# Steve Mouzakis

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

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

## Career

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.
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.
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.
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).
He played Steven Ray in the 2014 film The Suicide Theory.
Mouzakis played Van Gogh as a series regular in the 2017 comeback of the Fox television series Prison Break.
He also appeared in the Tourism Victoria Wander Victoria campaign in 2017 as the face of his home state of Victoria, Australia.
In February 2024, Mouzakis was announced as part of the cast for Homeward.

## Awards

| Year | Work | Award | Category | Result |
| | Pericles (as Pericles) for Victorian College of the Arts | Irene Mitchell Award | Outstanding Achievement | Won |
| 2013 | Joey (short film) | St Kilda Film Festival | Best Actor | Won |
| 2014 | The Cherry Orchard (as Lophakin) for Melbourne Theatre Company | Green Room Award | Male Actor in the Theatre Companies category | Won |

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| | 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 | |
| 2024 | Inside | Mel's Case Worker | |
| TBA | Homeward | Mitch | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 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

| Year | Title | Role | Venue / Co. |
| | Pericles | Pericles | VCA |
| 1999 | Viewing Blue Poles | Man | Fitzroy Gallery Melbourne, Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 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 | QLD & VIC tour with Arena Theatre Company |
| | Train Journey | | Mainstreet Theatre Company, South Australia |
| 2002 | Crow Fire | Wallace | Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne 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, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company |
| 2008 | The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark | | Tower Theatre, Melbourne with Malthouse Theatre |
| 2009 | Woyzeck | | MTC |
| 2009 | Cafe Rebetika! | Yirgos / Michalis | Victorian Arts Centre |
| 2010 | Syncopation | Henry Ribolow | Chapel Off Chapel, Melbourne with Auspicious Arts Projects |
| 2013 | The Cherry Orchard | Lophakin | Southbank Theatre with MTC |
| 2015 | Death and the Maiden | Gerardo Escobar | Southbank Theatre with MTC / STC |
| 2018 | Melancholia | John | Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne |
| 2019 | Golden Shield | Richard Warren / Larry Murdoch | MTC |
| 2021 | The Lifespan of a Fact | John D'Agata | Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with MTC |
| 2023 | What If If Only | P | Southbank Theatre with MTC |