Nicholas M. Garofolo
Known For: Acting
Biography
Nicholas M. Garofolo is an Award-winning New York City actor and was born in the Bronx, New York. Nicholas had the lead role in "Twenty Twenty" which won " Best Psychedelic Fantasy Short Film " at Retro Avant Garde Film Festival (2020) and Best Horror/Thriller at the Golden Wheat Awards Festival (2022). Twenty Twenty has screened at the Buenos Aires International Film Festival, Andromeda Film Festival and the AfterLife Film Festival. The follow up to "Twenty Twenty", "Blood Fear" screened at The Hollywood Monthly Film Festival (Nominee for Best Sci-Fi Film) and at the Focus International Film Festival (Ruby Award Winner). The follow up to "Blood Fear", "Feeding On The Living" won best Sci-Film at The Hollywood Monthly Film Festival. These three films have become chapters in the feature film titled "Crime Traveler: The Adventures of Dave Slade. This film is available on Tubi, Plex, Fawesome TV, Troma, Cineverse and Prime Video. Nicholas had the male lead role in "The Immigrant" which in 2021 has screened at the Boden International, Paris International and the Golden Short Film Festivals. Nicholas had a lead role in "Bobo Touch Helpline - The Kisser" (Improv comedy) that screened at the Manhattan Film Festival in April 2019, Festival of Cinema NYC in August 2019 and Coney Island Film Festival September 2019. He wrote "Raw Sewage" which screened at the NY Underground Comedy Festival in May 2020 and then the Couch Film Festival in February 2021. Nicholas is second generation American and is of Italian and Irish decent. He studied acting with Master Teacher Gene Frankel at the Gene Frankel Theatre in New York City and with Peter Miner, who directed One Life to Live. Nicholas has played dramatic and comedic roles in feature films and on television. The roles he has played include a detective, mobster, street thug, con man, doctor and lawyer. Nicholas has also performed sketch comedy at the Player's Club and the Broadway Comedy Club, "A Sketch Of New York" at the Producers Club, Groundworks Theatre in New York City and improvisation at the Vino Theater in Brooklyn, NY. Nicholas has three college degrees.
Filmography
2026
- Hannah of the Dead as Fred
2024
- Artificial Evil Awakens as Man
2023
- One Cent Can't Change as William
- GrateMate4U as Brothers
2022
- Fatal Rejuvenation as Professor Zimmer
- Crime Traveler: The Adventures of Dave Slade as Dave Slade
- What Happened to Johnny as Passenger
- Blood Fear as Dave Slade
- Feeding On The Living as Dave Slade
2021
- The Outside Story as Video Gamer
- Insomniac Frightmare Killers as Lucifer Beelzebub
2020
- I'll Meet You There as Police Officer
- Death Sentences as Gerard Phillip
- Snatchers as Fausto
- Raw Sewage as Attorney
2019
- Surfing the Web as Sleazy Lawyer / Salesman / Don
- Invite Only as Eddie the Pimp
- Twenty Twenty as Dave Slade
- Deranged Foxhole Deduction as Detective
- Sweet Revenge as Luke Briar
2018
- The VelociPastor as Hobo
- Hello Au Revoir as Jimmy Stone / Dreamer
- Viral Beauty as Italian Man
- Maria's Tale as Nicholas Hart
- Bobo Touch Helpline - The Kisser as Bruno
2017
- Parched as Reginald
- A Good Dream as Man In Elevator With Pizza
2016
- How To Tell You're A Douchebag as Reza
- The Invisible Worm as Restaurant Patron
2015
- Delivery Hour as Danny