Julian Maroun

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Julian Maroun
Born
Julian Maroun

(1993-04-04) 4 April 1993 (age 31)
NationalityAustralian
OccupationActor
Years active2015–present
Television Fighting Season , Romper Stomper

Julian Maroun (born 4 April 1993[ citation needed ]) 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 .

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Early life

Maroun's parents were born in Lebanon. [1]

Career

Maroun's first acting role was in a pilot version (created for network distribution) of The Horizon in 2015, which as of October 2019 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]

In 2024, Maroun appeared in season 3 of ABC drama Total Control (TV series) .

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2015 Catching Milat Paymaster
MeatJimmy
2016 Cleverman Anton
Girt by FearNema
Deep Water Harris/Amir (twin brothers)
2017 Janet King Tyler Parati
2018 Romper Stomper Farid
Fighting Season Corporal Peter "Pepsi" Abboud
The Horizon Kasim / KassPilot episode
2019 Diary of an Uber Driver Moe
2021 Harrow Aaron Sharpe1 episode
Mr Inbetween Harris1 episode
Australian Gangster Detective1 episode
Home and Away Detective Darren Nasser6 episodes
2022 The Secrets She Keeps Carlos6 episodes [16]
2022AftertasteHarry6 episodes [17]
2023Year OfNarrator1 episode
2024 Total Control Constable PollardSeason 3 1 episode
Ladies in Black Elias6 episodes [18]

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2015Gods of EgyptYoung Soldier
2015Three HeartsDeanProducer (short film)
2018EntrenchedJohnProducer (short film)
2019 Slam Omar
2020Mother DearestN/AProducer (short film)
2021The Fourth WallActor
2022Mia & Me: Hero of CentopiaKing Nino
2022TransfusionJerome
TBA The Correspondent Mohamed Fahmy [19]

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  2. ↑ "The Horizon series 7 and 8". Screen Australia. The Screen Guide. 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "Fighting Season Corporal Peter "Pepsi" Aboud (Julian Maroun)". Fox Showcase. Fox Showcase on Foxtel. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Julian Maroun". CelebrityPictures.Wiki. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  5. ↑ Nadler, Becca (4 May 2015). "Dances With Films Festival Announces 2015 Competition Lineup" . Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  6. ↑ Buckmaster, Luke (16 May 2016). "Cleverman first look review – wickedly exciting Indigenous superhero story". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  7. ↑ "Australian Television: Janet King: cast: series 3". australian television information archive. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  8. ↑ "About". Girt By Fear. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  9. ↑ "All-star Australian cast headlines new SBS Drama Deep Water". SBS. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  10. ↑ "How did Stan perform at the 2018 TV Week Logies?". Mediaweek. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  11. ↑ "Fighting Season: Foxtel original drama reveals its stellar cast". Foxtel. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  12. ↑ "SLAM by Partho Sen-Gupta in Competition at the 22nd Tallinn Black Nights International Film Festival". Film Ink. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  13. ↑ Groves, Don (23 July 2018). "Toby Wallace vs Toby Wallace as AACTA names short film nominees". if.com.au. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  14. ↑ "Diary of an Uber Driver (2019)". Screen Australia. The Screen Guide. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  15. ↑ "Lynette Curran, Julian Maroun and Syd Brisbane added to 'Aftertaste' for season two". IF Magazine . 27 February 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
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