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Nico Lathouris
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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). Lathouris is a second-generation Greek Australian, born to Greek parents in Melbourne. In 1977, he performed on stage with the Nimrod Theatre Company for David Hare's play, Fanshen. Lathouris has worked on the television series Police Rescue. At the 1991 Australian Film Institute Awards he was nominated for the AFI Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama. He also 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. 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 credited by Dimitriades as his mentor on the film and credited the success of the TV series to Lathouris' role as dramaturge, coaching the younger cast members. 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 that 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 and Brendan McCarthy) of Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024). At the 42nd Saturn Awards he was nominated with Miller and McCarthy for the Saturn Award for Best Writing. The trio was also nominated by the Film Critics Circle of Australia for Best Script/Screenplay. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nico Lathouris, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

The Heartbreak Kid

5.4

The Heartbreak Kid
1993-06-17

4.3

Rikky and Pete
1988-06-09

Desolation Angels

4

Desolation Angels
1982-01-01

0

Wrong World
1985-11-04

0

Gino
1994-06-01

What I Have Written

4

What I Have Written
1996-07-11

St. Vincent's Revue Film

0

St. Vincent's Revue Film
1971-01-01

Death in Brunswick

6

Death in Brunswick
1991-04-24

6.677

Mad Max
1979-04-12

Where the Green Ants Dream

6.9

Where the Green Ants Dream
1984-08-31

5

Serenades
2001-05-31

0

Jigsaw
1990-01-01

5.6

Father
1990-08-16

6.4

Police Rescue
1991-02-14

7

Phoenix
1992-02-13

7

Phoenix
1992-02-13

Rafferty's Rules

6

Rafferty's Rules
1987-02-12

The Flying Doctors

6.1

The Flying Doctors
1986-05-15

6.6

Water Rats
1996-02-12