Nicholas Ryan Izzo was born in Tucson, Arizona, to Tony and Kathleen Izzo, small business owners. He is the oldest of two children. His younger sister Michaela is a teacher and the inspiration for a business he started that donates to teacher salaries.Izzo has a journalism degree from the University of Arizona. After graduating, he pursued motorsports journalism in Colorado Springs, CO, something he is very fond of having grown up around it as his dad was a racecar driver. While preparing to pursue an MBA at Berkeley he questioned his motives and decided if he was going to give all he had to something it must be something he loved beyond doubt.Upon moving back to Tucson en route to L.A. he got his first lead role in a medium length film Date of the Dead which has now been turned into a feature length film. He also met an amazing acting coach who advised him to go to Atlanta as opposed to LA and so with everything he could fit in his SUV he headed south. Within months he got his first role in a paid independent feature, Patient. He also acquired his first agent and booked his first Co-Star role on Drop Dead Diva making him eligible for SAG-AFTRA. Most recently he worked with the same team from Patient in the Atlanta 48-hour film festival on a film called Re Inc for which he was nominated for Best Actor out of over 80 films. In his spare time, Izzo plays piano, soccer, guitar and likes to be outdoors in any capacity including rock climbing. Show less «