Nicholas Papademetriou

Nicholas Papademetriou
Born
Sydney, Australia
Occupation(s)Actor and director

Nicholas Papademetriou is an Australian actor of Greek Cypriot descent with many television, film and theatre credits. He is a graduate of Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. He has had an extensive career in film and television since he graduated in 1984, but is best known as a stage actor, having appeared in productions in Australia, London, New York and Edinburgh.

Career

Papademetriou began his acting career in the television soap opera Sons and Daughters as Nikos Dimitriou. This was followed by many television roles in such series as Water Rats, G.P. and All Saints. He had a recurring role in Home and Away in 1988 as Nico Pappas.[1] He returned to the show in another role as Con Poulos in 2001–2002. He had a regular role in both seasons of the ABC series Grass Roots as Victor Trujillo He was also the Australian lead in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation series Stringer.[2] He has had guest roles in most Australian series including Water Rats, Tough Nuts: Australia's Hardest Criminals, The Surgeon and Tricky Business. In 2009, he appeared in several episodes of the children's television series My Place. In the series Gangs of Oz he played Graham 'Abo' Henry. Other miniseries include Cyclone Tracy, Jessica (TV miniseries), A Difficult Woman and Stark (TV miniseries) by Ben Elton.

He is primarily known as a theatre actor and has worked for most of the major theatre companies in Australia including Melbourne Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company and Company B Belvoir. In 1989 he worked for Mike Leigh in Greek Tragedy which played in London and Edinburgh. His one-man show 'SNAG' has played around Australia, in New York and Edinburgh. He was also in the Australian national tour of 12 Angry Men. Papademetriou has also directed a number of successful productions including And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little, Lady Windermere's Fan, Anna in the Tropics. In 2010 he created the role of Nikos Nomikos in the world premiere of The Swimming Club by Hannie Rayson for Melbourne Theatre Company. In the same year he played Sorin in The Seagull and directed The Importance of Being Earnest in which he also played Canon Chasuble. In 2012, he played the lead role of Sandy Sonnenberg in the Australian premiere of The Paris Letter by Jon Robin Baitz. In 2013 he appeared in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead at the Sydney Theatre Company and played Ludovico, Brabantio and Montano in Othello for independent theatre company Sport For Jove. In 2014 he created a new role in the world premiere of Aiden Fennessey's new play for two actors called The Way Things Work for the Tamarama Rock Surfers and directed by Leland Keen. His theatre work continues with regular appearances in independent productions including most recently as George in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? for theatrongroup. In February 2017, he appeared as Howard in the Australian premiere of The Mystery Of Love & Sex by Bathsheba Doran at Sydney's Eternity Theatre. He appeared as Vinnie in The Odd Couple at The Ensemble Theatre[3] and his performance was considered 'brilliant' by theatre critics including the Sydney Morning Herald[4]

Papademetriou has had many roles in films such as Mission: Impossible 2, The Night We Called It a Day and Death in Brunswick. He has also appeared in a number of award-winning short films including Two Nights, In 2013 he wrote and directed a short film Swinger. The film has been selected in competition at a number of international film festivals including the Cyprus International Film Festival and The San Pedro International Film Festival.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1986 Short Changed Nick Feature film
1990 Death in Brunswick Yanni Voulgaris Feature film
1990 Sparks Short film
1991 Bad News Bachelors Stuart Short film
1991 Gotcha Father Short film
2000 Mission: Impossible 2 Prison Guard #2 Feature film
2002 Redfern Beach Boss Short film
2003 The Night We Called It a Day Luigi Feature film
2005 Deus Ex Machina Vincent Short film
2006 Two Nights Older Man Short film
2007 Courts mais GAY: Tome 13 Older Man (segment "Two nights")
2009 Past Midnight Bruno Short film
2013 Section 209 Short Interrogator Short film
2013 Swinger Narrator Short film
2016 Caramel BBQ Sauce Short film
2016 The Veiled Nico Short film
2017 A Dusty Town Cafe Owner
2017 Dead, Not Dying Severo Short film
2018 Alone Priest (voice) Short film
2020 Side Effects Dr. William Hartley Short film
TBA Closing Night Frederick Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1985 Sons and Daughters Nikos Dimitriou Season 4 (7 episodes)
1986 Cyclone Tracy Theo Miniseries (3 episodes)
1988, 2001 Home and Away Nico Pappas Season 1 (19 episodes)
Con Poulos Season 14 (1 episode)
1988 Stringer Yannis Moustakas Season 1 (8 episodes)
1992 G.P. Dino Season 4 (1 episode)
1993 Stark Aristos Tyron Miniseries (3 episodes)
1994 Heartland Harry Bradshaw Season 1 (3 episodes)
1998 A Difficult Woman Kodotis Miniseries (3 episodes)
1999, 2002,
2004, 2008 		All Saints Marco Vuga Season 2 (1 episode)
Bill Talbert Season 5 (guest, 1 episode)
Dr. Mark Kendrick Season 7 (1 episode)
Trev Season 11 (1 episode)
1999 Heartbreak High Carlos Season 7 (1 episode)
2000–03 Grass Roots Victor Trujillo Seasons 1–2 (18 episodes)
2001 Water Rats Tom Cruz Season 6 (1 episode)
2004 Jessica Coffin Nail Miniseries
2005 BlackJack: In the Money Demetriou TV movie
2005 The Surgeon Joe Elias Season 1 (1 episode)
2005 headLand Rodney Morgan Season 1 (2 episodes)
2009 My Place Michaelis Season 1 (3 episodes)
2012 Tricky Business Tass Theophanous Season 1 (1 episode)
2022 Significant Others Nikos Miniseries (1 episode)

References

  1. ^ "Nico Pappas - Home and Away Characters".
  2. ^ "Stringer (1987) - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia". www.screenaustralia.gov.au. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  3. ^ "THE ODD COUPLE at Ensemble Theatre". Ensemble Theatre. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  4. ^ Cunningham, Harriet (28 November 2019). "Strange bedfellows make for classic comedy". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 July 2021.