Nick Zano
Encyclopedia
Nick Zano is an American
actor
and producer
. He is best known for having played Vince in The WB
's sitcom What I Like About You
. He got his big break on MTV
, where he hosted that network's former infotainment
program about the film industry, Movie House, and briefly worked as an MTV News correspondent before he began an acting career.
, and has also lived in Florida
as a child. While attending Wellington High School
in Wellington, Florida
, Zano was active in the drama and television departments. Throughout his junior and senior years, he and his fellow classmates produced a weekly off-beat skit comedy show that aired on the school's television station. While working on the show, Zano also wrote, starred in and directed student films that made their way to the JVC
Universal Film Competition, a festival in which over 800 local high schools participate.
and landed a job developing films and television projects for a small production company. During that time, he also was the associate producer for Living Position, a World AIDS Day
television special hosted by Lou Diamond Phillips
. It was while he was selling shoes in a trendy Los Angeles boutique that a customer, unbeknownst to Zano, went back to her office and told her supervisors she'd just met a man who would be a wonderful on-air personality. The mystery woman was an employee at MTV, which led to Zano being given the hosting job of MTV's Movie House. In 2003, he won the role of Holly's older friend and love interest, Vince, in the The WB
sitcom What I Like About You
, starring Amanda Bynes
and Jennie Garth
. Zano made his first appearance in the second season and remained until the fourth and final season that ended April 24, 2006. Afterwards, he went on to host and executive produce his MTV reality show Why Can't I Be You?
.
The following year, Zano appeared alongside Haylie Duff
and Frankie Muniz
in the independent romantic comedy My Sexiest Year
. The film, which received mixed reviews, had its world premiere at the 2007 Hamptons International Film Festival
. In 2008 he appeared in a supporting role opposite Drake Bell
in MGM's teen comedy film College
. Zano also appeared in Beverly Hills Chihuahua
and Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead
later that same year.
In 2009, Zano co-starred in The Final Destination, the fourth installment of the Final Destination film series
. He also guest starred on the ABC
sitcom Cougar Town
, starring Courteney Cox
. In 2010, he had a recurring role on The CW's Melrose Place
. In 2011 he started a recurring role on 2 Broke Girls
as Johnny, a graffiti
artist who regularly flirts with Max (Kat Dennings
).
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and producer
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
. He is best known for having played Vince in The WB
The WB Television Network
The WB Television Network is a former television network in the United States that was launched on January 11, 1995 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and Tribune Broadcasting. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros...
's sitcom What I Like About You
What I Like About You (TV series)
What I Like About You is an American television sitcom set mainly in New York City, following the lives of two sisters, Valerie Tyler and Holly Tyler . The series ran on The WB Television Network from September 20, 2002, to March 24, 2006, with a total of 86 episodes produced...
. He got his big break on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
, where he hosted that network's former infotainment
Infotainment
Infotainment is "information-based media content or programming that also includes entertainment content in an effort to enhance popularity with audiences and consumers." It is a neologistic portmanteau of information and entertainment, referring to a type of media which provides a combination of...
program about the film industry, Movie House, and briefly worked as an MTV News correspondent before he began an acting career.
Early life and education
Zano was born in Nutley, New JerseyNutley, New Jersey
2010 Census Data:*TOTAL: 28,370 or 100%*White: 23,405 *African American: 628 *Asian: 2,824 *American Indian and Alaska Native: 36 *Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander: 4...
, and has also lived in Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
as a child. While attending Wellington High School
Wellington High School (Florida)
Wellington High School is a public school located in Wellington, Florida, in central Palm Beach County.- Schedule :School begins at 7:23 AM and ends at 2:50 PM. The school is run on a block schedule. "Odd days" consist of periods 1, 3, 5, and 7. "Even days" consist of periods 2, 4, 5, and 6...
in Wellington, Florida
Wellington, Florida
Wellington is a village in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. As of 2006, the village had a population of 55,584 according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Wellington is part of the South Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
, Zano was active in the drama and television departments. Throughout his junior and senior years, he and his fellow classmates produced a weekly off-beat skit comedy show that aired on the school's television station. While working on the show, Zano also wrote, starred in and directed student films that made their way to the JVC
JVC
, usually referred to as JVC, is a Japanese international consumer and professional electronics corporation based in Yokohama, Japan which was founded in 1927...
Universal Film Competition, a festival in which over 800 local high schools participate.
Career
Shortly after graduating from high school, Zano moved to Los AngelesLos Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
and landed a job developing films and television projects for a small production company. During that time, he also was the associate producer for Living Position, a World AIDS Day
World AIDS Day
World AIDS Day, observed December 1 every year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. Government and health officials observe the day, often with speeches or forums on the AIDS topics. Since 1995, the President of the United States has made an...
television special hosted by Lou Diamond Phillips
Lou Diamond Phillips
Lou Diamond Phillips is an American film, television, and stage actor and director. His breakthrough came when he starred in the film La Bamba. He earned a supporting actor Golden Globe Award nomination for his role in Stand and Deliver and a Tony Award nomination for his role in The King and I...
. It was while he was selling shoes in a trendy Los Angeles boutique that a customer, unbeknownst to Zano, went back to her office and told her supervisors she'd just met a man who would be a wonderful on-air personality. The mystery woman was an employee at MTV, which led to Zano being given the hosting job of MTV's Movie House. In 2003, he won the role of Holly's older friend and love interest, Vince, in the The WB
The WB Television Network
The WB Television Network is a former television network in the United States that was launched on January 11, 1995 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and Tribune Broadcasting. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros...
sitcom What I Like About You
What I Like About You (TV series)
What I Like About You is an American television sitcom set mainly in New York City, following the lives of two sisters, Valerie Tyler and Holly Tyler . The series ran on The WB Television Network from September 20, 2002, to March 24, 2006, with a total of 86 episodes produced...
, starring Amanda Bynes
Amanda Bynes
Amanda Laura Bynes is an American actress, comedian, singer, and fashion designer. Bynes appeared in several successful television series, such as All That and The Amanda Show, on Nickelodeon in the mid to late 1990s and early 2000s, and in 2002, she starred in the TV series, What I Like About You...
and Jennie Garth
Jennie Garth
Jennifer Eve "Jennie" Garth is an American actress and director, best known for starring in the prominent role of Kelly Taylor throughout the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise...
. Zano made his first appearance in the second season and remained until the fourth and final season that ended April 24, 2006. Afterwards, he went on to host and executive produce his MTV reality show Why Can't I Be You?
Why Can't I Be You? (TV series)
Why Can't I Be You? is an MTV reality show in which people get to step into the lives of others whom they wish to be like. The series is hosted by Nick Zano and centers around the premise of an individual coming forward with the goal of being more like someone else...
.
The following year, Zano appeared alongside Haylie Duff
Haylie Duff
Haylie Katherine Duff is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She is the older sister of actress and singer Hilary Duff...
and Frankie Muniz
Frankie Muniz
Francisco "Frankie" Muniz IV is an American actor, musician, writer, producer, and racecar driver. He is known primarily as the star of the FOX television family sitcom Malcolm in the Middle. In 2003, he was considered "one of Hollywood's most bankable teens". In 2008, he put his acting career...
in the independent romantic comedy My Sexiest Year
My Sexiest Year
My Sexiest Year is a 2007 romantic comedy/drama starring Frankie Muniz and Harvey Keitel and was written and directed by Howard Himelstein. The film is a romantic coming-of-age story in which the kindness bestowed by a glamorous model is returned 30 years later by the young man in whom she inspired...
. The film, which received mixed reviews, had its world premiere at the 2007 Hamptons International Film Festival
Hamptons International Film Festival
Hamptons International Film Festival was founded to provide a forum for independent filmmakers from around the world to express their vision. The Festival is traditionally held for five days in mid-October in theatre venues from Montauk to Southampton and attracts roughly 15,000 visitors annually...
. In 2008 he appeared in a supporting role opposite Drake Bell
Drake Bell
Jared Drake Bell , better known as Drake Bell, is an American actor, comedian, guitarist, singer/songwriter, producer, and occasional television director. After beginning his career as a child star in the late 1990s and early 2000s, he appeared on The Amanda Show and became well-known among young...
in MGM's teen comedy film College
College (2008 film)
College is a 2008 comedy starring Drake Bell, Andrew Caldwell, and Kevin Covais and directed by first-time director Deb Hagan. It was released on August 29, 2008, by MGM.-Plot:...
. Zano also appeared in Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Beverly Hills Chihuahua is a 2008 family comedy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures. It is directed by Raja Gosnell and released on October 3, 2008...
and Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead
Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead
Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead is a 2008 thriller film. Released in October 2008, it is a direct-to-DVD sequel to the 2001 film Joy Ride. The film is directed by Louis Morneau, and stars Mark Gibbon, Nicki Aycox, Nick Zano, Kyle Schmid, and Laura Jordan....
later that same year.
In 2009, Zano co-starred in The Final Destination, the fourth installment of the Final Destination film series
Final Destination (film series)
The Final Destination series is a series of horror films based on an unproduced script written by Jeffrey Reddick for the X-Files television series. Distributed by New Line Cinema, all five films are centered on the themes of fatalism, predestination, and precognition, in relation to death...
. He also guest starred on the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
sitcom Cougar Town
Cougar Town
Cougar Town is an American television sitcom that premiered on ABC on September 23, 2009. The series focuses on a recently divorced woman in her forties facing the often humorous challenges, pitfalls and rewards of life's next chapter, along with her son, ex-husband, and friends who together make...
, starring Courteney Cox
Courteney Cox
Courteney Bass Cox is an American actress, she is best known for her roles as Monica Geller on the NBC sitcom Friends, Gale Weathers in the horror series Scream and as Jules Cobb in the ABC sitcom Cougar Town, for which she earned her first Golden Globe nomination....
. In 2010, he had a recurring role on The CW's Melrose Place
Melrose Place (2009 TV series)
Melrose Place is an American television series broadcast on The CW Television Network from September 8, 2009 to April 13, 2010. The fifth series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise, it is an updated version of the 1990s Fox prime time drama of the same name, featuring a group of young adults...
. In 2011 he started a recurring role on 2 Broke Girls
2 Broke Girls
2 Broke Girls is an North American television comedy series that debuted on CBS during the 2011–12 television season. The first episode aired at 9:30 pm after Two and a Half Men on September 19, 2011. Later episodes followed How I Met Your Mother on Monday nights at 8:30 pm . The series was...
as Johnny, a graffiti
Graffiti
Graffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property....
artist who regularly flirts with Max (Kat Dennings
Kat Dennings
Katherine Litwack , better known by the stage name Kat Dennings, is an American actress. Emerging with a role in an episode of the HBO dramedy series Sex and the City, Dennings has since appeared in the films The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Big Momma's House 2, Charlie Bartlett, Raise Your Voice, The House...
).
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Catch Me If You Can Catch Me If You Can Catch Me If You Can is a 2002 American biographical comedy-drama film based on the life of Frank Abagnale Jr., who, before his 19th birthday, successfully performed cons worth millions of dollars by posing as a Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia doctor, and a Louisiana parish prosecutor... |
James | Uncredited |
| 2003-2006 | What I Like About You What I Like About You (TV series) What I Like About You is an American television sitcom set mainly in New York City, following the lives of two sisters, Valerie Tyler and Holly Tyler . The series ran on The WB Television Network from September 20, 2002, to March 24, 2006, with a total of 86 episodes produced... |
Vince | 54 episodes |
| 2004 | Fat Albert Fat Albert (film) Fat Albert is a 2004 live-action/animated film based on the Filmation animated series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. The movie was produced by Davis Entertainment for 20th Century Fox, and stars Kenan Thompson as the title character.... |
Camera Salesman | |
| 2005 | Everything You Want Everything You Want (film) Everything You Want is a 2005 made for television romantic-comedy film on ABC Family starring Shiri Appleby and Nick Zano.-Plot:Abby Morrison has lived a sheltered life. She has an imaginary boyfriend Sy since she was five; it was all because she never had her parents and real friends with her.... |
Quinn Andrews | Television movie |
| 2007 | 7th Heaven 7th Heaven 7th Heaven is an American family drama television series, created and produced by Brenda Hampton. The series premiered on August 26, 1996, on the WB, the first time that the network aired Monday night programming, and was originally broadcast from August 26, 1996 to May 13, 2007... |
Dr. Jonathan Sanderson | 3 episodes |
| 2007 | My Sexiest Year My Sexiest Year My Sexiest Year is a 2007 romantic comedy/drama starring Frankie Muniz and Harvey Keitel and was written and directed by Howard Himelstein. The film is a romantic coming-of-age story in which the kindness bestowed by a glamorous model is returned 30 years later by the young man in whom she inspired... |
Pierce | |
| 2008 | College College (2008 film) College is a 2008 comedy starring Drake Bell, Andrew Caldwell, and Kevin Covais and directed by first-time director Deb Hagan. It was released on August 29, 2008, by MGM.-Plot:... |
Tony 'Teague' Garrison | |
| 2008 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua Beverly Hills Chihuahua Beverly Hills Chihuahua is a 2008 family comedy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures. It is directed by Raja Gosnell and released on October 3, 2008... |
Bryan | |
| 2008 | Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead is a 2008 thriller film. Released in October 2008, it is a direct-to-DVD sequel to the 2001 film Joy Ride. The film is directed by Louis Morneau, and stars Mark Gibbon, Nicki Aycox, Nick Zano, Kyle Schmid, and Laura Jordan.... |
Bobby | Direct-to-DVD release |
| 2009 | Operating Instructions Operating Instructions Operating Instructions is an unsold drama television pilot starring Christine Lahti and Emily Rose, produced for the USA Network in 2009.-Overview:... |
Luke Taylor | Unsold television pilot |
| 2009 | The Final Destination | Hunt Wynorski | |
| 2009 | Cougar Town Cougar Town Cougar Town is an American television sitcom that premiered on ABC on September 23, 2009. The series focuses on a recently divorced woman in her forties facing the often humorous challenges, pitfalls and rewards of life's next chapter, along with her son, ex-husband, and friends who together make... |
Josh | 5 episodes |
| 2010 | Melrose Place Melrose Place (2009 TV series) Melrose Place is an American television series broadcast on The CW Television Network from September 8, 2009 to April 13, 2010. The fifth series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise, it is an updated version of the 1990s Fox prime time drama of the same name, featuring a group of young adults... |
Drew Pragin | 5 episodes |
| 2010-2011 | The Secret Life of the American Teenager The Secret Life of the American Teenager The Secret Life of the American Teenager is an American teen drama television series created by Brenda Hampton. It first aired on ABC Family on July 1, 2008. The show was renewed for a second season consisting of 24 episodes on February 9, 2009, which began airing on June 22, 2009... |
Dr. Miller | Episodes: "Sweet and Sour" & "...Or Not To Be" |
| 2011 | Drop Dead Diva Drop Dead Diva Drop Dead Diva is an American legal comedy-drama/fantasy television series that debuted on Lifetime on July 12, 2009. The hour-long series, which was created by Josh Berman, is produced by Sony Pictures Television... |
Tim Klein | Episode: "Hit and Run" |
| 2011 | 2 Broke Girls 2 Broke Girls 2 Broke Girls is an North American television comedy series that debuted on CBS during the 2011–12 television season. The first episode aired at 9:30 pm after Two and a Half Men on September 19, 2011. Later episodes followed How I Met Your Mother on Monday nights at 8:30 pm . The series was... |
Johnny | Recurring role |
| 2011 | Desperately Seeking Santa | David |