Jason Agius is an Australian actor of mixed-Mediterranean descent, best known as Nikos Aristides in ''
Newton's Law'', alongside
Claudia Karvan
Claudia Karvan (born 19 May 1972) is an Australian actress, producer and scriptwriter. As a child actor, she first appeared in the film, '' Molly'' (1983) and followed with an adolescent role in ''High Tide'' (1987). She portrayed a teacher in ...
,
Toby Schmitz and
Sean Keenan.
Career
In 2012, Agius made his television debut in Southern Star's
Tangle
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*Tangle (mathematics), a topological object
Natural sciences & medicine ...
, playing a 'Fighter Mate' of
Lincoln Younes
Lincoln Younes (born 31 January 1992) is an Australian actor. He made his debut in an episode of ''City Homicide'' in 2009, before playing Romeo Kovac in Showcase drama series ''Tangle'' until 2012. He received the ASTRA Award for Most Outsta ...
's Romeo. He then appeared in a myriad of television pilots and short films, including Penny, alongside
The Saddle Club
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alum
Lara Jean Marshall.
Agius made his feature film debut in
AACTA nominated
The Death and Life of Otto Bloom
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(dir. Cris Jones), alongside
Xavier Samuel
Xavier Samuel (born 10 December 1983) is an Australian film and theatre actor. He has appeared in leading roles in the feature films '' Adore'', ''September'', ''Further We Search'', ''Newcastle'', '' The Loved Ones'', ''Frankenstein'', ''A Fe ...
and 3x
Golden Globe nominee
Rachel Ward
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Oscar
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* Oscar (Irish mythology) ...
winning producer Melanie Coombs. ''Otto Bloom'' was selected to open the 65th
Melbourne International Film Festival in 2016. Soon after, Agius auditioned and was ultimately cast in Newton's Law.
In May 2018, Agius appeared in the
ABC comedy documentary
Corey White's Roadmap to Paradise in sketches related to the world's problems, as seen by comedian
Corey White.
In 2022, Agius appeared as George in the
Wog Boy sequel, Wog Boys Forever alongside
Nick Giannopoulos
Nicholas Giannopoulos (born 1 July 1963) is an Australian stand-up comedian, film and TV actor and film director. He is best known for his comedy stage show '' Wogs Out of Work'' alongside George Kapiniaris, the television sitcom ''Acropolis ...
. In the same year, it was announced that Agius had co-written feature film Little Europe with
AFI
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* ''Address-family identifier'', a 16 bit field of the Routing Information Protocol
* Ashton Fletcher Irwin, an Australian drummer
* AFI (band), an American rock band
** ''AFI'' (2004 album), a retrospective album by AFI rele ...
-winning filmmaker Franco Di Chiera, and to be produced by Sabella Sugar. It is based on true events surrounding the
Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre
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.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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Living people
1994 births
Australian male television actors
Australian male film actors