Actor
Nico Lathouris
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).
Notable work
Often works with
Hugh Keays-Byrne
3 titles together
Mad Max: Fury Road, Mad Max, Where the Green Ants Dream
Steve Bisley
3 titles together
Mad Max, Police Rescue, Water Rats
Josh Helman
2 titles together
Mad Max: Fury Road, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Nathan Jones
2 titles together
Mad Max: Fury Road, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
John Howard
2 titles together
Mad Max: Fury Road, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Richard Carter
2 titles together
Mad Max: Fury Road, Rafferty's Rules
Full filmography · 21
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Writer
20247.4
Mad Max: Fury Road
Writer
20157.6
Serenades
as Mullah Jalal-Shah
2001
What I Have Written
as Claude Murnane
1996
Gino
as Rocco Petri
1994
The Heartbreak Kid
as George
1993
Death in Brunswick
as Mustafa
19916.1
Father
as Amos
1990
Jigsaw
as Ed Minter
1990
Rikky and Pete
as Con Ionides
1988
Wrong World
as Rangott
1985
Where the Green Ants Dream
as Arnold
19846.9