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.
Early life Maroun's parents were born in Lebanon.
Career Maroun's first acting role was in a pilot version (created for network distribution) of The Horizon in 2015, which was the most watched online series made in Australia and the most watched LGBTQI web series in the world. His first Australian television role was in Catching Milat in 2015, directed by Peter Andrikidis.
In 2015, Maroun starred in and co-produced his debut short film with best friend Joseph Chebatte, Three Hearts, which was nominated at the Dances with Films festival in Los Angeles, screening at the Chinese Theatre Hollywood.
He played supporting roles in Australian television shows Cleverman, Janet King and Girt by Fear, before a major dual role as twin brothers Haris and Amir Rexhaj in Deep Water, with Yael Stone and Noah Taylor in 2016.
In 2017, Maroun was given leading roles in the Logie Award-winning miniseries Romper Stomper (with David Wenham, Lachy Hulme, Sophie Lowe) and the Foxtel/Goalpost series Fighting Season (with Jay Ryan, Ewen Leslie, Kate Mulvany), as well as a supporting role in international feature film Slam opposite Adam Bakri in 2018.
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.
Maroun appeared in the first episode of the first series of the 2019 ABC series Diary of an Uber Driver. He played Harry in all six episodes of Season 2 of Aftertaste in 2022.
In 2024, Maroun appeared as Mohamed Fahmy in the 2024 film The Correspondent, along with Richard Roxburgh as the journalist Peter Greste based on true events surrounding his arrest in Egypt in 2013. Also in 2024, he appeared in season 3 of ABC drama Total Control (TV series).
Filmography
Television
+ Year Title Role NotesRef 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 HorizonKasim / 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 episodes2022The Secrets She KeepsCarlos6 episodes2022Aftertaste Harry6 episodes2023Year OfNarrator1 episode2024Total Control Constable PollardSeason 3 1 episode Ladies in BlackElias 6 episodes
Film + Year Title Role NotesRef 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 Jerome2024The CorrespondentMohamed Fahmy
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