Nicolas Wright

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Nicolas Wright is a graduate of both the John Abbott College Professional Theatre program and the British American Drama Academy’s ‘A Mid Summer in Oxford’ program. He began his career on the stage as one of the founding members of the multi-award-winning theatre company Gravy Bath Productions. In 2003, his portrayal of the title role in The Portrait of Dorian Gray at the Saidye Bronfman Centre earned him a nomination for Best Actor by the Montreal Critic’s Circle.^[1]

Over the last few years he has appeared in numerous television series and feature films, including Touchstone’s The Greatest Game Ever Played and New Line Cinema’s King’s Ransom. He has played leading roles in several productions; the award winning series Delta State (Award of Excellence, Alliance of Children and Television), the award winning feature film Hatley High (Best Director/Best Screenplay, Aspen Comedy Festival) and in End of the Line (Official Selection, Toronto International Film Festival). Nicolas also starred in the hit IFC mini-series, The Festival.

He is co-starring in the upcoming BBC mini-series, Superstorm, starring Tom Sizemore and Nicola Stephenson. He can also be seen later this year co-starring in MGM’s War Games: The Dead Code, as well as Philms Pictures’ Prom Wars alongside Raviv Ullman and Alia Shawkat.

Nicolas has begun developing and directing his own projects. He has written and directed three short films, the most recent of which, entitled Toutouffe, was awarded ‘Special Jury Prize’ at the Just For Laughs Festival in 2004. It has been invited to screen at film festivals around the world.In 2008 he has played in Swamp Devil and is currently airing on CBC’s Canadian Reflections.