Guiding Light

Biography

Frank Dicopoulos debuted on Guiding Light as Frank Cooper in September 1987.

Dicopoulos majored in psychology and minored in art and drama at Kenyon College in Gambier, OH. Active in football, basketball and lacrosse, he also set a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III track record in high hurdles. For a time, he contemplated becoming an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine. To keep his grade point average up, Dicopoulos enrolled in drama courses -- and was hooked on the craft.

Following college graduation, Dicopoulos 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 role, 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 Teenage America Pageant in Dallas.

Dicopoulos moved to Los Angeles in 1984 and appeared in numerous nighttime series including The Tracey Ullman Show, Silver Spoons, O’Hara, Hotel, Dynasty and Falcon Crest, as well as the soap operas The Young and the Restless, Capitol and General Hospital. He also acted in several movies before joining Guiding Light.

The actor resides with his wife, actress/writer Teja Anderson, son Jaden and daughter Olivia in New Jersey. In his spare time, he serves as a national spokesperson for the American Cancer Society and is also an avid golfer. Dicopoulos was born in Akron, OH, the oldest of three children of Catherine and Harry. His birthday is January 3.