Pavlos Chaikalis

Pavlos Haikalis (also Chaikalis; ) is a Greek actor and politician. Biography Pavlos Haikalis was born in Katakolo, Elis, on 30 October 1959. He, and his older brother Thanasis Haikalis (1948-2022), was raised by his mother Nikoleta because by the time Pavlos Haikalis was 10-year-old his father Giorgos Haikalis, who was a travel agent, passed away. After two years they started the health problems of his mother, he and his brother began working at variety of odd jobs for livelihood. He worked as waiter, labourer and warehouseman at factory, newsstand kioskman, detective and others. Thanasis Haikalis was a clerk at the Sivitanidios Public School of Trades and Vocations in Kallithea, Attica, after his retirement was relocated to his origin town of Katakolo, Elis, where was engaged in amateur acting became a member of the local theatre group Trojan Horse. Although his brother passed away on 11 November 2022, at the same day Pavlos Haikalis acted at the Apollon Theatre in Pyrgos, Elis playing his brother's role on the play The late mother of the lady of the theatre group Trojan Horse. Pavlos Haikalis relocated in Athens after he was failed at the last grade of gymnasium school (now lyceum school). He studied acting at Athens's Drama School Giorgos Theodosiadis, after actor Ilias Logothetis motivated him to enroll at it. He served his military service at armored forces on the borders of Greece. Nearly the end of his military service, he was invited by the drama school to act to the theatrical play End of the Journey at the Amiral Theatre, in Athens, with actors Aggelos Antonopoulos and Danis Katranidis. Later he was acted at the play Our Person with Lakis Komninos and Eleni Erimou. His acting career includes many films such as Safe Sex (1999), The Limousine (2013), and TV series such as the ERT2's Androklis and his lions (1985), Mega's Fifty Fifty (2005-2007 and 2010-2011) starring together with Petros Filippidis and Sakis Boulas, Mega's The Block of Flats (2008-2011). Also he performed as a voice actor took part at the ERT1's puppetry series Froutopia (1985-1988).