Biography

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, participating in over 45 theatre productions, and in cinema, from 1968 to 1974, participating in 18 films. He worked in television from 1973 to 2005, starring in 8 television series, with the best known being the series Lampsi by Nikos Foskolos. He first appeared in cinema with a very small role in 1968, in Nikos Foskolos' film Avenue of Hate and with a leading role in 1969 in the films Saint Nektarios: The Protector of the Poor. In 1969, he also won the Best Supporting Actor award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival, for his performance in the film The Girl of 17. He then collaborated mainly with film producer James Parris. He reappeared in cinema in 2022, after many decades of abstinence, participating in the film Broadway by Christos Massalas. He first appeared on television in 1973, in the series The Nets of Terror. Among other things, he participated in the series Queen Amalia with Al. Vougiouklakis and Dimitris Papamichael (1975) and Aphrodite with Nora Valsami (1977). In the 1980s, he had few participations in television programs. In 1991, he reappeared on television with N. Foskolos' daily series I Lampsi, a collaboration that established him in the consciousness of the television audience as "Iago Drako", a role he performed for 14 years, until the summer of 2005. His participation in Lampsi was one of his last artistic activities. During the 1970s and 1980s he participated in several theatrical productions for radio and television and in two video productions, in the late 1980s. He died on January 5, 2026, at the age of 83.