Nicholas Chavez

Some Lesser Known Facts About Nicholas Chavez

• He was born in Houston, Texas and grew up in Denver, Colorado, United States.

  

• His parents divorced when he was 5 years old.

• He played football when he was in high school.

• He was a part of the speech and debate team of his high school for a year, where he met one of his mentors, Matt Murphy, who was also the head of the speech and debate team.

• Matt Murphy became the head of the school’s drama club the next year and encouraged Nicholas to act in the school stage adaptation of the novel, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ and play the role of Atticus Finch.

• He prepared for the role within two weeks and had to quit football to prepare for his role.

• After receiving positive feedback for his acting, especially from his father, he decided to pursue acting as a career.

• Soon after, he started working as an assistant to the founding director of the Visionbox Studio Theater, Jennifer McCray Rincón.

• Jennifer further helped him improve his acting skills and helped him prepare for his college entrance.

• When applying for his college admissions, he looked up an article titled ’10 Best Drama Schools in the Country’ from BuzzFeed, an American news and entertainment agency, and applied to the colleges listed In the article.

• He was selected to almost all the colleges he had applied to, including Rutgers University in New Jersey, Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania, and New York University in New York City.

• After studying for 2 years at the Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Jersey, he dropped out of college after taking a leave of absence and moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting full-time.

• Soon, the COVID-19 pandemic hit, forcing him to move to Florida to live with his father in 2020.

• He worked for a tax consultation company, and later, at a car dealership while living in Florida.

• He expressed his gratitude for getting the opportunity to work in the American TV show, ‘General Hospital’ (2021-2024) as it helped him become independent.

• He enjoys travelling and has been to several countries including France, Italy, Turkey, and Greece.

• He is a fitness enthusiast and enjoys working out in the gym.
  

  

   

• In 2024, he starred in the American TV show, ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,’ and played the role of Lyle Menendez.