Nicholas Guilak was 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 then 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 not-for-profit 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. His film and television credits: He starred in the highly controversial movie of the week, Saving Jessica Lynch and the acclaimed, Homeland Security for NBC. Followed by feature films; Retribution, Of God and Kings, Solar Flight,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 and is now in the early development stage.
