Peter Polycarpou

A British Cypriot actor, playwright and singer, Peter Polycarpou was born in Brighton in 1957 and is known for his theater work. On television he played Chris Theodopolopodous in Birds of a Feather, the BBC1 series, from 1990 to 1994, and in 2014 he appeared as Louis Charalambos in The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies. In the West End he originated the part of John Thomas in Miss Saigon, and he was in the original Les Misérables company, understudying Enjolras while playing Jean Prouvaire; he later took on Grantaire and Thénardier. He has also portrayed the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical and played Ali Hakim in Oklahoma! opposite Hugh Jackman. His films include Evita (1996), Oklahoma! (1999), De-Lovely (2004) and Cleanskin (2012). For his performance as Ahmed Qurie in Oslo he received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination in 2018.