Biography

Andreas Christodoulos Tselepos was born in Nicosia, capital of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. After serving two years in the Cyprus National Guard as a Tank Corps Commander, he moved to New York where he received his BFA in Theatre Arts, Performance Sequence at Hofstra University (2004), studied under Richard Southern at the School for Film and Television and got his MFA in Theatre Directing, at the New School for Drama, Actors Studio Drama School (2008).

During his years in New York, he acted in numerous theatrical productions Off-off Broadway and Off-Broadway. In 2002 and 2004 he received the Distinguished Service Award for his outstanding participation in the Hofstra Theatre Productions of "Stage Door", "Romeo and Juliet", "Smile" and "Hedda Gabler". In 2003 he won the Best Actor Award for his work in "The Three Sisters".

He was one of the Founders and Directors of Midas Touch Productions, a Theatre Production Company based in Cyprus and the UK producing classical theatre plays that toured the ancient amphitheaters of Cyprus. He is a member of the Greek Cultural Center of New York, were he worked as an Actor and a Director. Tselepos is also one of the Founders of the-NEST, a Harlem-based nonprofit theater company committed to the development of contemporary and innovative theater.

He was a faculty member and a Professor at Hofstra University, Department of Drama and Dance, where he was teaching Acting and Theatre Appreciation.

2010 marked his return to his homeland, Cyprus, where he started working as an actor at the National Theatre of Cyprus (THOC). There, he has appeared in over 20 theatrical productions, he has worked with all major TV Networks and he is now starring at Alpha TV Network dark comedy series, "Camping" (2021). He is also a Professor at "Vladimiros Kafkarides" Drama School, where he is teaching Acting.

In 2017, he was nominated for the Best Actor Award, for his work in "Demonen" and in 2018 he received the prestigious Artist of the Year Award, at the Cyprus Theatre Awards.

He is the President of the Actors Union Cyprus (AUC) proud member of the International Federation of Actors (FIA).

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