Jason Agius is an Australian actor of mixed-Mediterranean descent, best known as Nikos Aristides in '' Newton's Law'', alongside

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and Sean Keenan.

Career

In 2012, Agius made his television debut in Southern Star's Tangle, playing a 'Fighter Mate' of

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's Romeo. He then appeared in a myriad of television pilots and short films, including Penny, alongside

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alum

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. Agius made his feature film debut in

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nominated The Death and Life of Otto Bloom (dir. Cris Jones), alongside Xavier Samuel and 3x

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nominee

Rachel Ward Rachel Claire Ward (born 12 September 1957) is an English-Australian

, and produced by Mish Armstrong, Alicia Brown and

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winning producer Melanie Coombs. ''Otto Bloom'' was selected to open the 65th

Melbourne International Film Festival The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) is an annual film festival held over three weeks in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1952 and is one of the oldest film festivals in the world following the founding of the Venice Film Fes ...

in 2016. Soon after, Agius auditioned and was ultimately cast in Newton's Law. In May 2018, Agius appeared in the

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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 No ...

. In the same year, it was announced that Agius had co-written feature film Little Europe with AFI-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 The Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre was a camp set up for receiving and training migrants to Australia during the post World War II immigration boom. The camp was set on near Wodonga at the locality of Bonegilla in north east ...

Selected filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Agius, Jason (actor) Living people 1994 births Australian male television actors Australian male film actors