Nico was born Nicholas Augustus Xavier Dowd in Salt Lake City. Nico lived in the mountains of Park City, Utah where he learned to ski, snowboard and ride horses all before he turned 2 years old. When he was four years old his family moved back to his parents home state of Connecticut and settled in his mother's hometown of Hamden, right outside of New Haven. Nico started playing hockey as soon as he arrived in Connecticut and now plays year round on travel teams. He started acting in 2016 after watching his older sister Frankie (Francesca) who is also an actress. Nico balances his acting, hockey, and school with ease and loves to keep busy.