Nathaniel Buzolic

Nathaniel "Nate" Buzolic (born 4 August 1983) portrays Kol Mikaelson on Template:The Vampire Diaries, Template:The Originals and The Originals themed four part web-series The Originals: Awakening.

Biography

Nathaniel is an Australian actor from Sydney, who before was a television presenter on Channel Nine's late-night program The Mint and had a regular role on the BBC soap Out of the Blue (2008). He was also a co-host of the educational show Weather Ed, on the The Weather Channel. Buzolic attended the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) in Sydney. His first break was hosting 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 first leading role in a film was in Offing David (2008). Previously, Nathaniel had other minor roles in My Greatest Day Ever (2007) and Road Rage (2007). In late 2011, he was asked to be cast as Kol Mikaelson in the show The Vampire Diaries. In July of 2015, it was confirmed that Buzolic will take a lead role of Jimmy Barnes in the show comedy series Significant Mother.

Filmography

TV Shows

Year	TV/Movie	Role
2001	Water Rats	Uncredited
2002	Home And Away	Paul Chalmers
2003	All Saints	Damon Lloyd
2005	Studio Disney	Himself
2007	The Mint	Himself
2008	Out of The Blue	Paul O'Donnell
2010	Cops L.A.C.	Jahrryde
2011	Crownies	Jesse Major
2012 - 2014	The Vampire Diaries	Kol Mikaelson
2013-present	The Originals	Kol Mikaelson
2014	Pretty Little Liars	Dean Stavros
2014	Supernatural	David Lassiter
2015	Bones	Hunter Ellis
2015	Significant Mother	Jimmy Barnes

Movies

Year	TV/Movie	Role
2005	Dirty Needs	Uncredited
2007	Road Rage	Young Driver
2007	My greatest Day Ever	Coach
2008	Offing David	David
2009	Multiple Choice	Tommy
2010	Needle	Ryan
2016	Hacksaw Ridge	Harold Doss

Trivia

Nathaniel's family background is a mix of Croatian and German.
His mother is from Croatia, and he calls Croatia his homeland, saying "Hrvatska je moja domovina", basing on that, he may be speaking Croatian as well.
He auditioned at the beginning of the series and he was really close to getting the role of Stefan Salvatore but was second and lost out to Paul Wesley.
He is a first-generation Australian having been born in Sydney.
His height is 6'1"(1.85 cm).
He began acting at the age of 15.
He has starred in a number of school productions.
He received a scholarship to attend the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) in Sydney from 1998 to 2001.
He danced in the opening and closing ceremonies of the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000.
He was the school captain of De La Salle in 2001.
Nathaniel is a graduate of Screenwise Film & TV School for Actors in Sydney Australia attending the school from 2001 to 2004.
In 2007, he completed a marketing degree at the University of Western Sydney.
He used to play competitive basketball for New South Wales.
He is a keen snowboarder.
His favorite actor is Leonardo DiCaprio.
His first break was hosting the Disney Channel's afternoon kid's show, Studio Disney.
His celebrity crush is Australian singer and actress Delta Goodrem.
He is a devout Christian and an avid supporter of the End It Movement, a fundraiser and organization that works towards ending all types of modern-day slavery in the world. Their primary focus is sexual slavery.
He can speak using multiple accents as seen in a recent Vampire Diaries convention.
His grandfather was tragically killed by Communists after the second World War.
Nathaniel shares his birthday with Sebastian Roché, who plays his on-screen father, Mikael.
Interestingly, he along with Candice Accola, Lauren Cohan, Rick Worthy, Sebastian Roché, Grace Phipps and Sara Canning appeared in Supernatural.
He's one of four actors from The Vampire Diaries/The Originals who have appeared in Pretty Little Liars: The others are Claire Holt (Rebekah), Torrey Devitto (Meredith) and Rebecca Breeds (Aurora).