# Jon Lolis

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{{Short description|Albanian-Greek actor}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2013}}

'''Jon''' or '''Leonidas Lolis''' is an actor who is most noted for his role of [Aleksander Malota](/source/Aleksander_Malota) in [British](/source/United_Kingdom) [Channel 4](/source/Channel_4) soap ''[Hollyoaks](/source/Hollyoaks)''. He played the estranged husband of [Jacqui McQueen](/source/Jacqui_McQueen) who fell in love with her younger sister [Carmel](/source/Carmel_McQueen).

Jon made his TV debut in the 6-part BBC1 drama ''[Rough Diamond](/source/Rough_Diamond_(TV_series))'' in which he played bad boy JP.

After Hollyoaks he went on to star as a regular in a new soap called ''[The Royal Today](/source/The_Royal_Today)'', a modern-day spin-off of ''[The Royal](/source/The_Royal)'' broadcast on ITV in 2008. He played porter Kristaps on the show. The same year saw the character of Aleksander return on ''Hollyoaks'' for a brief storyline.

In 2009, Jon was a guest star on prime time hospital drama ''[Casualty](/source/Casualty_(TV_series))'' (BBC1). He played Bluto, the rebellious brother of a Serbian contractor. He then went on to lead the cast of a new pilot comedy called ''The 370'' playing Pavel, the driver of the bus in which the comedy was set in. Jon's next role was in the critically acclaimed 6-part drama ''[Casualty 1909](/source/Casualty_1909)'', in which he played Stepanovs, a translator employed by the police.

Jon's next project saw the actor star as Sgt [Josef František](/source/Josef_Franti%C5%A1ek) in Channel 4's 2010 miniseries ''Bloody Foreigners'', exploring the part played by immigrant communities in key events of British history; the episode focussed on the achievements of an elite group of Polish pilots during the [Battle of Britain](/source/Battle_of_Britain).<ref>{{IMDb title|1551947|Bloody Foreigners}}</ref> Since then, he has acted in 2 episodes of ''[Emmerdale](/source/Emmerdale)'' and as a Czech soldier in ''[Home Fires](/source/Home_Fires_(UK_TV_series))'' before appearing in an episode of the BBC 2018 adaptation of [China Miéville](/source/China_Mi%C3%A9ville)'s ''[The City & the City](/source/The_City_%26_the_City)''.<ref>{{IMDb name}}</ref>

He grew up in Greece. He studied at the [Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts](/source/Liverpool_Institute_for_Performing_Arts).<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/H/hollyoaks/cast/boys/aleksandermalota/ Cast » Hollyoaks » Channel 4<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

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