Nico Panagio

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Nico Panagio
Born
Nicolaos Panagiotopoulos
NationalitySouth African
OccupationActor, businessman, presenter
Spouse(s)Christi Panagio
Children2 (adopted)

Nicolaos Panagiotopoulos, professionally known as Nico Panagio, is a South African actor, businessman and presenter known for his previous role on the soap opera 7de Laan and as a presenter on Top Billing. He co-owns the company Trade Revolution (Pty) Ltd.,[1] and is chairman of the non-profit organisation Missing Children SA.[2]

Early life and acting career[]

Panagio was born in Pretoria to an immigrant Greek father from Elis and attended Pretoria Boys High School.[3] After graduating from the Method Actor's Training Centre, he went on to play minor roles in Egoli and Generations. This preceded his taking up of a contract with 7de Laan, in which he played businessman George Kyriakis. He joined Top Billing as a freelance presenter in 2007 after leaving 7de Laan and has since played in Zone 14, Ella Blue and Vallei van Sluiers. He has been hosting the M-Net reality series Survivor South Africa since its third season[4] in 2009.

He has starred in various films, including Susanna van Biljon, Semi-Soet, Konfetti and Vrou Soek Boer. Panagio was nominated for Best Actor at the 2012 SAFTAs for his role in Semi-Soet.

Filmography[]

Television[]

Year Title Role
2002-2007 7de Laan George Kyriakis
2005 Mr Big
2008 Gabriel "Bok" Bockelman
2010-present Survivor South Africa Himself - Host

Film[]

Year Title Role
2010 Max Joubert
2012 Semi-Soet JP Basson
2014 Neil
2014 Jean
2016 The CEO Riikard
2017 '

References[]

  1. ^ "Nico Panagio Biography". nicopanagio.com. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  2. ^ "Semi-Soet Starring Nico Panagio". expressoshow.com. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  3. ^ "Top Billing presenters: Nico Panagio". topbilling.com. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  4. ^ "Mark Bayly | TVSA". www.tvsa.co.za. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
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