Name
Nico Lathouris
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1944-01-01 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
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).
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As the world falls, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers into th...
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- 1993 The Heartbreak Kid as George
- 1988 Rikky and Pete as Con Ionides
- 1982 Desolation Angels as Nightman
- 1985 Wrong World as Rangott
- 1994 Gino as Rocco Petri
- 1996 What I Have Written as Claude Murnane
- 1971 St. Vincent's Revue Film
- 1991 Death in Brunswick as Mustafa
- 1979 Mad Max as Grease Rat
- 1984 Where the Green Ants Dream as Arnold
- 2001 Serenades as Mullah Jalal-Shah
- 1990 Jigsaw as Ed Minter
- 1990 Father as Amos
- 1991 Police Rescue ( 1 episode ) as Nicos Angelopoulos
- 1992 Phoenix ( 1 episode ) as Lenny
- 1992 Phoenix ( 2 episodes ) as Lenny Ryan
- 1987 Rafferty's Rules ( 1 episode ) as Kevin Grumley
- 1986 The Flying Doctors ( 6 episodes ) as Spiros Polites
- 1996 Water Rats ( 1 episode ) as Peter Marchand
- 1994 Heartbreak High ( 38 episodes ) as George Poulos
