Nico Lathouris
Actor
Born January 1, 1944
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).
Filmography
Mad Max: The Wasteland
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Ithaka
Mad Max: Fury Road
Serenades
Mullah Jalal-Shah
What I Have Written
Claude Murnane
Water Rats
Peter Marchand
Gino
Rocco Petri
Heartbreak High
George Poulos
The Heartbreak Kid
George
Phoenix
Lenny
Death in Brunswick
Mustafa
Police Rescue
Nicos Angelopoulos
Father
Amos
Jigsaw
Ed Minter
Rikky and Pete
Con Ionides
Rafferty's Rules
Kevin Grumley
The Flying Doctors
Spiros Polites
Wrong World
Rangott
Where the Green Ants Dream
Arnold
Desolation Angels
Nightman
Mad Max
Grease Rat
St. Vincent's Revue Film