Dimitris Papamichael was born in 1934, in Piraeus, Greece. He studied acting at the Drama School of the National Greek Theater, where he made his stage debut in 1955 in Euripides` "Hecuba" and interpreted several important roles during 1955-1960: Treplev in Anton Chekhov`s "The Seagull", Jimmy Porter in John Osborne`s "Look Back in Anger" etc.