Nick Smoke

A native of The Bronx, Nick trained as an actor at La Guardia High School for Performing Arts and the Atlantic Acting School in New York City until he moved to Los Angeles at the age of 21. He started working within his first year there and has been featured in the Academy Award-winning The Social Network (dir. David Fincher), on t.v. shows This Is Us (NBC), Masters of Sex (Showtime) and Shooter (USA), as well as projects with Angus Wall, Alejandro G. Iñárritu & Todd Strauss-Schulson. As a writer, Nick co-wrote the short film, "Queen," which garnered official selections at over thirty film festivals including Cinequest, Boston International, Edinburgh, and Humboldt International, where he won the award for Best Narrative. In 2013 he was diagnosed with a rare liver disease known as Budd-Chiari syndrome and was listed for a liver transplant. Luckily, he was able to have an alternative surgery that saved his life. This profound and life changing experience inspired him to become an advocate for liver disease awareness and he has gone on to speak at several public events for the American Liver Foundation. When he's not committed to his artistry or visiting with his doctors at Cedars-Sinai, Nick enjoys spending time with his fiancé and cat in the Beachwood Canyon neighborhood of Los Angeles.