Prometheus Aleifer
- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Prometheus Aleifer was born in 1982 in Athens, Greece. His birth name
is Spyros Promitheas Aliferopoulos. He studied theater at the
The University of Athens and the Art Theater Drama School. Right after
school he joined the National Theater in Athens and worked on numerous
productions of classical and contemporary plays under the direction of
famous European directors. He did his first feature film "Burning
heads" (original title "Milk") in 2011. His performance as a
schizophrenic young Russian immigrant gained critical acclaim, was
nominated for the male lead by the Greek Film Academy and won the same
prize in Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival 2012. During the same
year, he starred in the successful performance of Aristophanes' "The
Clouds" in Epidaurus festival 2012. In 2013 he starred in Showtime's series
"The Borgias" directed by Neil Jordan. Since then he starred in several European films
and continues his work at the National Theatre.
