Steve Mouzakis

Australian actor

Steve Mouzakis

Born|

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Occupation| Actor
Years active| 2001–present
Spouse|

Christine Mouzakis

(m. 2017)​

Awards|

* Best Actor St Kilda Film Festival
* Best Actor, Theatre Companies Green Room Award

Steve Mouzakis is an Australian film, television and theatre actor. He is known for his role in the Spike Jonze film Where the Wild Things Are, Van Gogh in Prison Break, Steven Ray in the film The Suicide Theory, and performing alongside Joel Edgerton and Sean Harris as Paul in the 2022 film The Stranger.

## Education

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Mouzakis studied Arts and Engineering at university before being accepted into the Victorian College Of The Arts to study acting.[citation needed]

He graduated winning the Irene Mitchell Award for Outstanding Achievement for his portrayal of William Shakespeare's Pericles, in a production directed by George Ogilvie.[citation needed]

## Career

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He was cast in Christos Tsiolkas' Viewing Blue Poles, performed at the Fitzroy Gallery in Melbourne and moving to the Belvoir St. Theatre in Sydney.[1][2]

His first television role came as that of Paolo in The Secret Life of Us. He was next cast by director Jonathan Liebesman in the horror film Darkness Falls released in 2003.[citation needed]

His interest however in smaller and more personal films led to his performances in the short films Mona Lisa and 296 Smith Street. This brought him to the attention of the director Spike Jonze for his adaptation of the children's story Where the Wild Things Are. [citation needed]

Mouzakis has had a number of roles in television series such as Rolf in Very Small Business, Andrew Petrious in The Slap, Chris Baros in Killing Time, Theo Kallergis in Blue Heelers and Paolo in The Secret Life of Us. Other feature film credits include Darkness Falls (Sony Pictures), Big Mamma's Boy, and I, Frankenstein (Lionsgate).[citation needed]

He played Steven Ray in the 2014 film The Suicide Theory.[3]

Mouzakis played Van Gogh as a series regular in the 2017 comeback of the Fox television series Prison Break.[4]

He also appeared in the Tourism Victoria Wander Victoria campaign in 2017 as the face of his home state of Victoria, Australia.[citation needed]

In February 2024, Mouzakis was announced as part of the cast for Homeward.[5]

## Awards

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* Irene Mitchell Award for Outstanding Achievement for his portrayal of William Shakespeare's Pericles, in a Victorian College of the Arts production directed by George Ogilvie
* 2013: Best Actor, St Kilda Film Festival, for playing Joey in the short film Joey.[6]
* 2014: Green Room Award for Male Actor in the Theatre Companies category, for his performance as Lophakin in the Melbourne Theatre Company's production of The Cherry Orchard.[7]

## Filmography

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### Film

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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| Double or Nothing | Peter  | Film
2002  | Obscured by Venus |  | Short film
2003  | Darkness Falls | Dr. Peter Murphy  | Feature film
2004  | Under the Radar | Lee  | Feature film
2004  | Mona | George  | Short film
2007  | The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark | Claudius  | Feature film
2008  | 296 Smith Street | Knackers  | Short film
2008  | Ahmad's Garden | Guard  | Short film
2008  | The Daily Grind | The Assassin  | Short film
2009  | Knowing | Head Paramedic  | Feature film
2009  | Mendel's Tree | Mendel  | Short film
2009  | Where the Wild Things Are | Max's Teacher  | Feature film
2010  | Summer Coda | Slick  | Feature film
2011  | Big Mamma’s Boy | Anton  | Feature film
2011  | Joey | Joey  | Short film
2012  | Catch Perfect | Robert  | Short film
2014  | I, Frankenstein | Helek  | Feature film
2014  | The Suicide Theory | Steven Ray  | Feature film
2014  | Two Devils |  | Short film
2014  | The Legend Maker | Graham Rinks  |
2015  | Lean | Steve  | Short film
2015  | Hope City | Mr Christou  | Short film
2016  | Scare Campaign | Tony  | Feature film
2015  | Downriver | Gianni Depellegrini  | Feature film
2016  | Sugar Mountain | Randy  | Feature film
2017  | That's Not Me | Anthony  | Feature film
2018  | Acute Misfortune | Jim  | Feature film
2020  | My First Summer | Detective Croydon  | Feature film
2022  | The Stranger | Paul Emery  | Feature film
2023  | Late Night With the Devil | Szandor D'abo  | Feature film
2024  | Double or Nothing | Peter  |
Inside | Mel's Case Worker  |
TBA  | Homeward | Mitch  |

### Television

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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2001  | The Secret Life of Us | Paolo  | TV series, season 1, 5 episodes
2003  | MDA | Bart Saunders  | TV series, 1 episode
2001-04  | Stingers | Joey / Lou  | TV series, 2 episodes
2004  | Blue Heelers | Theo Kallergis  | TV series, 5 episodes
2006  | Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King | Driver  | TV anthology miniseries, 1 episode
2007  | Machine |  | Video
2007  | Kick | Terry Abruzzi  | TV miniseries, 2 episodes
2008  | Satisfaction | Gottleib  | TV series, 1 episode
2008  | Very Small Business | Dr Rolf  | TV series, 2 episodes
2009  | Whatever Happened to That Girl? | Steve  | TV series, 2 episodes
2010  | Rush | Kreiser  | TV series, 1 episode
2011  | Cop Hard | The Chief  | TV series, 4 episodes
2011  | Killing Time | Chris Baros  | TV series, 4 episodes
2011  | The Slap | Andrew Petrious  | TV miniseries, 3 episodes
2014  | Fat Tony & Co. | Major George Kastanis  | TV miniseries, 2 episodes
2014  | Utopia | Cyclist  | TV series, 1 episode
2017  | Prison Break | Van Gogh  | TV series. 8 episodes
2018  | Jack Irish | Ryan Neubecker  | TV series, 3 episodes
2019  | Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries | Hans Petersen  | TV series, 1 episode
2019  | The ShowBiz Podcast | Self  | Podcast, 1 episode
2019  | Wentworth | Detective Russell Minton  | TV series, 1 episode
2020  | AussieWood | Steve Wood  | TV series
2021  | Why Are You Like This | Charles  | TV series, 1 episode
2021  | Clickbait | Detective Zach de Luca  | TV miniseries, 5 episodes
2022  | The Pact | Adam  | TV series, 5 episodes
2022  | Irreverent | Lorenzo  | TV miniseries, 4 episodes

## Theatre

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Location / Company

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| Pericles | Pericles | Victorian College of the Arts
1999 | Viewing Blue Poles | Man | Fitzroy Gallery Melbourne, Belvoir Street Theatre
1998 | The Idiot | Ferdyschenko | STCSA for Adelaide Festival
1999 | micky.com.au | Micky | La Mama for Melbourne Fringe Festival
1999 | Brother Boy | Stelio | Dancing Dog Café for Melbourne Big West Arts Festival
1999-2002 | Australian Marriage Act | Robin | Queensland tour, Victorian regional tour with Arena Theatre Company
| Train Journey |  | Mainstreet Theatre Company, South Australia
2002 | Crow Fire | Wallace | Malthouse Theatre with Playbox Theatre Company
2002 | The Waiting Room | Various characters | Victorian Trades Hall with Platform 27 & Melbourne Workers Theatre
2002 | Salt Creek Murders | John / Trooper | Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre, Naracoorte Town Hall, Brenton Langbein Theatre, Geelong Arts Centre, Nautilus Theatre Port Lincoln, Middleback Theatre Whyalla, Keith Michell Theatre Port Pirie, Chaffey Theatre Renmark
2003 | Babel Towers |  | BlackBox, Melbourne
2004 | 7 Days 10 Years | Ivan | Theatre Works, Melbourne
2007 | Red Light Winter | Davis | Stables Theatre with Griffin Theatre Company
2008 | The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark |  | Tower Theatre, Melbourne with Malthouse Theatre
2009 | Woyzeck |  | Melbourne Theatre Company
2009 | Cafe Rebetika! | Yirgos / Michalis | Victorian Arts Centre
2010 | Syncopation | Henry Ribolow | Chapel Off Chapel with Auspicious Arts Projects
2013 | The Cherry Orchard | Lophakin | Southbank Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company
2015 | Death and the Maiden | Gerardo Escobar | Southbank Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company / Sydney Theatre Company
2018 | Melancholia | John | Malthouse Theatre
2019 | Golden Shield | Richard Warren / Larry Murdoch | with Melbourne Theatre Company
2021 | The Lifespan of a Fact | John D'Agata | Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
2023 | What If If Only | P | Southbank Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company

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## References

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1. ^ Viewing Blue Poles, AusStage
2. ^ Dunne, Stephen (28 June 2000), "When love is a frame of mind", The Sydney Morning Herald
3. ^ Scheck, Frank (7 July 2015). "The Suicide Theory Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
4. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (9 March 2016). "Prison Break Augustus Prew, Rick Yune & Steve Mouzakis cast for Fox event series".
5. ^ Nash, Cara (15 February 2024). "Cameras Roll On Homeward". FilmInk. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
6. ^ "St Kilda Film Festival 2013 Award Winners Announced". IF Magazine. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
7. ^ "Top award for Jack Charles". Herald Sun. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
8. ^ https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/231399

## External links

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* Steve Mouzakis at IMDb

*[m.]: married