
Nico Lathouris
Acting
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.
Filmography
20 credits
The Heartbreak Kid
Movie • 1993
George

Rikky and Pete
Movie • 1988
Con Ionides

Desolation Angels
Movie • 1982
Nightman

Wrong World
Movie • 1985
Rangott

Gino
Movie • 1994
Rocco Petri

What I Have Written
Movie • 1996
Claude Murnane

St. Vincent's Revue Film
Movie • 1971

Death in Brunswick
Movie • 1991
Mustafa

Mad Max
Movie • 1979
Grease Rat

Where the Green Ants Dream
Movie • 1984
Arnold

Serenades
Movie • 2001
Mullah Jalal-Shah

Jigsaw
Movie • 1990
Ed Minter

Father
Movie • 1990
Amos

Police Rescue
TV • 1991
Nicos Angelopoulos

Phoenix
TV • 1992
Lenny

Phoenix
TV • 1992
Lenny Ryan

Rafferty's Rules
TV • 1987
Kevin Grumley

The Flying Doctors
TV • 1986
Spiros Polites

Water Rats
TV • 1996
Peter Marchand

Heartbreak High
TV • 1994
George Poulos