Nicholas Guilak was born in Houston,Texas and raised in La Jolla, California, moved to Los Angeles in the 90's and received his Bachelors of Arts from USC in Theatre, Humanities and Film. He then studied in London then Scotland were he received two Fringe First nominations for directing and starring as Aldo Scaliki in John Patrick Shanely's Italian American Reconciliation at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He came back for his Masters of Fine Arts in Acting from UCLA and garnered the Laura Pell's Scholarship for great achievements in Acting. Being a strong advocate of the stage, he and fellow colleagues created the Los Angeles based non-profit theatre company, Big Dog Little Dog Productions, which was named "Top five not-for-profit theatre companies in Los Angeles" by Bravo. He's performed in over 50 plays globally, has directed 26 plays, produced 32 and written 3 screenplays. His film and television credits include starring in the highly controversial MOW, Saving Jessica Lynch and the acclaimed, Homeland Security, American Wrestler, Think Like a Man Too, His Secret Family, Let The Devil Wear Black, Retribution, Of God and Kings, Solar Flight,The Lost Room, The Exquisite Continent, Delta Farce, Got Papers, Double Deception, Two Coyotes, Will Unplugged, Cruel Intention2 among others. His television credits include Ray Donovan, NCIS:LA, 24, Chuck, HawthoRNe, Dark Blue, Las Vegas, CSI:Miami, NCIS, The Agency to JAG,She Spies, Threat Matrix, Dragonfire, Jane Doe, War Stories among others, for more information on credits go to resume. His latest passion project includes a novel in which he penned and turned into a screenplay, Happiness in New York City and is now in the early development stage and Parker: A Life Least Expected.