
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Nico Lathouris, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits

Mad Max (1979)
as Grease Rat

Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)
as Arnold

The Heartbreak Kid (1993)
as George

Death in Brunswick (1991)
as Mustafa

Rikky and Pete (1988)
as Con Ionides

Wrong World (1985)
as Rangott

Father (1990)
as Amos

What I Have Written (1996)
as Claude Murnane

Serenades (2001)
as Mullah Jalal-Shah

St. Vincent's Revue Film (1971)
Actor

Desolation Angels (1982)
as Nightman

Jigsaw (1990)
as Ed Minter

Gino (1994)
as Rocco Petri





