Nicholas Colla Explained

Nicholas Colla
Birth Date:1986 10, df=yes

Nicholas Colla (born 14 October 1986 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian actor, writer and director, best known for his roles as Joel Peterson in Holly's Heroes and Adam Stevens in Neighbours.

Career

Colla began acting at an early age, appearing in a McDonald's commercial directed by US pilot director David Nutter and shot by Academy Award-winning cinematographer Wally Pfister. Since then he has appeared in television series such as Neighbours, The Saddle Club, Blue Heelers, City Homicide, Wicked Science 2 and the AFI award-winning Holly's Heroes.[1]

Colla's performances on stage include Mamillius in the Bell Shakespeare Company's The Winter's Tale, Shedding directed by Sam Strong at La Mama Theatre, as well as the lead in the debut season of Australian play The Cutting Boys.[2]

His directing credits include the short films Palindromes[3] and Rocketman which have screened at festivals including Palm Springs ShortFest, Cinequest, Flickerfest and St Kilda Film Festival.

He is also a producer on the Australian television series The Wizards of Aus.

Filmography

Year Title Type Episodes Role
2015 TV series Mr Swinton
2015 TV series Donnie Sutherland
2014 Theatre Max
2014 TV series Nick Turpinson
2014 Feature film Rob
2013 TV series Miles Englert
2013 TV mini-series Frank Parker
2013 Theatre Patrick
2012 Theatre He/Red Cross Worker
2009 TV series Mags
2006 TV series Darius Jasinski
2005 TV series Oliver Simmons
2004 TV series Joel Peterson
2003 TV series Neville Cowlin
2001–02 TV series 10 Episodes Adam Stevens
1998 TV series Luke
1997 Theatre Mamillius

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.australiantelevision.net/hollys_heroes/characters.html "Holly's Heroes: characters"
  2. Rebecca Harkins-Cross, "The Cutting Boys review: La Mama murder play lowers us into the abyss", The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 May 2014.
  3. https://cinequest.org/films/254898/palindromes "Palindromes" world premiere