Julian Maroun | |
|---|---|
| Born | Julian Maroun |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2015–present |
| Television | Fighting Season,Romper Stomper |
Julian Maroun is an Australian actor, best known for his roles as Corporal Peter "Pepsi" Abboud inFighting Season and Farid inLogie Award-winning miniseriesRomper Stomper.
Maroun's parents were born in Lebanon.[1]
Maroun's first acting role was in a pilot version (created for network distribution) ofThe Horizon in 2015, which as of October 2019[update] was the most watched online series made in Australia and the most watchedLGBTQI web series in the world.[2] His first Australian television role was inCatching Milat in 2015, directed byPeter 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 theDances with Films festival in Los Angeles, screening at theChinese Theatre Hollywood.[5]
He played supporting roles in Australian television showsCleverman,[6]Janet King[7] andGirt by Fear,[8] before a major dual role as twin brothers Haris and Amir Rexhaj inDeep Water, withYael Stone andNoah Taylor in 2016.[9]
In 2017, Maroun was given leading roles in the Logie Award-winning miniseriesRomper Stomper[10] (withDavid Wenham,Lachy Hulme,Sophie Lowe) and theFoxtel/Goalpost seriesFighting Season[11] (withJay Ryan,Ewen Leslie,Kate Mulvany), as well as a supporting role in international feature filmSlam oppositeAdam Bakri in 2018.[12]
In 2018, Maroun and Chebatte produced their second short film,Entrenched, starring Maroun andToby Wallace, about four Australian soldiers inAfghanistan who capture a young boy.[13]
Maroun appears in the first episode of the first series of the 2019ABC TV series,Diary of an Uber Driver.[14]
Maroun appears in Season 2 ofAftertaste.[15]
In 2024, Maroun appeared in season 3 of ABC dramaTotal Control (TV series).
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Catching Milat | Paymaster | ||
| Meat | Jimmy | |||
| 2016 | Cleverman | Anton | ||
| Girt by Fear | Nema | |||
| Deep Water | Harris/Amir (twin brothers) | |||
| 2017 | Janet King | Tyler Parati | ||
| 2018 | Romper Stomper | Farid | ||
| Fighting Season | Corporal Peter "Pepsi" Abboud | |||
| The Horizon | Kasim / Kass | Pilot episode | ||
| 2019 | Diary of an Uber Driver | Moe | ||
| 2021 | Harrow | Aaron Sharpe | 1 episode | |
| Mr Inbetween | Harris | 1 episode | ||
| Australian Gangster | Detective | 1 episode | ||
| Home and Away | Detective Darren Nasser | 6 episodes | ||
| 2022 | The Secrets She Keeps | Carlos | 6 episodes | [16] |
| 2022 | Aftertaste | Harry | 6 episodes | [17] |
| 2023 | Year Of | Narrator | 1 episode | |
| 2024 | Total Control | Constable Pollard | Season 3 1 episode | |
| Ladies in Black | Elias | 6 episodes | [18] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| TBA | The Correspondent | Mohamed Fahmy | [19] |