Nico Lathouris

Born: None

Nico Lathouris is an Australian-born actor and writer of Greek descent. Lathouris has worked on the television series Police Rescue. He appeared in George Miller's film Mad Max (1979) as a car mechanic. He also ran film and drama workshops for the Australian Film Commission. Lathouris is best known for the role of George Poulos in Heartbreak High, as well as being the series drama coach responsible for developing the skills of the younger actors and actresses who starred in the series. He helped to develop realistic characters from a whole variety of ethnic backgrounds. The series marked a big shift in the way that life in Australia is represented in TV drama. In the past, many shows had not reflected all the different cultures which exist side-by-side in Australia's big cities, and Heartbreak High broke the mould by acknowledging and celebrating the country's cultural mix. Lathouris is co-screenwriter (alongside George Miller) of Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).


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Mad Max

as Grease Rat
Released: 1979-04-12

In the ravaged near-future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent...

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The Heartbreak Kid

as George
Released: 1993-06-17

Christina (Claudia Karvan) is a school teacher from a wealthy Greek-Australian background,...

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Where the Green Ants Dream

as Arnold
Released: 1984-08-31

The Australian Aborigines (in this film anyway) believe that this is the place where the green...

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Death in Brunswick

as Mustafa
Released: 1991-04-24

A reserved man in need of a job, Carl Fitzgerald finds employment at a Greek restaurant. Upon...

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Rikky and Pete

as Con Ionides
Released: 1988-06-09

Rikky and her brother Pete struggle to keep their lives from spinning out of control in small...

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Wrong World

as Rangott
Released: 1985-11-04

David Trueman is a young doctor who dreams of going to South America to practice medicine among...

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What I Have Written

as Claude Murnane
Released: 1996-07-11

This intellectual, witty Australian drama offers an intriguingly sophisticated look into...

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Gino

as Rocco Petri
Released: 1994-06-01

Gino Pallazetti is in love with Lucia Petri and his career as a stand up comedian is about to...

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Serenades

as Mullah Jalal-Shah
Released: 2001-05-31

Set in the 1890s in the central desert region of Australia, 'Serenades' tells the tale of Jila...

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St. Vincent's Revue Film

as uncredited
Released: 1971-01-01

Lathouris performs in mime: barefoot, in white makeup and a top hat, he wanders around Sydney,...

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Fair Game

as uncredited
Released: 1982-01-01

Three beautiful girls decide to escape their upper class private school for a weekend and take...

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Jigsaw

as Ed Minter
Released: 1990-01-01

On the first morning of her honeymoon after a whirlwind 3 week romance, successful business...

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The Flying Doctors

as Spiros Polites
First aired: 1986-05-15

The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved...

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Water Rats

as Peter Marchand
First aired: 1996-02-12

Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001.

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Rafferty's Rules

as Kevin Grumley
First aired: 1987-02-12

Rafferty's Rules was an Australian television drama series which ran from 1987 to 1990 on the...

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Police Rescue

as Nicos Angelopoulos
First aired: 1991-02-14

Police Rescue was an Australian television series The series dealt with the New South Wales...

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Phoenix

as Lenny
First aired: 1992-02-13

Phoenix is an Australian police drama television series. Phoenix screened as two thirteen-part...

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Phoenix

as Lenny Ryan
First aired: 1992-02-13

Phoenix is an Australian police drama television series. Phoenix screened as two thirteen-part...

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