Known For
Acting
Nico Lathouris
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Nico Lathouris, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Heartbreak Kid
as George
1993
Rikky and Pete
as Con Ionides
1988
Desolation Angels
as Nightman
1982
Wrong World
as Rangott
1985
Gino
as Rocco Petri
1994
What I Have Written
as Claude Murnane
1996
St. Vincent's Revue Film
1971
Death in Brunswick
as Mustafa
1991
Mad Max
as Grease Rat
1979
Where the Green Ants Dream
as Arnold
1984
Serenades
as Mullah Jalal-Shah
2001
Jigsaw
as Ed Minter
1990
Father
as Amos
1990
