Nicholas Podany is an American actor, and musician.

Early life

He attended the

Juilliard School The Juilliard School ( ) is a Private university, private performing arts music school, conservatory in New York City. Founded by Frank Damrosch as the Institute of Musical Art in 1905, the school later added dance and drama programs and became ...

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, graduating in 2018.

Career

Stage

He played

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in the New York production of ''

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child ''Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'' is a play written by Jack Thorne from an original story by Thorne, J. K. Rowling, and John Tiffany. The plot occurs nineteen years after the events of Rowling's novel ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hall ...

'' from 2019 at Broadway's Lyric Theatre.

Television

His television roles have included

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's ''

Hart of Dixie ''Hart of Dixie'' is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on The CW from September 26, 2011, to March 27, 2015. The series, created by Leila Gerstein, stars Rachel Bilson as Dr. Zoe Hart, a New Yorker who, after her dreams of ...

'', the

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's '' I Didn't Do It'' and

Netflix Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service. The service primarily distributes original and acquired films and television shows from various genres, and it is available internationally in multiple lang ...

series ''

Archive 81 ''Archive 81'' is an American supernatural horror television series developed by Rebecca Sonnenshine, who was also an executive producer for the show, along with Paul Harris Boardman and James Wan. The series was released on Netflix on Janua ...

''. In 2021, he was cast in a live action version of ''

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'', however the series was later cancelled. He had his first major screen role in 2023, where he could be seen as Joey in

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science fiction comedy drama '' Hello Tomorrow!'' alongside

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and

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. In 2025, he was cast in Cold War-era television series ''

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'' featuring

Emilia Clarke Emilia Isobel Euphemia Rose Clarke (born 23 October 1986) is an English actress, best known for her role as Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO fantasy series ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2019), for which she received nominations for four Primetime E ...

for

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Film

He portrays

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in the

Jason Reitman Jason R. Reitman (; born October 19, 1977) is a Canadian–American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the films ''Thank You for Smoking'' (2005), ''Juno (film), Juno'' (2007), ''Up in the Air (2009 film), Up in the Air'' (2009), ''Young ...

biographical comedy drama '' Saturday Night''. The cast for the film were nominated for the

Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association. 2000s 2001 * '' Gosford Park'' ** '' Ocean's Eleven'' ** ''The Roya ...

. He had a role as

Mercutio Mercutio ( , ) is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's 1597 tragedy, ''Romeo and Juliet''. He is a close friend to Romeo and a blood relative to Prince Escalus and Count Paris. As such, Mercutio is one of the named characters in the ...

in the musical '' Juliet & Romeo''.

Personal life

He has English heritage through his mother. He is also a musician.

Partial filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Podany, Nicholas Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) American male stage actors American male television actors American male film actors American male musicians Juilliard School alumni Living people