Peter Polycarpou
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Peter Polycarpou is a British stage and TV actor. He played Chris Theodopolopoudos in the hugely successful TV series Birds of a Feather.
He was the first actor to play the role of John in the musical Miss Saigon. He was an original cast member of the musical Les Misérables, and has played The Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. Stars opposite whom he has acted include Madonna in the film version of Evita directed by Alan Parker, and Hugh Jackman in Oklahoma! directed by Trevor Nunn. Kevin Kline and Ashley Judd in De-Lovely. He has also appeared in the UK première of The Woods by David Mamet at the Finborough Theatre, London. He has appeared in several TV soaps including The Bill, Holby City, Casualty and Waking the Dead.
In February 2006, Polycarpou appeared in EastEnders, playing Yannis Pappas, father-in-law of character Carly Wicks for 3 episodes. More recently he played a leading role in the movie O Jerusalem, released in 2007. He also starred in Vicki Psarias's short film Broken, playing the lead Solomon. This 35mm film was funded by The Tower Hamlets and Hackney Film Fund and The Hellenic Foundation, London and tells the story of a Greek Cypriot immigrant family in London. He wrote and co-directed his own short film with ex-musician and long time friend John Hoare, whose own web site can be found at mandy.com. The film called Mad George, can be viewed on-line here and is semi-autobiographical. It has shown at several International Film Festivals.
Recent work includes the part of Gash in Bryony Lavery's play Last Easter directed by Douglas Hodge at the Door Theatre in Birmingham and the leading of Daniel Warshowvsky in the new musical [ Imagine This soon to transfer to Londons' West End.
He is a member of the Green Party and once stood for local election in the Muswell Hill ward. He is patron of the United Kingdom Thalassaemia Society and has run in the London Marathon three times.
