Dimitri Spiridakis

Dimitri Antonio Spiridakis is a high-functioning autistic fine artist and actor. He grew up in Los Angeles, Connecticut, New York City, and the North Fork of Long Island, NY. He appeared in films, documentaries, shorts, and PSAs from the time he was 17 months old. Most of his earliest appearances were produced and/or directed by his parents (Tony Spiridakis, Nicole Hansen) or brother Nikos. Dimitri spent his weekends in teen workshops during High School at Second City in Hollywood. He spent summers acting, writing, and crewing on short films at the Manhattan Film Institute's filmmaking camp. Dimitri spent the summer of 2021 studying art in Italy with the Rome Art Program and is a graduate of Bard College (BA in Fine Arts, 2022). He's an artist specializing in character design and paints portraits and other subjects on commission In the fall of 2022, he was cast in a guest-starring role in season one, episode six of the CBS series "East New York," while a movie called "Inappropriate Behavior" was also in production starring Bobby Cannavale, Rose Byrne, and Robert DeNiro, directed by Tony Goldwyn, some of which was inspired by Dimitri's sayings and habits as a young boy.