Alex Poulos
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Alexi "Alex" Poulos is a fictional character
from the Australian soap opera Home and Away
, portrayed by Danny Raco
. He made his first on screen appearance on 26 February 2001 and departed in 2004. He returned for a brief guest stint in 2007 and made his final appearance on 19 June 2007.
's (Ada Nicodemou
) wedding to Vinnie Patterson
(Ryan Kwanten
). Alex reveals that he wants to escape his parents and has fallen out with their uncle Con (Nicholas Papademetriou) over his electrical business. Alex begins working at the Diner with Leah and starts his own business Alex Electrix and secures a contract with school principal Donald Fisher
(Norman Coburn
) at Summer Bay High.
Alex begins to pursue Dani Sutherland (Tammin Sursok
), who is on a break from her boyfriend, Will Smith
(Zac Drayson
) and they go on one date but Dani is not romantically interested in Alex. At the end of the date, they argue and Alex accidentally knocks Dani's foster sister, Brodie Hanson
(Susie Rugg
) off her bike while driving. Brodie recovers after a successful operation and she develops feelings for Alex. They become a couple and are happy for a while but once Alex feels things are getting too serious between them, he decides to end things with her.
Miles Alcott (Steven Rooke
), Alex's childhood friend arrives in the bay and begins dating Brodie, much to Alex's jealousy. When Miles talks to Alex about his feelings for Brodie at the School Formal, he denies being jealous. On the way home from the Formal, Alex is driving with Brodie and Miles as passengers. He turns up the music and fails to notice a pothole in the road, which results in a crash, leaving Bordie and Miles injured. Alf Stewart
(Ray Meagher
) arrives on the scene and raises the alarm. Doctor Charlotte Adams
(Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen
) and several paramedics battle to save Miles when he begins arresting but Miles dies at the scene.
Brodie blames Alex for Miles' death and Alex sinks into a depression, culminating in a breakdown at work one day. Alex's brother Chris (Alex Blias
) tries to snap him out of it and tries to reason with an unrelenting Brodie. On the day of the coronial inquest, a verdict of accidental death is reached. Brodie eventually forgives Alex and both able to move on.
Alex begins seeing an older woman named Kelly Edwards (Alyssa-Jane Cook
), who owns the Diner's cake supplier. This relationship comes with complications as Kelly has two children and is separated from her violent husband Jason (Benj Daddario). When Jason finds out, he attacks Alex. Jesse McGregor
(Ben Unwin
) intervenes and beats up Jason. Jason continues to harrass Kelly and is soon arrested. Kelly soon leaves the Bay with the children, leaving Alex heartbroken. Alex becomes close to Brodie once again but it is shortlived once Brodie completes Year 12 and decides to go travelling. They spend the night together before Brodie leaves.
Alex starts a relationship Hayley Smith
(Bec Cartwright) who has recently broken up with her boyfriend, Noah Lawson
(Beau Brady
) but they remain sharing the same house. Alex soon moves in but when Brodie returns, Alex is caught in a love triangle with the two girls. Hayley and Brodie are involved in a car crash which leaves Hayley disfigured and with memory loss Alex realises he still loves Brodie and proposes to her and they decide to leave the Bay for Cyprus but are unsure of how to break the news to Hayley. Brodie and Alex later marry overseas.
Three years later, Alex returns without Brodie and reveals their marriage is over. He rents a Caravan at the Summer Bay Caravan Park and soon becomes friends with Cassie Turner
(Sharni Vinson
). It emerges Alex is dealing drugs and hides a stash at Leah's house and everything is uncovered when his 5-year-old nephew VJ, accidentally finds the drugs and is suspected to have swallowed some. VJ is fine but Leah is upset. Leah agrees not to inform the police but orders Alex leave to and stay out of her life. Alex leaves to stay with relatives in Greece.
Character (arts)
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
from the Australian soap opera Home and Away
Home and Away
Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television...
, portrayed by Danny Raco
Danny Raco
Danny Raco is an Australian actor and director, known for his television work.Raco was born in Rome, Italy. He got his start playing Marco Vialli on the teenage soap opera Heartbreak High from 1998 to 1999. In 2001, he joined the cast of a primetime soap opera, Home and Away, playing Alex Poulos...
. He made his first on screen appearance on 26 February 2001 and departed in 2004. He returned for a brief guest stint in 2007 and made his final appearance on 19 June 2007.
Storylines
Alex arrives in Summer Bay several days before his sister LeahLeah Patterson-Baker
Leah Helena Adara Patterson-Baker is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Ada Nicodemou. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 22 March 2000...
's (Ada Nicodemou
Ada Nicodemou
Ada Nicodemou is a Greek Cypriot-born Australian actress, best known for her role as Leah Patterson-Baker in the soap opera Home and Away.-Early life:Nicodemou was born in Larnaca, Cyprus. She has been an Australian resident since 1987....
) wedding to Vinnie Patterson
Vinnie Patterson
Vincent 'Vinnie' Patterson is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away. He made his first on-screen appearence on 14 July 1997 and departed on 1 March 2002...
(Ryan Kwanten
Ryan Kwanten
Ryan Christian Kwanten is an Australian actor. He played Vinnie Patterson from 1997 to 2002 on the Australian soap-opera Home and Away...
). Alex reveals that he wants to escape his parents and has fallen out with their uncle Con (Nicholas Papademetriou) over his electrical business. Alex begins working at the Diner with Leah and starts his own business Alex Electrix and secures a contract with school principal Donald Fisher
Donald Fisher (Home and Away)
Donald Fisher is a fictional character in the Australian television soap opera Home and Away played by actor Norman Coburn as a regular character, from the soap's inception in 1988 to 2003. Coburn has since returned for brief appearances in 2004, 2005 and 2007...
(Norman Coburn
Norman Coburn
Norman Coburn is an Australian television character-actor notable for his roles primarily in soap operas,also his has appeared in many theatre roles .-Home and Away:...
) at Summer Bay High.
Alex begins to pursue Dani Sutherland (Tammin Sursok
Tammin Sursok
Tammin Pamela Sursok is an Australian actress and musician of South African origin. She is best known for the role of Dani Sutherland on Home and Away, as Colleen Carlton on The Young and the Restless and as Siena in Disney Channel's Hannah Montana...
), who is on a break from her boyfriend, Will Smith
Will Smith (Home and Away)
Will Smith is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Zac Drayson. He made his first on-screen appearance on 13 February 1998. Will was a regular on the show from 1998 to 2002. He continued to make frequent guest appearances until 2005. In 2010, it was...
(Zac Drayson
Zac Drayson
Zac Drayson is an Australian actor.He is best known for the role of Will Smith, one of Irene Roberts' many foster children in the soap opera Home and Away...
) and they go on one date but Dani is not romantically interested in Alex. At the end of the date, they argue and Alex accidentally knocks Dani's foster sister, Brodie Hanson
Brodie Hanson
Brodie Hanson was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away. The character was portrayed by actress Susie Rugg between 2000 and 2002 before returning for a short stint in 2004....
(Susie Rugg
Susie Rugg
Susie Rugg is an Australian actress best known for her role as Brodie Hanson in the TV series Home And Away.Susie was born and raised in Sydney, Australia.-Television:* Fallers .... as Nic* The Surgeon .... as Cathy Handel...
) off her bike while driving. Brodie recovers after a successful operation and she develops feelings for Alex. They become a couple and are happy for a while but once Alex feels things are getting too serious between them, he decides to end things with her.
Miles Alcott (Steven Rooke
Steven Rooke
Steven Rooke is an Australian actor best known as his role as Terry in the 2006 movie Footy Legends.-Tv roles:-External links:...
), Alex's childhood friend arrives in the bay and begins dating Brodie, much to Alex's jealousy. When Miles talks to Alex about his feelings for Brodie at the School Formal, he denies being jealous. On the way home from the Formal, Alex is driving with Brodie and Miles as passengers. He turns up the music and fails to notice a pothole in the road, which results in a crash, leaving Bordie and Miles injured. Alf Stewart
Alf Stewart
Alfred Douglas "Alf" Stewart is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Ray Meagher. The character debuted on-screen during the serial's pilot episode on 17 January 1988...
(Ray Meagher
Ray Meagher
Ray Meagher surname pronouned "Marr" , is a veteran Australian character actor. He has appeared regularly in Australian film and television since the mid 1970s, and is notable as the longest continuing performer in an Australian television role, as Alf Stewart on Home and Away, having played the...
) arrives on the scene and raises the alarm. Doctor Charlotte Adams
Charlotte Adams
Charlotte Adams was an Australian mountain climber. She became the first woman of European descent to climb to the peak of Mount Kosciuszko in February 1881, aged 21....
(Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen
Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen
Stephanie Jacobsen is an Australian actress.-Personal life:Jacobsen was born in Hong Kong, then a British crown colony...
) and several paramedics battle to save Miles when he begins arresting but Miles dies at the scene.
Brodie blames Alex for Miles' death and Alex sinks into a depression, culminating in a breakdown at work one day. Alex's brother Chris (Alex Blias
Alex Blias
-Television Credits:* Home and Away as Chris Poulos, brother of Leah Poulos* Always Greener as ‘Skid’ Mark Pannas* All Saints as Jack-Film Credits:* Spank! * -Theatre Credits:* * -External links:...
) tries to snap him out of it and tries to reason with an unrelenting Brodie. On the day of the coronial inquest, a verdict of accidental death is reached. Brodie eventually forgives Alex and both able to move on.
Alex begins seeing an older woman named Kelly Edwards (Alyssa-Jane Cook
Alyssa-Jane Cook
Alyssa-Jane Cook is an Australian actress.She is best known for her regular role as Lisa Bennett on the Australian television soap opera E Street...
), who owns the Diner's cake supplier. This relationship comes with complications as Kelly has two children and is separated from her violent husband Jason (Benj Daddario). When Jason finds out, he attacks Alex. Jesse McGregor
Jesse McGregor
Jesse McGregor is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away. The character was played by actor Ben Unwin between 1996 and 2000 and again between 2002 and 2005.-1996-2000:...
(Ben Unwin
Ben Unwin
Ben Unwin is an Australian actor. He is best known for portraying the character Jesse McGregor on the Australian soap opera Home and Away from 1996 to 2000 and 2002 to 2005....
) intervenes and beats up Jason. Jason continues to harrass Kelly and is soon arrested. Kelly soon leaves the Bay with the children, leaving Alex heartbroken. Alex becomes close to Brodie once again but it is shortlived once Brodie completes Year 12 and decides to go travelling. They spend the night together before Brodie leaves.
Alex starts a relationship Hayley Smith
Hayley Smith (Home and Away)
Hayley Rose Hunter is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away. She was portrayed from September 1998 to September 2005 by actress Bec Cartwright and from September to November 2005 by Ella Scott Lynch, after Cartwright left the show for personal...
(Bec Cartwright) who has recently broken up with her boyfriend, Noah Lawson
Noah Lawson
Noah Lawson is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Beau Brady. The character debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 6 September 2000.-Characterization:...
(Beau Brady
Beau Brady
Beau Brady is an Australian actor, best known for his role as Noah Lawson on the drama Home and Away.-Biography:Brady was educated at Oakhill College in Castle Hill, Sydney....
) but they remain sharing the same house. Alex soon moves in but when Brodie returns, Alex is caught in a love triangle with the two girls. Hayley and Brodie are involved in a car crash which leaves Hayley disfigured and with memory loss Alex realises he still loves Brodie and proposes to her and they decide to leave the Bay for Cyprus but are unsure of how to break the news to Hayley. Brodie and Alex later marry overseas.
Three years later, Alex returns without Brodie and reveals their marriage is over. He rents a Caravan at the Summer Bay Caravan Park and soon becomes friends with Cassie Turner
Cassie Turner
Cassandra "Cassie" Turner is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Sharni Vinson. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 18 March 2005. Vinson originally auditioned for the role of Martha MacKenzie , but later secured the role of...
(Sharni Vinson
Sharni Vinson
-External links:...
). It emerges Alex is dealing drugs and hides a stash at Leah's house and everything is uncovered when his 5-year-old nephew VJ, accidentally finds the drugs and is suspected to have swallowed some. VJ is fine but Leah is upset. Leah agrees not to inform the police but orders Alex leave to and stay out of her life. Alex leaves to stay with relatives in Greece.