Nick Thurston
Born (1987-12-07) December 7, 1987
Alma materUniversity of Southern California
OccupationActor
Years active2007-present

Nick Thurston (born December 7, 1987) is an American actor, born and raised in the San Francisco Bay area of California. A college graduate, Thurston attended several schools, including the American Conservatory Theater, as well as the British American Drama Academy located in London. Thurston finally graduated with a bachelor's degree in acting from the University of Southern California. Since graduating, Thurston has become an active member in the acting community, starring in several films including Reviving Ophelia, White Irish Drinkers, Not for Human Consumption, and a notable appearance as Blue Eyes, who is considered to be the secondary ape protagonist in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Nick has also acted on the set of several TV shows including Ghost Whisperer, Cold Case, and The Truth Below on well-known TV broadcasting stations including CBS and MTV. Thurston has also appeared in The Lake, an online TV series created by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.[1]

Career

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Thurston portrays Blue Eyes in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Here, Thurston plays the role of a young, rebellious, and stubborn ape. This is Thurston's first experience with a blockbuster movie, as all of his prior experience was with small scale, low budget indie productions.

White Irish Drinkers

Thurston plays the role of Brian Leary, the primary protagonist in White Irish Drinkers. Here Thurston plays an artistic young man, who is misunderstood and underappreciated by his family and friends, who find themselves content with labor-intensive work, and have no aptitude to go on to higher education. Brian, surrounded by a dreary reality, finds an escape in his art. This escape allows Brian to avoid the life of crime his brother has chosen, and to block out the problems that life has presented to him. "The Observer describes Brian as 'a boy with a conscience who turns the basement room under the bagel shop in his parents’ building into a secret art studio, where he creates impressionistic charcoal drawings and watercolor sketches of the city around him, donning headphones to drown out the noise and shouting between his parents.'"[2]

Not for Human Consumption

In a film inspired by true events, Nick Thurston Stars as Jay Trotta, a witty, young ex-drug abuser who has just been liberated from prison. Now sober, Jay plans to make his way in the world in a respectable way, staying away from the drugs that landed him in prison. Eventually, after a good deal of time and hard work, Jay becomes the partial owner of a newly founded hookah bar. Eventually, Jay's past catches up with him, and he gets involved with the selling of a new drug disguised as incense, avoiding legal trouble by labeling the drug as "not for human consumption".[3]

Television appearances

Grimm

Thurston played violinist prodigy Roddy Geiger in the 5th episode of the first season of Grimm.

Ghost Whisperer

Thurston makes a guest appearance as a Varsity Football player in the premiere of season five of Ghost Whisperer, though his role on the show was never permanent.

Cold Case

Thurston stars as Nash Simpson, a guest role in "Hood Rats", an episode from the second episode of the seventh season of Cold Case.

Personal life

Thurston currently lives in Los Angeles, California with his long time girlfriend-now-wife[4] Alexandra Fratella.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2008 S.E.R.E.
2010 White Irish Drinkers Brian
2010 Reviving Ophelia Mark
2011 "The Truth Below" Dante
2014 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Blue Eyes
2019 The End of Love Henry Short film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2009 The Lake Luke Main role
2009 Ghost Whisperer Varsity Football Player Episode: "Birthday Presence"
2009 Cold Case Nash Simpson Episode: "Hood Rats"
2011 The Protector Kevin Dickey Episode: "Wings"
2011 Grimm Roddy Geiger Episode: "Danse Macabre"
2012 Castle Buck Cooper/Hank Rodgers Episode: "Swan Song"
2013 Bones Nick Pavonetti Episode: "The Friend in Need"
2016 Heartbeat Sam Episode: "Backwards"
2016 Pure Genius Billy Watts Episode: "Fire and Ice"
2017 Snowfall Gun Dealer Episode: "Slow Hand"
2021 Dota: Dragon's Blood Idwal (voice) Episode: "Neverwhere Land"
2022 FBI: Most Wanted Will Conway Episode: "Decriminalized"
2023 The Last Thing He Told Me Agent Jeremy O'Mackey 2 episodes
2023 Family Guy Unknown Episode: "Adult Education"
2020-2023 American Dad! Restaurant Employee, Mason (voice) 5 episodes

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2020 Spider-Man: Miles Morales Additional voices
2021 Neo: The World Ends with You Motoi Anazawa [5]

Awards

Nick Thurston received the best actor award for his performance in Primrose at the Hollyshorts film festival in 2015.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Nick Thurston". myLifetime.com. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
  2. ↑ "Movie Review: Sobering White Irish Drinkers is a Gritty and Gratifying Debut". The New York Observer. 22 March 2011.
  3. ↑ "Not For Human Consumption - Official Film Site". notforhumanconsumptionthemovie.com. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
  4. ↑ https://www.zola.com/wedding/nicholasandalexandra2023
  5. ↑ "Nick Thurston (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 29 July 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  6. ↑ "Nick Thurston - Timeline Photos | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
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