Alex Dimitriades
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Alex Dimitriades (born 28 December 1973) is a Greek Australian film and television actor.
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[edit] Early life
Dimitriades was born in Sydney, the son of first generation Greek immigrants and is the youngest of three siblings (He has a brother, George, and a sister, Melinda). He grew up in the suburb of Earlwood. His parents divorced when he was twelve.[1]
[edit] Career
[edit] Film
Dimitriades began his career in the 1993 Australian film The Heartbreak Kid.
Dimitriades played the protagonist Ari in the Ana Kokkinos film Head On (1998). Dimitriades' performance in the role was critically acclaimed and earned him an AFI Award nomination. He appeared in the Australian comedies Let's Get Skase (2001) and La Spagnola (2001). He has had roles in the Hollywood films Ghost Ship (2002) and Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005).[citation needed] He also starred in the Greek film (To Gamilio Party) (English Title "(Bang Bang Wedding)"; 2008). In his latest film, Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos (opened on 20 May 2010) he stars as Mihali, a smooth talking, immaculately dressed Mykonos mogul. He has recently completed shooting the film Summer Code starring alongside Rachael Taylor.
[edit] Television
After making his acting career in the film The Heartbreak Kid, he starred in the movie's television spin-off, Heartbreak High, in which he played Nick Poulos. He then set off to play an underworld figure, Warren Lanfranchi, in the 1995 drama television series Blue Murder. In 1997, he had a role in the police drama Wildside
In 2002, he appeared in Young Lions. In years to follow, he had small guest roles in the Australian soap Neighbours and the science fiction series Farscape. In 2008, Dimitriades played assassin Victor Brincat (known as Mr. T in the show) in TV drama Underbelly.
He features in the TV adaptation of Christos Tsiolkas' novel The Slap, which premiered on ABC1 in October 2011.
[edit] Theatre
Dimitriades has also appeared in many theatre productions, including two plays by Louis Nowra for Griffin Theatre Company, The Woman with Dog's Eyes (2004) and The Emperor of Sydney (2006). He has also starred in The Nightwatchman (2007) and Rainman alongside Daniel Mitchell (May, 2010).[citation needed].
[edit] Personal life
For several years, Dimitriades was in a relationship with Terry Biviano, an Australian shoe designer,[2][3] but the two are no longer together.[4]
