Nico Quijano

Nico (Mike) Quijano: Nico is a U.S. Army veteran, former law enforcement officer and overseas contractor. Born and raised in New York. While growing up in New York he attained black belts in Goju-Ryu (Peter Urban and Ron "The Black Dragon" Van Clief), Ving Tsun (Moy Yat) and Kyokushin Kai (Oyama). Nico later traveled to Thailand became a 3 time Muay Thai boxing province champion. Later on he studied boxing under the legendary Gus Spencer at the Garden City Boxing Gym. He has been featured in many martial arts publications around the world. Nico later worked extensively with P.M. Entertainment, landing roles in "The Deadly Bet", "Maximum Force" and many others. He was on Eric Lee's stunt/fight team, Jon Agro's stunt/fight team, Art Camacho's stunt/fight team and the legendary Ken Lesco. He worked with Ken Lesco on "Here Comes the Hammer" (MC Hammer's music video). Nico starred in Shawn Flanagan's "Boneshakers" film which provided him with his first big acting role. He doubled, Chaz Palminteri in "Jade". In addition to "Papa Legba Guitar", he has recently worked on "When Death Comes Knocking" (Acting, military tactical advisor, stunts), "Here Comes Harleen" (Stunt/fight coordinator), "The Red Night" (stunt/fight coordinator) and "My roommate Enzo" (acting). Nico has completed the "Motion Picture Driving Clinic (Formerly Rick Seaman's Stunt driving school) and has taken acting courses from Margie Haber Studio.