Jason Agius

{{BLP sources|date=October 2024}}{{short description|Australian actor}}

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| caption = Jason Agius at the Wog Boys Forever world premiere

| birthname = Jason Agius

| birth_place = Australia

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| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 2012-present

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Jason Agius is an Australian actor best known for his role as George in Wog Boys Forever and as Nikos Aristides in Newton's Law.

Career

In 2012, Agius made his television debut in Southern Star's Tangle, playing a "Fighter Mate" of Lincoln Younes's Romeo.{{cn|date=January 2025}} He then appeared in a number of television pilots and short films, including Penny, alongside The Saddle Club alum Lara Jean Marshall.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

File:Jason Agius, Toby Schmitz and Georgina Naidu.jpg

Agius made his feature film debut in AACTA-nominated The Death and Life of Otto Bloom, alongside Xavier Samuel and Rachel Ward, produced by Mish Armstrong, Alicia Brown, and Oscar-winning producer Melanie Coombs. Otto Bloom was selected to open the 65th Melbourne International Film Festival in 2016. Agius was then cast in Newton's Law (2017) alongside Claudia Karvan, Toby Schmitz, and Sean Keenan.{{cite web|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/abcs-newtons-law-with-claudia-karvan-a-comedy-of-manners/news-story/9571f458d63bcaaa807984cdeec26a4f|title= Woman of honour|website= The Australian|url-access=subscription}}

In May 2018, Agius appeared in the ABC comedy documentary Corey White's Roadmap to Paradise{{cite web|url=https://www.showcast.com.au/showcast/profile/jasonagius|title =Jason Agius|website= Showcast| access-date=5 Jan 2025| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240318092953/https://app.showcast.com.au/profile/jasonagius| archive-date=18 March 2024| url-status=live}} 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, which went on to become the second-highest grossing Australian film of 2022 at the domestic box office. In the same year, it was announced that Agius had co-written feature film Little Europe with AFI-winning filmmaker Franco Di Chiera, who will also direct. It is based on true events surrounding the Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre.{{cite web | url=https://if.com.au/george-lazenby-to-join-vince-colosimo-isabel-lucas-in-franco-di-chieras-little-europe/| first=Sean |last=Slatter| website = if.com.au | title=George Lazenby to join Vince Colosimo, Isabel Lucas in Franco di Chiera's 'Little Europe' | date=16 May 2022 }}

Selected filmography

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Year

! Title

! Role

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2012

|Tangle

|Romeo Fighter Mate

|

2013

|Penny

|Timmy

|Short

2016

|The Death and Life of Otto Bloom

|Young Bob Simkin

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2017

|Newton's Law

|Nikos Aristides

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2018

|Corey White's Roadmap to Paradise

|Jameson

|

2022

|Wog Boys Forever

|George

202?

|Little Europe

|

|Writer

References

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