Nico Lathouris
Biography
Nico Lathouris (born 1944) is an Australian actor and writer. He is best known for his roles as George Polides in the 1993 romantic comedy film The Heartbreak Kid and as George Poulos in the 1994 television teen drama spin-off Heartbreak High. In both, he plays a Greek Australian patriarch, father of the protagonist, Nick (Alex Dimitriades). Lathouris was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film at the 1993 Australian Film Institute Awards. He is also the co-screenwriter of Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Nico Lathouris, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
All Movies (13)
- Serenades2001 · as Mullah Jalal-Shah
- What I Have Written1996 · as Claude Murnane
- Gino1994 · as Rocco Petri
- The Heartbreak Kid1993 · as George
- Death in Brunswick1991 · as Mustafa
- Father1990 · as Amos
- Jigsaw1990 · as Ed Minter
- Rikky and Pete1988 · as Con Ionides
- Wrong World1985 · as Rangott
- Where the Green Ants Dream1984 · as Arnold
- Desolation Angels1982 · as Nightman
- Mad Max1979 · as Grease Rat
- St. Vincent's Revue Film1971
All TV Shows (7)
- Water Rats1996 · as Peter Marchand
- Heartbreak High1994 · as George Poulos
- Phoenix1992 · as Lenny
- Phoenix1992 · as Lenny Ryan
- Police Rescue1991 · as Nicos Angelopoulos
- Rafferty's Rules1987 · as Kevin Grumley
- The Flying Doctors1986 · as Spiros Polites