Alex Dimitriades

Biography

Alex Dimitriades is an Australian television, film and stage actor of Greek descent. He is 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 earned critical acclaim for his role as Ari in Head On (1998). 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. In 2012, he won the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor for his role in The Slap. He also works in Australia as a DJ.

Known For

Three Blind Mice

Head On

Wog Boy 2: The Kings of Mykonos

Bang-Bang Wedding!

Summer Coda

The Heartbreak Kid

Subterano

Let's Get Skase

La spagnola

The Infinite Man

Filmography

2022 The Tourist

as Kostas Panigiris

2021 Amazing Grace

as Kirk Gilbert

2020 The End

as Dr. Nikos Naoumidis

2019 Total Control

as Nick Pearce

2019 Epiphany

as Theo

2018 Tidelands

as Paul Murdoch

2018 The Cry

as Detective Peter Alexiades

2018 My Boy Oleg

as Ari

2017 Remembering Agatha

as Robert

2017 Wake in Fright

as Doc Tydon

2017 Seven Types of Ambiguity

as Joe Marin

2016 Secret City

as Charles Dancer

2016 Wanted

as Anton Maric

2015 The Principal

as Matt Bashir

2015 Ruben Guthrie

as Damien

2014 Carlotta

as Angelo

2014 The Orchard

as Saverio

2014 The Infinite Man

as Terry

2011 The Slap

as Harry

2010 Summer Coda

as Michael