Career
He is a 2.12 m (6 ft 11½ in) tall center. Charissis played college basketball at University of Southern California with the University of Southern California Trojans from 1999 to 2003. Charissis began his professional career with Papagou during the 1998-1999 season.
After playing 4 years of college basketball with the University of Southern California Trojans (1999-2003), he joined Olympiacos Piraeus for the 2003-2004 season.
He then moved to Ilysiakos for the 2004-2005 season. He spent the next two seasons with Olympias Patras, and he spent the 2007-2008 season with AEK Athens.
He joined Kolossos Rodou prior to the start of the 2008-2009 season. He moved to Aris in 2012.
2x Greek League All-Star: (2009, 2011).