Nathaniel Buzolic

Nathaniel Buzolic
File:Nate Buzolic.jpg Buzolic in June 2011
Born	(1983-08-04) 4 August 1983 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Alma mater	Screenwise University of Western Sydney
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001–present

Nathaniel Buzolic (born 4 August 1983) is an Australian actor. He was the host of Nine Network's late-night television quiz show The Mint, and had a regular role on the BBC soap opera Out of the Blue (2008). He was also a co-host of the educational show Weather Ed on The Weather Channel. He is also known for his role as Kol Mikaelson on the CW show The Vampire Diaries and its spin-off The Originals.

Career

Buzolic hosted the Disney Channel's afternoon kids show Studio Disney (2005). He has also appeared in All Saints (2003), Home and Away (2002) and an uncredited role in an episode of Water Rats (2001).

Buzolic's played the title role in the feature comedy Offing David (2008) alongside fellow Australian actor Adam J. Yeend. Previously, he had minor roles in the 2007 Australian short films Road Rage and My Greatest Day Ever.

In 2011, it was confirmed that Buzolic would play Kol Mikaelson in the CW series The Vampire Diaries. He reprised his role in the pilot episode of The Vampire Diaries spin-off series The Originals. It was reported on 30 May 2014 that Buzolic will return to The Originals for its second season and he appeared in the first trailer that debuted at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con.

On 20 February 2014, it was announced that Buzolic had landed one of the lead roles in Supernatural: Bloodlines, a spin-off of the CW series Supernatural, with the twentieth episode of the latter's ninth season serving as a backdoor pilot. However, The CW passed on the pilot in May 2014. In March 2014, Buzolic appeared in two episodes of the fourth season of ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars as Dean Stavros, Spencer's (Troian Bellisario) substance abuse counselor. He reprised his role as Dean in the fifth and sixth episode of sixth season.

Personal life

Buzolic (pronounced Buzolich) is a first-generation Australian, and is of Croatian descent. Buzolic studied at De La Salle School in Ashfield, Sydney, and later attended the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) in Sydney and later studied at Screenwise Acting School for Film and Television, graduating in 2004.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Dirty Deeds	N/A	Uncredited role
2007	Road Rage	Young driver	Short film
2007	My Greatest Day Ever	Coach	Short film
2009	Multiple Choice	Tommy	Short film
2010	Needle	Ryan
2016	Hacksaw Ridge		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Water Rats	N/A	Uncredited; unknown episodes
2002	Home and Away	Paul Chalmers	1 episode
2003	All Saints	Damon Lloyd	Episode: "Friends in Need"
2005	Studio Disney	Himself	Host
2007	The Mint	Himself	Host
2008	Out of the Blue	Paul O'Donnell	Main role (50 episodes)
2010	Cops L.A.C.	Jahrryde	Episode: "A Veil of Tears"
2011	Crownies	Jesse Major	1 episode
2012–14	The Vampire Diaries	Kol Mikaelson	Recurring role (10 episodes)
2013–present	The Originals	Kol Mikaelson	Recurring role (16 episodes), Main Role (starting season 4)
2014	The Originals: Awakening	Kol Mikaelson	Web miniseries (4 episodes)
2014–15	Pretty Little Liars	Dean Stavros	Recurring role (4 episodes)
2014	Supernatural	David Lassiter	Episode: "Bloodlines" (backdoor pilot for Supernatural: Bloodlines)
2015	Bones	Hunter Ellis	Episode: "The Teacher in the Books"
2015	Significant Mother	Jimmy Barnes	Main role (9 episodes)

External links

• Nathaniel Buzolic at the Internet Movie Database
• Nathaniel Buzolic on Twitter
• Nathaniel Buzolic on Facebook