Known for

Acting

Born

Jan 1, 1944 (82 years old)

Nico Lathouris

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.

Titles

The Flying Doctors

Series • 1986

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Movie • 2024

Water Rats

Series • 1996

Mad Max: Fury Road

Movie • 2015

Heartbreak High

Series • 1994

Police Rescue

Series • 1991

Mad Max

Movie • 1979

Phoenix

Series • 1992

Three Thousand Years of Longing

Movie • 2022

Ithaka

Movie • 2022

Where the Green Ants Dream

Movie • 1984

Death in Brunswick

Movie • 1991

The Heartbreak Kid

Movie • 1993

What I Have Written

Movie • 1996

Rikky and Pete

Movie • 1988

Desolation Angels

Movie • 1982

Wrong World

Movie • 1985