Steve Mouzakis is an Australian 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.

In 2025, Mouzakis appeared in the theatre play The Removalists.

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

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 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 film2014 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 film2024Double or NothingPeterInsideMel's Case Worker2025The MediatorFrank PereirraShortTBAHomewardMitch

Television + Year Title Role NotesRef2001The Secret Life of UsPaolo 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 2014Utopia Cyclist TV series, 1 episode 2017 Prison Break Van Gogh TV series. 8 episodes 2018 Jack Irish Ryan Neubecker TV series, 3 episodes 2019Ms 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.Ref 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 MTC2024A Street Car Named DesireMitchMelbourne Theatre Co2025The Removalists Sergeant SimmondsSouthbank Theatre MTC

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