Julian Maroun is an Australian actor, best known for his roles as Corporal Peter "Pepsi" Abboud in Fighting Season and Farid in Logie Award-winning miniseries Romper Stomper.
Julian Maroun | |
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Born | Julian Maroun |
Nationality | Australian |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2015–present |
Television | Fighting Season, Romper Stomper |
Maroun's parents were born in Lebanon.[1]
Maroun's first acting role was in a pilot version (created for network distribution) of The Horizon in 2015, which as of October 2019[update] was the most watched online series made in Australia and the most watched LGBTQI web series in the world.[2] His first Australian television role was in Catching Milat in 2015, directed by Peter Andrikidis.[3]
In 2015, Maroun starred in and co-produced his debut short film with best friend Joseph Chebatte, Three Hearts,[4] which was nominated at the Dances with Films festival in Los Angeles, screening at the Chinese Theatre Hollywood.[5]
He played supporting roles in Australian television shows Cleverman,[6] Janet King[7] and Girt by Fear,[8] before a major dual role as twin brothers Haris and Amir Rexhaj in Deep Water, with Yael Stone and Noah Taylor in 2016.[9]
In 2017, Maroun was given leading roles in the Logie Award-winning miniseries Romper Stomper[10] (with David Wenham, Lachy Hulme, Sophie Lowe) and the Foxtel/Goalpost series Fighting Season[11] (with Jay Ryan, Ewen Leslie, Kate Mulvany), as well as a supporting role in international feature film Slam opposite Adam Bakri in 2018.[12]
In 2018, Maroun and Chebatte produced their second short film, Entrenched, starring Maroun and Toby Wallace, about four Australian soldiers in Afghanistan who capture a young boy.[13]
Maroun appears in the first episode of the first series of the 2019 ABC TV series, Diary of an Uber Driver.[14]
Maroun appears in Season 2 of Aftertaste.[15]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2015 | Catching Milat | Paymaster | |
2015 | Meat | Jimmy | |
2016 | Cleverman | Anton | |
2016 | Girt by Fear | Nema | |
2016 | Deep Water | Harris/Amir (twin brothers) | |
2017 | Janet King | Tyler Parati | |
2018 | Romper Stomper | Farid | |
2018 | Fighting Season | Corporal Peter "Pepsi" Abboud | |
2018 | The Horizon | Kasim / Kass | Pilot episode |
2019 | Diary of an Uber Driver | Moe | |
2021 | Harrow | Aaron Sharpe | |
2021 | Mr Inbetween | Harris | |
2021 | Australian Gangster | Actor | |
2021 | Home and Away | Detective Darren Nasser |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2015 | Gods of Egypt | Young Soldier | |
2015 | Three Hearts | Dean | Producer (short film) |
2018 | Entrenched | John | Producer (short film) |
2019 | Slam | Omar | |
2020 | Mother Dearest | N/A | Producer (short film) |
2021 | The Fourth Wall | Actor | |
2022 | Mia & Me: Hero of Centopia | King Nino | |
2022 | Transfusion | Jerome | |