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

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series ''

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'' and the

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series '' Gotham''.

Early life

D'Agosto was born in

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, the son of Deanna Rae (née Vellinga) and Alan D'Agosto, Omaha's major

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restaurant franchisee. His mother is from

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, while his father is from Omaha. He has two older brothers, Andrew and Patrick, and two younger sisters, Julie and Katie. D'Agosto was raised

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and selected Genesius of Rome, the patron saint of actors, as his confirmation name. 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. 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. He graduated from

Creighton Preparatory School Creighton Preparatory School (simply referred to as Creighton Prep or Prep) is a private, Jesuit high school for boys in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. It was established in 1878 under the name Creighton College and is located in the Roman ...

in 1998 and attended

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, where he graduated

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in 2002 with a double major in history and theatre.

Career

D'Agosto's big break came when he was cast as the ethical committee chairman Larry Fouch in the dark teenage comedy ''

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'' (1999), while he was still a senior at Creighton Prep. The film was written and directed by

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, 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. He landed guest appearances on primetime television series such as ''

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'', '' ER'', '' Six Feet Under'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. He appeared in three episodes of '' The Office''. He also played West Rosen on the series '' Heroes''. To prepare for the film ''

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,'' D'Agosto spent three weeks at a cheer camp and worked with a professional choreographer. He also starred in ''

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'' with Camilla Belle, which is loosely based on Jane Austen's ''

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.'' In 2011, he starred as Sam Lawton in '' Final Destination 5''. In Fall 2012, D'Agosto played the role of Tony Kirby in '' You Can't Take It with You''. As of 2013, D'Agosto co-starred in Showtime's ''

'' as

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Dr. Ethan Haas, fictional protégé of pioneering sex researcher Dr. William H. Masters (of

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fame). His character is a composite of two of Masters' actual associates. To prepare for the part of Dr. Haas, in addition to reading the biography that ''Masters of Sex'' is based on, D'Agosto read ''

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'' by

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. 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." 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

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in the television series '' Gotham''. In 2017, D'Agosto starred in the lead role in NBC's mockumentary legal comedy series, '' Trial & Error''. Season 2 wrapped in August 2018. In November 2022, D'Agosto has a recurring role as Deputy Director Doug Bailey in '' Criminal Minds: Evolution''.

Personal life

He married Andrea Bricco in 2015. They have one child, a son.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:D'Agosto, Nick 1980 births 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male film actors American male television actors American people of Italian descent Catholics from Nebraska Living people Male actors from Omaha, Nebraska Marquette University alumni