Nicholas D'Agosto

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Nicholas D'Agosto
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D'Agosto filming Final Destination 5 in Vancouver, October 2010
Born (1980-04-17) April 17, 1980 (age 44)
Other namesNick D'Agosto
Alma mater Marquette University
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present
Spouse
Andrea Bricco
(m. 2015)
Children1

Nicholas D'Agosto (born April 17, 1980) is an American actor, best known for featuring in Final Destination 5 , Heroes and The Office . He starred in the Showtime series Masters of Sex and the Fox series Gotham .

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Early life

D'Agosto was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Deanna Rae (née Vellinga) and Alan D'Agosto, Omaha's major Arby's restaurant franchisee. [1] [2] [3] His mother is from Sioux City, Iowa, while his father is from Omaha. [4]

He has two older brothers, Andrew and Patrick, and two younger sisters, Julie and Katie. [5]

D'Agosto was raised Catholic and selected Genesius of Rome, the patron saint of actors, as his confirmation name. [6] D'Agosto said that he wanted to be a priest when he was young, then when he was 10 years old he started getting into improv. [5]

D'Agosto was very involved in drama and theatre growing up, acting in many different plays and musicals. He participated in competitive forensics speech tournaments during sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. [7] [8] He graduated from Creighton Preparatory School in 1998 and attended Marquette University, where he graduated cum laude in 2002 with a double major in history and theatre. [6]

Career

D'Agosto's big break came when he was cast as the ethical committee chairman Larry Fouch in the dark teenage comedy Election (1999), while he was still a senior at Creighton Prep. [8] [9] The film was written and directed by Alexander Payne, another alumnus of Creighton Prep. D'Agosto starred in the film Psycho Beach Party (2000) while still in college. In 2002, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a full-time acting career. [2] [7]

He landed guest appearances on primetime television series such as Boston Public , ER , Six Feet Under , Cold Case , House , Supernatural , and Without a Trace . He appeared in three episodes of The Office . He also played West Rosen on the series Heroes .

To prepare for the film Fired Up!, D'Agosto spent three weeks at a cheer camp and worked with a professional choreographer. [10] He also starred in From Prada to Nada with Camilla Belle, which is loosely based on Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. [11] In 2011, he starred as Sam Lawton in Final Destination 5 . [12] [13] [14]

In Fall 2012, D'Agosto played the role of Tony Kirby in You Can't Take It with You . [15] [16]

As of 2013, D'Agosto co-starred in Showtime's Masters of Sex as obstetrician Dr. Ethan Haas, fictional protégé of pioneering sex researcher Dr. William H. Masters (of Masters and Johnson fame). [17] His character is a composite of two of Masters' actual associates. [18] [19] [20]

To prepare for the part of Dr. Haas, in addition to reading the biography that Masters of Sex is based on, D'Agosto read The Fifties by David Halberstam. He also watched movies from the 1950s and documentaries on journalist Edward R. Murrow, which had a lot of "individual footage of interviews with these sort of everyday people from that time period." [5]

In late 2014 he appeared on Grey's Anatomy playing the OB/GYN surgical resident Graham Maddox. He left the show late November 2014 in the episode 'Risk'.

D'Agosto was cast in early October 2015 in the role of Harvey Dent in the television series Gotham . [21]

In 2017, D'Agosto starred in the lead role in NBC's mockumentary legal comedy series, Trial & Error . Season 2 wrapped in August 2018. [22]

In November 2022, D'Agosto has a recurring role as Deputy Director Doug Bailey in Criminal Minds: Evolution . [23]

Personal life

He married Andrea Bricco in 2015. [24] They have one child, a son. [25]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 Election Larry FouchCredited as Nick D'Agosto
2000 Psycho Beach Party Counterman
2006InsideAlex
2007 Rocket Science Ben Wekselbaum
2007 Drive-Thru Fisher Kent
2007L.A. BluesAdam Cooper
2008 Extreme Movie Evan
2009 Fired Up! Shawn Colfax
2010 Dirty Girl Joel
2011 From Prada to Nada Edward Ferris
2011 Final Destination 5 Sam Lawton
2011New RomanceNickShort film
2011 Mardi Gras: Spring Break Mike Morgan
2018The Last Days of TJ StaggsBossShort film
2022Rattled!Elliott
2024Perfect TenJeffShort film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Do Over Todd YorkEpisode: "Valentine's Day Dance"
2003 ER Andy2 episodes
2003 Boston Public Richard KinneyEpisode: "Chapter Seventy-Two"
2004 Cracking Up BenEpisode: "Pilot"
2004 Six Feet Under Jonathan GorodetskyEpisode: "Bomb Shelter"
2004 Cold Case Chris (1979)Episode: "Daniela"
2005 House Keith FosterEpisode: "Detox"
2005 Supernatural GavinEpisode: "Asylum"
2006 Related P.J.2 episodes
2006 Without a Trace Ted SorosEpisode: "Fade-Away"
2006 Big Day Dr. ZaksEpisode: "Boobzilla"
2007 The Office Hunter3 episodes (1 uncredited)
2007 Heroes West Rosen Recurring role (season 2; 9 episodes)
2010This Little PiggyEricTV movie
2012 Breakout Kings Travis MunceyEpisode: "Double Down"
2013 Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 WillEpisode: "The D..."
2013–14 Masters of Sex Dr. Ethan HaasMain role (season 1; 11 episodes), recurring role (season 2; 2 episodes)
2014 Review Mark4 episodes
2014–16 Gotham Harvey Dent Recurring role (season 1; 3 episodes), main role (season 2; 3 episodes)
2014 Grey's Anatomy Graham Maddox3 episodes
2014 Talking Marriage with Ryan Bailey HimselfEpisode: "Nicholas D'Agosto"
2015 Grace and Frankie DutchEpisode: "The Spelling Bee"
2017–2018 Trial & Error Josh SegalMain role
2021 The Good Doctor Eric Porter - (Insurance Rep)Episode: "Decrypt"
2022–2024 Criminal Minds: Evolution Deputy Director Doug BaileyRecurring role

Music videos

YearTitleArtistNotes
2011New Romance Miles Fisher

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