Παύλος Κουρτίδης
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 creations (see details below section: Dancetheater Ergography ) in theaters and festivals in Greece.
From 2022 Pavlos is also an Audio book narrator (www.bookvoice.gr) Spoken languages: Greek (native language), English (fluently), and German (fluently).
Film and television In development 2023/24
"ELECTRA"
Role: Orestes (Pavlos Kourtidis)
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 2023/24)
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Rembetis
Role: Marcos
Director: Jasin Challah
TV series
Channel: ZDF
Production: eitelsonnenschein GmbH (DE 2024)
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Past film/TV up to 2023
"To Kokkino Potami S2"
Role : Hristodoulou
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: 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: 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."
Dancetheater Ergography 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[30] 2007: The Step First Step – "Polychoros" Theatre of municipality of Athens, "Goulandris" natural history museum at Oikopolis awards
