Nico Lathouris
Acting
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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Known For
Acting History
Future
Mad Max: The Wasteland
Screenplay
2024
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Writer
2022
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Dramaturgy
Ithaka
Thanks
2015
Mad Max: Fury Road
Writer
2001
Serenades
as Mullah Jalal-Shah
2000
Water Rats
TVas Peter Marchand• 1 eps
1996
What I Have Written
as Claude Murnane
Heartbreak High
TVDirector• 2 eps
1994
1993
The Heartbreak Kid
as George
1992
Phoenix
TVas Lenny Ryan• 2 eps
1991
Death in Brunswick
as Mustafa
Police Rescue
TVas Nicos Angelopoulos• 1 eps
1989
Rafferty's Rules
TVas Kevin Grumley• 1 eps
1988
Rikky and Pete
as Con Ionides
The Flying Doctors
TVas Spiros Polites• 6 eps
1985
Wrong World
as Rangott
1984
Where the Green Ants Dream
as Arnold
1982
Desolation Angels
as Nightman
1979
Mad Max
as Grease Rat