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

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'', Collin Jennings in the comedy-drama television series '' Awkward'', FBI agent Van White in The Flight Attendant "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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, British Columbia. He is also a German citizen. He competed nationally in gymnastics until he was 13 and competed as a national diver. 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, produced by Spielberg. In 2003, he appeared in Marvel live-action film '' X2'' as a captured X-Kid. From 2004 to 2006, he guest-starred in 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 '' Hollow Man 2", appeared in the biographical film A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story directed by Oscar Nominee Angnieszka Holland playing Michael Imagidson. In 2007, he starred in ''My Name Is Sarah'' opposite Jennifer Beals and 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 " Stay My Baby" as her love interest, appeared in '' Deadgirl'' as Dwyer which opened at TIFF. 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 Bereavement as William, had a recurring role in

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as Todd, Triple Dog as Todd Spalding and in

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as Trevor Elkin. Funk played the title role of Conrad Birdie in the revival of the

musical ''

'', with a limited run at Henry Miller's Theatre 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 had a recurring guest role as hacker Todd, Claudia Donovan's love interest, on season two of the Syfy series ''

''. In 2012, Funk appeared opposite

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and

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in '' House at the End of the Street''. Funk guest-starred in season four of ''

'', playing Hunter Clarington, the new frontman of the Dalton Academy Warblers. He then had a season long role in season three of the

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comedy-drama series '' Awkward'' as Collin Jennings. Funk starred alongside

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and

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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 '' The Flight Attendant'' opposite

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. In 2021, Funk was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for best comedic ensemble in HBO Max's The Flight Attendant. In 2022, Funk was a series regular in Netlfix's "Partner Track" directed by Bridgerton's Julie Anne Robinson. While the show was not a critical success, Funk was recognized by Variety as one of the best parts of the show. In 2023, Funk starred in the ABC pilot of "LA Law" directed by Anthony Hemingway, reuniting with his showrunner from "Arrow" Marc Guggenheim. The status of the pilot ream ins in question. Funk appears to have the titular role in AI horror "Raptus' with a rumored 2025 release but no official date has been set.

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

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References

External links

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