---
name: "Nico Lathouris"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nico-lathouris"
fi1m_id: "nico-lathouris"
imdb_id: "nm0490147"
tmdb_id: 1027146
wikidata_id: "Q7028802"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T16:17:13.246136+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Nico Lathouris

## Identity

Nico Lathouris

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nico-lathouris
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nico-lathouris
- **IMDb ID:** nm0490147
- **TMDB ID:** 1027146
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7028802
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico_Lathouris, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7028802, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0490147/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1027146

Writer. Born 1 January 1944 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1944, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- **Active:** 1979–present
- **Also known as:** Nicholas Lathouris, Nicos Lathouris, Nicolas Lathouris, Nick Lathouris, Νικόλας Λαθούρης, Νικόλαος Λαθούρης, Νίκος Λαθούρης
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 2 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Doug Mitchell](https://film.one/person/doug-mitchell.md), [George Miller](https://film.one/person/george-miller.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 78 (1), 2010s 88 (1), 2020s 72 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico_Lathouris, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7028802, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0490147/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1027146

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga*](https://film.one/film/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Nico Lathouris is an Australian actor and writer. Born in 1944 in Melbourne, he is a second-generation Greek Australian and trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art.

He appeared in George Miller's *Mad Max* (1979) as Grease Rat. Lathouris is best known for his roles as George Polides in the film *The Heartbreak Kid* (1993) and as George Poulos in the television series *Heartbreak High* (1994). He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 1993 Australian Film Institute Awards for the former.

Lathouris co-wrote the screenplays for *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015) and *Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga* (2024), in collaboration with George Miller and Brendan McCarthy. He has also worked as a dramaturg and director, including on *Heartbreak High* and *Police Rescue*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (1)

- *Mad Max* (1979), Fi1m 78, as Grease Rat — [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max.md)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga* (2024), Fi1m 72, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga.md)
- *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-fury-road.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga* (2024), Writer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga.md)
- *Three Thousand Years of Longing* (2022), as Dramaturgy
- *Ithaka* (2022), Thanks
- *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015), Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-fury-road.md)
- *Serenades* (2001), as Mullah Jalal-Shah
- *What I Have Written* (1996), as Claude Murnane
- *Water Rats* (1996), series, as Peter Marchand
- *Gino* (1994), as Rocco Petri
- *Heartbreak High* (1994), series, as George Poulos, Dramaturgy · Director
- *The Heartbreak Kid* (1993), as George
- *Phoenix* (1992), series, as Lenny, Lenny Ryan
- *Death in Brunswick* (1991), as Mustafa
- *Police Rescue* (1991), series, as Nicos Angelopoulos
- *Father* (1990), as Amos
- *Jigsaw* (1990), as Ed Minter
- *Rikky and Pete* (1988), as Con Ionides
- *Rafferty's Rules* (1987), series, as Kevin Grumley
- *The Flying Doctors* (1986), series, as Spiros Polites
- *Wrong World* (1985), as Rangott
- *Where the Green Ants Dream* (1984), as Arnold
- *Desolation Angels* (1982), as Nightman
- *Mad Max* (1979), as Grease Rat — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max.md)
- *Journey Among Women* (1977), Actor
- *St. Vincent's Revue Film* (1971), Actor
- *Mad Max: The Wasteland*, Screenplay

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