December 7, 1952, in Paris, France. 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 USA and Drifting Cities in Greece.[citation needed]
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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 Not Without My Daughter (1991), Impromptu (1991)Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992) and Escape from L.A. (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
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