Nicholas D'Agosto

Nicholas D'Agosto
Born	April 17, 1980 (1980-04-17) (age 31) Omaha, Nebraska
Nationality	American
Other names	Nick D'Agosto Nicholas Dagosto
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1998–present

Nicholas "Nick" D'Agosto (born April 17, 1980) is an American television and film actor.

Early life

D'Agosto was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Deanna Rae (Vellinga) and Alen D'Agosto, who own several Arby's in Omaha.^[1][2] His father is Italian and his mother is of Dutch and English descent. He was raised Catholic and selected Genesius of Rome, the patron saint of actors, as his confirmation name.^[3] D'Agosto was very involved in drama and theatre growing up, acting in many different plays and musicals. He attended Creighton Preparatory School in Omaha and graduated in 1998. D'Agosto attended Marquette University, where he obtained bachelor degrees in both history and theatre.^[3]

Career

He recently starred in From Prada to Nada with Camilla Belle. His big break came when he was cast as the ethical committee chairman Larry Fouch in the dark teenage comedy Election (1999), while he was still a senior at Creighton Preparatory School.^[4] The film was written and directed by Alexander Payne, another alumnus of Creighton School. D'Agosto starred in the film Psycho Beach Party (2000). In 2002, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a full-time acting career.^{[citation needed]}

D'Agosto quickly landed guest appearances on primetime television series such as Boston Public, ER, Six Feet Under, Cold Case, House, Supernatural, and Without a Trace. He appeared in three episodes of The Office. D'Agosto was also cast in the recurring role of West Rosen on the hit series Heroes.

In 2011, he starred as Sam Lawton in Final Destination 5.

Television

Year	Title	Role
2003	Boston Public	Richard Kinney
	ER	Andy
2004	Cracking Up	Ben
	Six Feet Under	Jonathan Gorodetsky
	Cold Case	Chris (1979)
2005	House	Keith Foster
	Supernatural	Gavin
2006	Related	P.J.
	Without a Trace	Ted Soros
	Big Day	Dr. Zaks
2007	The Office	Hunter
	Heroes	West Rosen

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1999	Election	Larry Fouch
2000	Psycho Beach Party	Counterman
2005	Joint Custody	Joel
2006	Orpheus	Guy
	Inside	Alex
2007	Rocket Science	Ben Wekselbaum
	Drive-Thru	Fisher Kent
	L.A. Blues	Adam Cooper
2008	Extreme Movie	Evan
2009	Fired Up	Shawn Colfax
2010	Dirty Girl	Joel
2011	From Prada to Nada	Edward Ferris
	Final Destination 5	Sam Lawton
	Mardi Gras: Spring Break	Mike

References

1. ^ "Entertainment". Omaha.com. http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2620&u_sid=10061153. Retrieved 8 October 2010. 
2. ^ http://www.johnhoag.net/genealogy/dat2856.html#2
3. ^ ^{a b} Sweeney Etter, Nicole. "Big break". Marquette magazine. http://www.marquette.edu/magazine/winter08/big_break.shtml. Retrieved 10 May 2010. "As a young Catholic growing up in Omaha, Nick D’Agosto had no trouble choosing his confirmation name: Genesius, after the patron saint of actors." 
4. ^ "Nicholas D'Agosto". Yahoo! Movies. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1808909195/bio. Retrieved 29 May 2010. 

External links

• Nicholas D'Agosto at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Dagosto, Nick
Alternative names
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	1980-04-17
Place of birth	Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Date of death
Place of death