Lex Marinos

Lex Marinos
Marinos in 2014
Born	Alexander Francis Marinos (1949-02-01) 1 February 1949 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Actor, director, writer
Years active	1970–present

Alexander Francis Marinos OAM ^[1] (born 1 February 1949) better known by his stage name Lex Marinos is an Australian actor, director, writer, voice artist and media personality of Greek and Anglo-Saxon Australian descent.^[2] Notable for his acting role as 'Bruno', the Italian son-in-law of Ted Bullpitt, on the Australian comedy television series Kingswood Country and as host of Late Night Legends on ABC2, he was also a presenter on radio station Double Jay (2JJ, now Triple J) in the late 1970s with Ted Robinson. '2JJ Station of the stars...and Ted and Lex'.

Biography

Marinos was born on 1 February 1949 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, the son of a Greek immigrant father, Fotios ("Frank") Marinopoulos and Greek Australian mother, Anne Karofilis who was the daughter of Adonis ("Tony") Karofilis, a Greek migrant from Kassos, Greece and Minnie Matheson, an Australian of distant English descent, with descent going all the way back to English couple, Samuel Bradley, a convict, and Marian Mortimer, a free migrant who immigrated to Hobart, Tasmania in the 19th century, and are Lex's maternal great-great-great grandparents. ^[3][4] He graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor of Arts degree with honours in Drama.^[4][5]

Order of Australia

Marinos was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his services to the performing arts. He is also a former Deputy Chair of the Australia Council and the Community Cultural Development Fund of the Australia Council.^[6]

In 2008 he delivered the 10th annual Tom Brock Lecture.^[7] He won with fellow cast at the Equity Awards for Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble In A Television Movie or Mini-Series.

Filmography

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