George Kapiniaris

George Kapiniaris

George Kapiniaris (born 1961) is a Greek Australian actor and comedian.

Kapiniaris broke through in "Wogs Out of Work" with Nick Giannopoulos.

Kapiniaris then starred in the Melbourne based television sitcom Acropolis Now with Giannopoulos, Simon Palomares and Mary Coustas. Since that show's cancellation, he has continued stand-up comedy and has produced a few stage performances, as well as emceeing events such as weddings. Some of his songs include a parody of Knockin' on Heaven's Door, called "Gnocchi on Heaven's Door". With fellow comedians Joe Avati, Nish Selvadurai and Simon Palomares have joined forces for a national tour "Il Dago".

In 1988, Kapiniaris joined the cast of the drama series The Flying Doctors as Dimitrios "D.J." Lonniadis.

In 2007, Kapiniaris starred in the television comedy series Kick on SBS as Takis Mavros. George also appeared on the television soap opera Neighbours in 2007, in a guest role as a celebrity chef.

Kapiniaris will appear in the controversial 2008 mini series Underbelly [cite web |url = http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2007/07/first-shots-fired-in-underbelly.html |title = First Shot's Fired In Underbelly] ] . He plays a real life character George Defteros, the lawyer to Melbourne's underworld.

Kapiniaris has appeared in a series of comedic commercials for automotive repairer and insurance broker RAA, featuring Kapiniaris talking to a confidante, a worker named 'Trev' at a coffee shop.

Kapiniaris created a his own website based on the RAA ads called "Georgesays.com.au". He also created a Today Tonight segment entitled "The Dummies", poking fun at politicians through the use of puppets.

In 2008 Kapiniaris and Acropolis Now costar Simon Palomares made consecutive appearances on successful Channel 31 show, the Deakin TV produced TheatreGames LIVE.

References

External links

*imdb name|id= 0438154|name=George Kapiniaris
* [http://www.georgesays.com.au/ Georgesays.com.au] George Kapiniaris' official Website
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=99378194 George Kapiniaris' Myspace page]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=140845483 IL DAGO's Myspace page]
* [http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2007/07/first-shots-fired-in-underbelly.html TV Tonight article regarding Underbelly ]


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