Nicholas Guilak born in Houston, Texas and raised
in La Jolla, California, moved to Los Angeles in 1991 and received his Bachelors of Arts from USC in Theatre, Humanities and
Film. He then studied in London and moved onto Scotland were he performed in thirteen different shows,
168 performances and received two Fringe First nominations for directing and starring as Aldo Scaliki in John Patrick Shanely’s
Italian American Reconciliation at the ’94 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 theatre companies in Los Angeles” in 2000 by Bravo.
Nico has been fortunate to play in over forty three different stage productions around the globe. His latest role was
El-Fayoumy in Stephen Adly Guirgis’s, The Last Days of Judus Iscariot. He has produced and directed over twenty
plays, most recently David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross.
Although
Nico played the troubled bad boy, Earl, in ’92 for The Bold and the Beautiful, his film and television career caught
on early 2000. He starred in the highly controversial movie of the week, Saving Jessica Lynch
and the acclaimed, Homeland Security for NBC. Followed by a handful of features including, The
Lost Room, The Exquisite Continent, Delta Farce, Got Papers, Double Deception, Two Coyotes, Will Unplugged, Let the Devil
Wear Black, Cruel Intention2 among others. His television credits include two seasons on 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. He
is now in the early development stage of turning it into a feature film. He also coaches privately and
is a part time adjunct professor of Theatre/Acting. He has taught at UCLA, USC, Antelope Valley College, West Los Angeles
College and Pierce College.
