Damien Fotiou

Fotiou began his acting career at the age of 9, in a stage production of Oliver at the Adelaide Festival Theatre.^[1] As a young adult, he studied acting at Victorian College of the Arts, graduating in 1994.^[1] He also holds a Bachelor of Arts from Adelaide University.^[2]

Fotiou began his acting career in 1998 with a guest role in the series Good Guys, Bad Guys.^[3] He also had an early role in Ana Kokkinos’ 1998 film Head On,^[1][2] alongside Alex Dimitriades, playing a second generation Greek Australian.

In 1999, he took on the regular role of identical twins Sundance and Sutch in 38 episodes of science fiction series Thunderstone.^[3] He appeared in Hollywood adventure comedy film Kangaroo Jack in 2003.^[1] He was then a regular in the series Kick in 2007, playing the role of Nico Angelidis.^[3]

In late 2014, Fotiou joined the cast of long-running soap opera Neighbours, in the ten-week role of Dr Nick Petrides, brother of Terese Willis (Rebekah Elmaloglou), who falsely told Paul Robinson (Stefan Dennis) that he had leukaemia.^[3] He first appeared on screen in 2015^[4] and made his last appearance in 2017. In 2021, he had a recurring role in American science fiction drama series La Brea as Judah.

Fotiou has made numerous guest appearances in Australian television series including Halifax f.p. and Good Guys, Bad Guys, Stingers, Blue Heelers, The Secret Life of Us, Underbelly and Rush. Later appearances have included Tomorrow When the War Began, Wentworth, Fires and Bay of Fires.^[1][2][5]

His other film credits include romantic comedy/drama Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns (2000) and arthouse thriller The Book of Revelation (2006).^[3]

Fotiou has also worked in radio on ABC Radio National and is a voice over artist.^[1]

Fotiou is married to his Head On co-star, Elena Mandalis, with whom he has two sons. The couple run Melbourne drama school, Brave Studios^[7][5] and children's drama school Greentree Acting School in Mebourne's Footscray, a sister school to Brave Studios.^[1]