Frank Dicopoulos (born January 3, 1957) is an American actor. He is
the oldest of three children. Dicopoulos played the role of Frank
Achilles Cooper Jr. on Guiding Light, a character he has played since
1987, until the show's cancellation on September 18, 2009.Born in
Akron, Ohio to Catherine and Harry Dicopoulos, Frank Dicopoulos
majored in psychology and minored in art and drama at Kenyon College
in Gambier, Ohio. He was active in football, basketball, and lacrosse,
and he also set a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division
III track record in high hurdles. At first he thought of becoming an
orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine. But then he
enrolled in drama courses â€" and became hooked.Following college
graduation, he moved to Texas. After managing a tire store in Houston
and working as an auto mechanic, he began posing for print photography
ads and doing television commercials. In a nationwide talent search in
Dallas, he became one of four finalists out of 770 candidates to
screen-test for the Larry Wilcox replacement role on the television
series CHiPs. Although he did not get the job, he did get a small film
part and had the lead in an MTV video documentary called Wild Rides,
narrated by Matt Dillon. He also hosted On the Move for ESPN and the
Miss Teen America Pageant in Dallas.In 1984, Dicopoulos moved to Los
Angeles where he appeared in numerous primetime series, including The
Tracey Ullman Show, Silver Spoons, Hotel, Dynasty, and Falcon Crest,
as well as the soap operas The Young and the Restless, Capitol, and,
General Hospital. He also acted in feature films before joining
Guiding Light. Frank Dicopoulos Biography, Weight & Height, Age, Nationality & Ethnicity
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