Nicholas Alexander

Nicholas Alexander was born in Waukegan, Illinois on May 21, 1988. When he was a baby his mother moved them to Naperville, Illinois to take advantage of Chicago suburb's impressive public education systems. Alexander, an only child, raised in a single-parent household thrived in athletics from a very young age. In 2006 he attended College of Dupage in Glen Ellyn, IL and, then transferred to the University of Arizona on a full athletic football scholarship. After taking a drama class his senior year in Tucson, Alexander decided to switch gears and pursue his primary passion in entertainment instead of pro-football. The day after receiving his degree in Sociology he packed his car and drove to Los Angeles, where he began studying theater and performance art to refine his craft in the pursuit of achieving his dream. Since then, Alexander can be found in countless hit TV series and feature films across the American and International markets. Alexander's work is prevalent in Hollywood; he divides his time between acting and producing features, and performing on the small screen. Alexander made his feature film debut in the internationally distributed Tempting Fate which made its Los Angeles debut at the 2015 Pan African Film Festival and premiered in Theaters in Nigeria and Ghana. Tempting Fate is the tip of the iceberg for Alexander, who also appeared on hit TV shows, The Last Ship, FX's You're The Worst, Netflix's Love, NBC's The Player and CBS's S.W.A.T. Alexander cruised down the 2015 festival circuit in the Lead role of the multi Award winning short film Jacob Stone, which he was nominated twice for Best Actor. Jacob Stone appeared at several notable film festivals in 2015, taking home the award for Best Short at the prestigious Catalina Film Festival as well as being nominated for another eight awards and taking home two more wins for Best Short and Best drama on the festival circuit. Nicholas was very involved in the creative process, casting and production end of Jacob Stone, enough to receive a special thanks credit for the film. This gave Nicholas the push he needed to dive into the world of production. For his first stint behind the camera, Alexander Produced the first installment of Dan Davies' trilogy series Mr. Thursday. From there Alexander moved onto the Horror genre where he Co-Produced Curse of Mesopotamia, with Director Lauand Omar. A film that was originally shot in Kurdistan and moved to Jordan after the invasion of ISIS in 2014. After enduring setbacks and major wholesale changes from the re-shoots and shift in location, Curse of Mesopotamia managed a successful release on Amazon and reached top 30 most viewed horror titles on Itunes. Outside of the film industry Alexander's passion is mentoring and aiding abused and neglected adolescents and young adults. He loves working with kids from underprivileged communities and single parent homes.