Biography

George Psarras is an actor, musician, theatrical sound designer, and composer from the San Francisco Bay Area. Mr. Psarras recently had two feature film indie comedies released, Tapawingo starring Jon Heder, and Waltzing With Brando starring Billy Zane. In Tapawingo, he stars alongside his twin brother Paul Psarras, where they play the eccentric Gratton Brothers. The film stars Jon Heder, Kim Matula, Billy Zane, Gina Gershon and others. In Waltzing With Brando, he plays an architect consultant where Billy Zane channels the eccentricities of the iconic Marlon Brando. Both out now on Amazon, and Apple TV!

On stage, recent credits include Dial M for Murder (City Lights Theater Company), Little Women (TheatreWorks Silicon Valley), Daisy (Hillbarn Theatre), Baskerville (Hillbarn Theatre), and Blithe Spirit (City Lights Theater Company). Other theatre credits include The Humans (San Jose Stage Company), Silent Sky (City Lights Theater Company), Between Riverside and Crazy (San Jose Stage Company), and Finks (TheatreWorks Silicon Valley). Mr. Psarras made his feature film debut in Disney Pixar's Onward, in March of 2020. He made his television debut as a co-star in the TNT show The Last Ship directed by Peter Weller as well as General Hospital. He was also in the video game NBA2K16 directed by Spike Lee.

Other roles include Bassanio in The Merchant of Venice, Brock in Ideation and Merrick in The Elephant Man, all at City Lights Theater Company in San Jose, California. He was also seen at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley in Water By The Spoonful, and Anna in the Tropics. He has worked with Crowded Fire Theatre, Golden Thread Productions, and Dragon Productions. Other City Lights credits include Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Dr. Jekyll), Build (Kip), Amadeus (Mozart), Spacebar: A Broadway Play by Kyle Sugarman (Playboy/Fancee Magee), Aphrodisiac (Avery), August: Osage County (Little Charles), Compleat Female Stage Beauty (Charles II), The Three Musketeers (Aramis), and First Person Shooter (Tommy/Billy).

In 2013, he was a co-creative director and performer at El Capitan Theater in Hollywood for The Gabby Awards, an awards ceremony celebrating the talents and achievements of notable Greek Americans. He also participated in the 2017 Gabby Awards at Carnegie Hall. Mr. Psarras has also been playing Greek music with his former band Fotia and with his twin brother Paul Psarras since 1998 in cities around the country including San Francisco, San Jose, Las Vegas, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York as well as others.

Mr. Psarras is the resident sound designer/composer at City Lights Theater Company of San Jose where he has designed over fifty shows. He is a winner of four Theatre Bay Area Awards for Outstanding Sound Design for Eurydice, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Truce: A Christmas Wish From The Great War, and Amadeus.