Alex Dimitriades is an Australian television, film and stage actor of Greek descent. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Nick Polides in the 1993 romantic comedy film The Heartbreak Kid and as Nick Poulos in the 1994 television teen drama spin-off Heartbreak High.
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Ghost Ship
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
Head On
The Infinite Man
The Kings of Mykonos
The Heartbreak Kid
Ruben Guthrie
La spagnola
Subterano
Summer Coda
Carlotta
Three Blind Mice
Epiphany
Bang-Bang Wedding!
The Society Murders
Blue Murder
Let's Get Skase
My Boy Oleg
Stepfather of the Bride
Remembering Agatha
The Orchard43 credits on file
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Farscape
Underbelly
Heartbreak High
The Tourist
Secret City
Tidelands
Wanted
Rescue: Special Ops
Total Control
The Slap
The Cry
Wildside
The End
Seven Types of Ambiguity
The Principal
Blue Murder
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
Amazing Grace
Wake in Fright
Young LionsConnected to Alex 6
About this person
Alex Dimitriades is an Australian television, film and stage actor of Greek descent. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Nick Polides in the 1993 romantic comedy film The Heartbreak Kid and as Nick Poulos in the 1994 television teen drama spin-off Heartbreak High. He won critical acclaim for his role as Ari, a troubled second generation Greek Australian in Head On (1998), based on Christos Tsiolkas's 1995 novel, Loaded. He won the Film Critics Circle of Australia award for Best Actor for the role and was nominated for the AFI Award for Best Actor. He later starred in The Slap (2011) based on Tsiolkas's novel of the same name and won the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor. He also starred in the titular role of the drama series, The Principal (2015) and won the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor. He has also had roles in a number of British-Australian co-productions such as The Cry (2018) and The Tourist (2022).
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