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Nicolas Bravos is an established actor and an accomplished pianist and musician from Greece. He was born in Athens, but grew up in Xylokastro, a small town by the sea, where he lived with his parents, his sisters and brother until he was 17. From a young age, he was drawn to the arts. He played the piano, wrote songs and performed in a couple of plays while still at school. After finishing high school, he moved to Athens.
At the Panhellenic final High School examinations, he achieved a high Distinction (19.804 out of 20) graduating first at the Korinthia area and amongst the top students all over Greece.
He entered the Medical School of the University of Athens (UOA) at the 14th place, which is the most prestigious School in Greece. He studied Medicine for 5 years (2008-13) at the Medical School of the University of Athens (UOA).
During his sixth and final year of studies, he abandoned Medicine to follow his dream and become an actor.
He studied acting with Eleni Skoti, one of the most celebrated acting gurus in Greece who believes in 'working in the moment', 'the use of improvisation' and 'naturalistic acting'. Moreover, he graduated with honors from the Contemporary Conservatory of Athens where he studied piano with the great Greek pianist and pedagogue Yorgos Manessis.
He was 20 when he started working professionally as an actor.
At the beginning of his career, he performs regularly on stage and participates in several TV and web commercials, as well as in the arthouse sci-fi thriller feature film "RED CITY" (2012).
His first guest role on TV is in the very successful comedy "MIN ARHIZEIS TI MOURMOURA" (2013, ALPHA Channel) as Lefteris alongside Vladimiros Kiriakidis and Dafni Labroyanni. He goes on to appear in guest roles in two other series, "DIA TAFTA" (2014, ALPHA) and "TRIHES" (2014, ANT1).
In March 2014, Bravos receives his breakthrough role as Petros (Dylan) in the prime-time TV series "MODERNA OIKOGENEIA" (MEGA Channel), the Greek adaptation of the American comedy series "MODERN FAMILY". Petros (Dylan) is a young crazy singer-guitarist who has fallen in love with the older daughter of the family. "MODERN FAMILY" aired for 2 seasons in Greece and Cyprus and the audiences loved the role Petros. So, the producers gave his role more prominence in the 2nd season.
Following this, he appears as Dimitris in the drama series "DIKAIOSI" (2015, MEGA Channel), where he plays a key-role in the last 25 episodes.
Among Greeks, he is probably best known for his role as Filippos Linaios in the TV-series "DIDYMA FEGGARIA" (Twin Moons) which was aired both in Greece and in Cyprus on prime-time (2015-2017). This became a very successful show, and Nicolas earned rave reviews for his portrayal of a young single father, going through many adversities in life, which was based on a true story. It has made Nicolas very popular among Greeks all over the world because the series was also aired in the US, Canada, Australia and Europe through the Greek channel ANT1.
After this, he appears as Manolakis in the comedy film "BACHELOR 2" (2017) which was a huge commercial success in Greece and was sold to Netflix in Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Spain, France, Romania and Bulgaria.
In the TV drama series "EGLIMA KAI PATHOS" (2018), Nicolas played the lead role of Manolis Konstantakakis, a man who killed his wife, based on a true crime story in Greece. In 2018-2019, he also had the lead role in the Greek romance-comedy TV-series "OSO EHO ESENA" (SKAI Channel), where he practised boxing for the needs of the role.
In 2020, he appeared in the last 12 episodes in the TV drama series "GYNAIKA HORIS ONOMA" (2020, ANT1 Channel) and in the drama-comedy film "DON'T READ THIS ON A PLANE" directed by Stuart McBratney.
More recently, he starred as Alexis in the sci-fi horror comedy film "MINORE" (2023), which was described as "Whacky, fun, and gruesome in the sun... destined to become a cult classic" by Richpieces.com
Nicolas Bravos's theatre work has included the title role in "ORESTES" (2010) by Yiannis Ritsos, "ONEIROPOLEIO" (2011) by Oneirofylofiloi, "TREIS KORES EN KAMINO" (2011) by Vassilis Myrianthopoulos, "FOTA, KLAKETA, XEIROKROTIMATA" (2011) by Angelos Andreopoulos, "THE HUMAN VOICE" (2011) by Jean Cocteau, "THE HOMECOMING" (2012) by Yiannis Ritsos, "OS TIN AKRI TOU ONEIROU" (2013-14) by Kelly Stamoulaki, "SORRY I'M GREEK" (2013-14) by Lakis Lazopoulos, "KSIMERONI KYRIAKI" (2014) by Panagiotis Bratakos, "AKROVATES TIS TYHIS" (2014-15) by Kelly Stamoulaki, "BONES" (2014-15) by Peter Straughan, "GIA SENA" (2017-18) by Reina Eskenazy, "THE NIGHT ALIVE" (2018-19) by Conor McPherson, "AND THEN THERE WERE NONE" (2019-20) by Agatha Christie and "FILIKI ETERIA" (2021) by Georgios Kozyrakis.
In 2021-22 Nicolas returned to the stage playing Don Baker - a young blind aspiring musician and singer/songwriter living in downtown Manhattan, trying to make it on his own, away from his overprotective mother- in the critically acclaimed "BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE", by Leonard Gershe performing in Athens, Greece. In 2022-23, Bravos starred as John in "COCK" by Mike Bartlett and as Zorro in "ZORRO - THE MASK OF ZORRO" by Nikos Limnios, while in the current theatrical season 2023-24, he appeared as Achilles in "ILIAD" by Karmen Rouggeri and as Batman in "GOODBYE BATMAN" by Tasos Theofilou and Yiannis Angelakis.
