Nico Lathouris
Acting Born Jan 1, 1944 20 credits
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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Full filmography
- The Flying Doctors (1986) as Spiros Polites
- Police Rescue (1991) as Nicos Angelopoulos
- Water Rats (1996) as Peter Marchand
- Heartbreak High (1994) as George Poulos
- Mad Max (1979) as Grease Rat
- Rafferty's Rules (1987) as Kevin Grumley
- Where the Green Ants Dream (1984) as Arnold
- Phoenix (1992) as Lenny
- Phoenix (1992) as Lenny Ryan
- Death in Brunswick (1991) as Mustafa
- The Heartbreak Kid (1993) as George
- What I Have Written (1996) as Claude Murnane
- Wrong World (1985) as Rangott
- Rikky and Pete (1988) as Con Ionides
- Desolation Angels (1982) as Nightman
- Father (1990) as Amos
- St. Vincent's Revue Film (1971)
- Gino (1994) as Rocco Petri
- Serenades (2001) as Mullah Jalal-Shah
- Jigsaw (1990) as Ed Minter