Yiannis Vassilakis

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Yiannis is a Comedy Writer, Producer and Performer. He can currently be seen playing the role of Philippos Kyriakos in episodes 1 and 2 of The Marlow Murder Club and put his mimicry skills to use playing various characters in Deep Fake Neighbour Wars (ITV). Other television credits include Eastenders (BBC) and Dead Pixels (Channel 4). He is also the European face of Head & Shoulders.

With a background in production, he started as a Writer/Producer of branded video content from web series to feature films, and worked for companies like BBC, Endemol Shine and Sky, before teaming up with Turtle Canyon Comedy to create the sitcom ‘Content’, broadcast on TV in 2020.

His own self-produced sketch comedy has received millions of views online, and public praise from the likes of Armando Iannucci, Matt Lucas and Hugh Laurie. He is currently in development of a variety of longer form projects.