Panos Kougias was born and raised in Athens. He studied Russian Language and Literature at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and acting at the Drama School of the Art Theatre Karolos Koun. In 2017, he attended the one-year postgraduate acting program of the Art Theatre under the supervision of Katia Gerou, and in 2018 he was admitted to the first Directing Department of the National Theatre of Greece, from which he graduated with distinction in December 2021. He has worked as an actor (Athens and Epidaurus Festival, Kavala Municipal and Regional Theatre, Theatro Technis Karolos Koun, “Lefteris Voyatzis” Cyclades Street Theatre, among others), as an assistant director (Athens and Epidaurus Festival, National Theatre of Greece and others.