Chris Diamantopoulos

Chris Diamantopoulos is a Canadian-born actor, comedian and voice actor. He is known for voicing Mickey in Disney's animated short series Mickey Mouse since 2013, for his role as Moe Howard in The Three Stooges, and for his role as Russ Hanneman in Silicon Valley.

Christopher Diamantopoulos was born in Toronto on May 9, 1975, to a family of Greek origin. His mother is from Ioannina and his father is from the Peloponnese peninsula; He spent his childhood between Canada and Greece and speaks Greek fluently. He started working in commercials and professional theater productions at the age of nine. He left home at the age of eighteen and took part in musicals that toured the United States.

From stage to screen

On Broadway, he took on one of the leading roles in The Full Monty in 2002 and in Les Misérables in 2003. His most talked about work in cinema is his portrayal of Moe Howard in the 2012 movie The Three Stooges. He reached a wide audience with his role as arrogant investor Russ Hanneman in HBO's Silicon Valley series, which satirizes the technology world.

His most important voice-over work is Mickey Mouse. In the Mickey Mouse series, which started in 2013, and its sequel, The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse, he interpreted the character in a tone reminiscent of Walt Disney's own voice-over.

Diamantopoulos, who combines his theater discipline with comedy and voice-over, continues to produce both in front of the camera and at the microphone.