Nico Lathouris

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Also Known As Nicholas Lathouris, Nicos Lathouris, Nicolas Lathouris, Nick Lathouris, Νικόλας Λαθούρης, Νικόλαος Λαθούρης, Νίκος Λαθούρης

Nico Lathouris

Biography

Nico Lathouris is an Australian-born actor and writer of Greek descent. Lathouris has worked on the television series Police Rescue. He 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. Lathouris is best known for the role of George Poulos in Heartbreak High, as well as being the series drama coach responsible for developing the skills of the younger actors and actresses who starred in the series. 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 which 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) of Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).

Known For

Actor

2001
Serenades

as Mullah Jalal-Shah

1996
What I Have Written

as Claude Murnane

1996
Water Rats

as Peter Marchand

1994
Gino

as Rocco Petri

1993
1992
Phoenix

as Lenny

1992
Phoenix

as Lenny Ryan

1991
1991
Police Rescue

as Nicos Angelopoulos

1990
Jigsaw

as Ed Minter

1988
Rikky and Pete

as Con Ionides

1987
Rafferty's Rules

as Kevin Grumley

1986
The Flying Doctors

as Spiros Polites

1985
Wrong World

as Rangott

1979
Mad Max

as Grease Rat

Crew

2022
Ithaka

as Thanks

1994
Heartbreak High

as Dramaturgy

Writer

2015

Director

1994
Heartbreak High

as Director