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ACTING
Coming Up Next: Betrayal at The Goodman directed by Susan V. Booth, and starring Helen Hunt, Robert Sean Leonard, and Ian Barford (and me!).
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AEA. SAG-AFTRA.
Recently: Nico appeared in the workshop presentation of LM Feldman’s hand foot hand directed by Jessi D. Hill, Off-Broadway at Playwrights Realm.
In 2017, Nico won a New York Innovative Theatre Award for Best Actor for J. Stephen Brantley’s The Jamb directed by Obie Winner David Drake. In 2015, Nico received an Equity Jeff Award Nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in The Rose Tattoo at Chicago’s Shattered Globe Theatre.
Nico starred in the West Coast Premiere of Stefanie Zadravec’s Honey Brown Eyes to critical acclaim at SF Playhouse, directed by Susi Damilano. Nico also starred in Superior Donuts at Dorset Theatre Festival, directed by Paul Mullins, and in EST’s Marathon of One Acts in a play by J. Holtham. They also originated a number of acclaimed roles in indie theatre plays by Jack MacCarthy, Jess Barbagallo, C. Julian Jiminez, Hank Willenbrink, and more.
Nico has a supporting role in the Feature Film It Had To Be You by Sasha Gordon, (with Cristin Milioti and Danny DeFerrari) and has starred in a number of short films by directors like Shal Ngo, Daren Taylor, Holle Singer, Gabriel Judet-Weinshel, and more.
Nico trained at NYU’s Experimental Theatre Wing (BFA 2005 Acting & Literature), and with acclaimed teacher Maggie Flanigan. Nico also studied Creative Writing at UC Santa Barbara, and Filmmaking at London Film School.
NYC/LA/Atlanta Representation: UIA Talent . TV & Film-Christopher Silveri, Heather Young. Theatre-Aaron Sanko, Nicole Redifer. Email: theatrical@uiatalent.com
Chicago/Midwest Representation: Grossman & Jack Talent . TV, Film , Theatre–Robert Schroeder & Heather Olofson. Phone: (312) 587-1155, Email: info@grossmanjack.com
Click Photos Below for More Info–Scroll Down for Full Acting CV
![Headshot by Joel Maisonet](https://nicgrelli.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Nico-Grelli_7759_HiRes-1024x683.jpg)
![from LM Feldman's 'hand foot hand' directed by Jessi D. Hill at Playwrights Realm](https://nicgrelli.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_0964-1024x683.jpg)
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![from LM Feldman's 'hand foot hand' directed by Jessi D. Hill at Playwrights Realm](https://nicgrelli.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_0961-683x1024.jpg)
![Headshot by Matt Harrington](https://nicgrelli.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Nico-Grelli-Headshot-RT-683x1024.jpg)
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![from J.Stephen Brantley's 'The Jamb' directed by Obie Winner David Drake. NYIT Award Best Actor.](https://nicgrelli.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/The-Jamb-featuring-J.Stephen-Brantley-and-Nico-Grelli-Photo-credit-Hunter-Canning-520x347-1.jpg)
![from J.Stephen Brantley's 'The Jamb' directed by Obie Winner David Drake. NYIT Award Best Actor.](https://nicgrelli.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/The-Jamb_2-Nic-Grelli-J.Stephen-Brantley.jpg)
![The Rose Tattoo at Chicago's Shattered Globe Theatre Co. Jeff Award nomination--Outstanding Supporting Actor 2015](https://nicgrelli.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Nic-Grelli-and-Eileen-Niccolai-in-Shattered-Globe-Theatres-production-of-THE-ROSE-TATTOO-by-Tennessee-Williams-directed-by-Greg-Vinkler.-Photo-by-Michael-Brosilow-1-1024x699.jpg)
![NYIT Award for Best Actor--The Jamb, by J.Stephen Brantley, directed by Obie Winner David Drake.](https://nicgrelli.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/new-york-united-states-25th-sep-2017-nico-grelli-winner-outstanding-KA8BMA-653x1024.jpg)
![an appearance as Pier Valentino in Shawn Randall's Symphonics Live at Bowery Poetry Club](https://nicgrelli.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Pier-1-1024x684.jpeg)
![The Rose Tattoo at Chicago's Shattered Globe Theatre Co. Jeff Award nomination--Outstanding Supporting Actor 2015](https://nicgrelli.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Nic-Grelli-and-Eileen-Niccolai-in-Shattered-Globe-Theatres-production-of-THE-ROSE-TATTOO-by-Tennessee-Williams-directed-by-Greg-Vinkler.-Photo-by-Michael-Brosilow-683x1024.jpg)
![from the West Coast Premiere of 'Honey Brown Eyes' by Stefanie Zadravec at SF Playhouse, directed by Susi Damilano](https://nicgrelli.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/gireli-plays-air-guitar-photo-jessica-palopoli-722x1024.jpg)
![from 'Flight' by Liz Magic Laser](https://nicgrelli.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2011_lizmagiclaser_flight_duffysq_byka-mantse_web8144.jpg)
!['The Boat In The Tiger Suit' by Hank Willenbrink at The Brick. Directed by Jose Zayas.](https://nicgrelli.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/The-Boat_3-1.jpg)
REEL & FOOTAGE
ACTING BIO (abbreviated)
NYC Theatre: hand foot hand (Playwrights Realm) The Jamb (Horse Trade, NYIT Award-Best Actor) Animals Commit Suicide (terraNova Collective), Saturn Nights (Incubator at St Marks), The Boat in the Tiger Suit (The Brick), Magic Trick (NYC Fringe). Also workshops and readings with: The Working Theatre, Labyrinth, terraNova Collective, The Lark, New Georges, and more. Regional Theatre: Betrayal (The Goodman), The Rose Tattoo (Shattered Globe, Equity Jeff Award Nomination) Honey Brown Eyes (SF Playhouse), Superior Donuts (Dorset Theatre Festival), Argonautika (Berkeley Rep), SportSexDeathPorn (Montreal Fringe, WTE Theatre). Also workshops with Lookingglass Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Penguin Rep, and more. Film: It Had To Be You (Dir: Sasha Gordon, Samuel Goldwyn Films), and multiple short films, and webseries. AEA, SAG-AFTRA.
Acting Resumé as of January 2025