Thanos Samaras (Greek: Θάνος Σαμαράς, born 6 August 1973)[1] is a Greek-born film and theater actor based in New York City.
Before attending drama school, he studied Art & Design at London Guildhall University, and was working towards a bachelor's degree in Architecture, only to drop out upon getting accepted at RADA.
Following that, he took an internship at Richard Foreman's famed avant-garde Ontological Theater, in Saint Mark's Square in New York.
Some of his stage work includes Anton in Marius von Mayenburg's Eldorado, Treplyov in Chekhov's The Seagull, Carl in Sarah Kane's Cleansed (Horn award nomination for Best New Actor), Oswald in Ibsen's Ghosts, Darren in Gary Owen's The Drowned World a.o.
In June 2019, he directed the play "Chrysippus",[6] by Dimitris Dimitriadis, at Athens - Epidaurus Festival.