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.The son of Greek Cypriot immigrant
parents, he grew up in the Inner West Sydney suburb of Hurlstone Park,
and graduated from secondary school at the select school Canterbury
Boys' High School. Fulfilling the long term desire of acting was
stalled by his strict Greek-Cypriot upbringing, and in the years
between leaving school and attending WAAPA, Nicholas had a varied
career in travel working as a tour guide in Greece, travel consultant
in both Sydney and London, flight attendant for Qantas and numerous
posts in hospitality. It was not until late 1981 that he auditioned
for WAAPA and was accepted into what would be the first acting year to
go through the college in 1982.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 & Away in
1988 as Nico Pappas. He returned to the show in another role as Con
Poulos in 2001â€"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'. 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 mini-series include Cyclone Tracy, Jessica (TV
miniseries), A Difficult Woman and Stark (TV miniseries) by Ben Elton.
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.The son of Greek Cypriot immigrant
parents, he grew up in the Inner West Sydney suburb of Hurlstone Park,
and graduated from secondary school at the select school Canterbury
Boys' High School. Fulfilling the long term desire of acting was
stalled by his strict Greek-Cypriot upbringing, and in the years
between leaving school and attending WAAPA, Nicholas had a varied
career in travel working as a tour guide in Greece, travel consultant
in both Sydney and London, flight attendant for Qantas and numerous
posts in hospitality. It was not until late 1981 that he auditioned
for WAAPA and was accepted into what would be the first acting year to
go through the college in 1982.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 & Away in
1988 as Nico Pappas. He returned to the show in another role as Con
Poulos in 2001â€"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'. 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 mini-series include Cyclone Tracy, Jessica (TV
miniseries), A Difficult Woman and Stark (TV miniseries) by Ben Elton.
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