Alex Dimitriades (b. 1973), actor, grew up in Earlwood, Sydney, the son of first-generation Greek immigrants. He began his career in the 1993 Australian film The Heartbreak Kid, alongside Claudia Karvan, and later starred in the spin-off TV series Heartbreak High. In 1998, he took on a significantly grittier role as the protagonist of the film Head On, adapted from Christos Tsiolkas' novel Loaded. His unabashed performance in the potent drama was critically acclaimed and earned him an AFI Award nomination. He went on to appear in many films and plays, and starred in the television series Blue Murder (1995), Wildside (1997–1999), Underbelly (2008) and The Slap (2011), for which he won the AACTA for Best Lead Actor in a television series. In 2016 he won the Logie for the Most Outstanding Actor for his role in the television series The Principal (2015). His subsequent television roles include The End (2019), Tidelands (2018), The Cry (2018) and Amazing Grace (2021).
