Wog Boys for Xmas

The legendary Wog Boys all boxed up for Xmas ;-)

Nick is an actor/writer/producer/

director & olive farmer.

Nick Giannopoulos is one of Australia’s most successful comedians. He has written, starred and produced stage shows, 

sitcoms and movies.

After graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts with a Diploma of Arts in Dramatic Arts, Nick co-wrote and co-

devised the stage production Wogs Out of Work, which he then toured to huge success around Australia for three years from 

1987-1990. 

Nick’s first television project was the sit-com Acropolis Now, which he co-devised and developed. He also wrote 20 episodes 

of the smash hit series, which ran for 63 episodes over four years on the Seven Network in Australia from 1989-92. It was 

also sold to many other territories all over the world.

After Acropolis Now, Nick returned to his first love of the stage and opened the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 

1993 with Wogarama, which went on to tour the country for three years. He followed this with Wogboys, which he wrote, 

directed and produced, and toured for three years.

In 2000, The Wog Boy, Nick’s first feature film was released, immediately breaking Australian box office records. The Wog 

Boy took the highest opening weekend box office of any Australian film in history at its time of release.

The film won Nick the Comedy Star of the Year at the 55th Australian Movie Convention and he also secured his second Mo 

Award for Best Comedy Performer of the Year.

The Wannabes, Nick’s second film that he also co-wrote, produced & directed, premiered in May 2003 at the Tribeca Film 

Festival in New York. After it’s theatrical run it went on to win the award for highest selling Australian DVD title in 

2003.

In 2004 Nick filmed the Olympics TV special 'Greece is the Word' for the Seven Network in Australia which was shown before 

the opening ceremony and was watched by over 3 million people.

In 2010 Nick released his third feature film, The Kings of Mykonos: Wog Boy 2 which he co-wrote, produced and starred in.

Nick was born in Melbourne and grew up in Fitzroy & Richmond. His parents migrated from the southern Peloponnese in Greece 

in the 1960s.