Nolan Gerard Funk (born July 28, 1986) is a Canadian actor and singer known for portraying Hunter Clarington in the musical comedy-drama television series '' Glee'', Collin Jennings in the comedy-drama television series ''

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'', "Angel Eyes" in the drama series '' Counterpart'' and Conrad Birdie in the 2009

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revival of the musical ''

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''.

Life and career

Funk was born in

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. In 2001, his first role came when he played a boy named Ryan in the '' Seven Days'' episode "The Brink". In 2002, he starred in the short film ''Moon in the Afternoon'' as Alexander and appeared in the '' Taken'' episode "High Hope" as Young Eric Crawford. In 2003, he appeared in Marvel live-action film '' X2'' as a captured X-Kid and guest-starred in

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's series ''

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''s episode "Minimum Cool" playing a Bully named Booker. In 2004, he appeared in ''

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'' episode "Losing It" as a boy named Malcolm. From 2004 to 2006, he guest-starred in the Drama series Renegadepress.com playing Ben Lalonde. In 2005, he appeared as Zack Greenfield in the ''

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'' episode "Krypto". In 2006, he played Josh in ''

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'', guest-starred as Allan Harris in the ''

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'' episode "While You Were Sleeping", appeared in the biographical film A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story as Michael Imagidson, '' The Dead Zone'' episode "Independence Day" as Jake Phillips, the '' Alice, I Think'' episode "Wise Womyn" as Daniel Feckworth-Goose and guest-starred in the ''

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'' episode "Croatoan" as Jake Tanner. In 2007, he starred in ''My Name Is Sarah'' as Kit and he had a recurring role in

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series ''

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'' as a student named Todd Palladino. In 2008, he appeared in

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's music video for "

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" as her love interest, appeared in ''

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'' as Dwyer and appeared in the ''Class Savage'' short film playing a Preppy Dealer. He received his first break when he was cast opposite

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in the starring role of the Columbia Records/Nickelodeon movie ''

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''. On January 12, 2009, he had his first live concert performance at a

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. He appeared in

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’s episode Pilot playing a boy named Dan, he appeared in

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’s episode Hedge Fund Homeboys playing a student named Brandon and appeared as Kevin in the 18 short films. In 2010, he appeared in Jack's Family Adventure as Derek Vickery, in

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as William, had a recurring role in

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as Todd, Triple Dog as Todd Spalding and in Detroit 1-8-7 as Trevor Elkin. Funk played the title role of Conrad Birdie in the revival of the

musical ''

'', with a limited run at

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from September 10, 2009 (previews) through January 24, 2010. Even though the show was mostly panned, he was a critical standout – cited as "Excellent" by John Lahr of ''

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'', and receiving praise from ''

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'' critic Ben Brantley. He also had a guest role as Todd,

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's love interest, on season two of the

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series ''

''. In 2012, Funk appeared opposite

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and

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in ''

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''. Funk guest-starred in season four of '' Glee'', playing Hunter Clarington, the new frontman of the Dalton Academy Warblers. He then had a recurring role in season three of the

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comedy-drama series ''

'' as Collin Jennings. Funk starred alongside

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and James Deen in the 2013 erotic thriller-drama film '' The Canyons'', written by novelist

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and directed by

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. That same year, Funk appeared in the third installment of the '' Chronicles of Riddick'' film series, '' Riddick'', playing a devoutly religious mercenary named Luna. The film was released on September 6, 2013, and opened at number one. In December 2013, Funk was announced as the face of

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's spring/summer 2014 menswear campaign, photographed by famed photographers Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott. Funk was a series regular on the first season of the critically acclaimed Starz series '' Counterpart'' starring J.K. Simmons. Funk spoke German in the show and played Angel Eyes, a cult-raised German assassin. In 2019, Funk was cast as a series regular on the

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series ''

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'' opposite Kaley Cuoco.

Awards

In 2021, Funk was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for best ensemble in a comedy series. In 2007, Funk was nominated for a

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in the "Best Performance or Host in a Youth or Children's Program or Series" category for his work on '' Renegadepress.com''.

Filmography

References

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External links

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