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Nick as Ram - Emergence 2007
Nick Curnow is a talented and versatile actor for both stage and screen. Having a Bachelor of Arts in Performance from University of Western Sydney's Theatre Nepean and an MFA (Voice) from NIDA, he has appeared in film and television from no budget student films to award winning shorts, national television and international commercials. He has trod the boards of the big stages across Sydney like the Sydney Opera House Studio, Belvoir St, and The Stables, to the vibrant fringe venues of the Old Fitzroy, New Theatre, or Seymour Centre. His work has also toured nationally to venues like the Melbourne Arts House and Canberra Street Theatre.

Well versed in verse, and a powerful character actor, he has wowed audiences and critics alike with his performances in such shows as Fully Committed in 2014 and as part of the 2013 Sydney Fringe (see reviews here), as Martin Luther in Wittenberg (2014), and in Take Me Out as part of the Mardi Gras Festival in 2009. He also brought forth the unique and unsettling Being-in-Progress in Synarcade's Emergence and Build Your Own Being - now an interactive online creation! He appeared on ABC TV's short series Paula's Guide to Love and made an appearance in the Nine Network's Cops LAC. 

He is highly sought after for his talent and knowledge as a voice actor and specialist. Experienced in all forms of voice over and narration as well as ADR, he can differentiate between New York and New England, Liverpool and Lancashire, give you a Texan or a Russian, a Kiwi or a Cajun, or any other voice you might need. He has provided voices for Kiwi nut bars, Spotify trailers, recreated the iconic voice of Hal-9000 for SBS Australia, was approved by Peyo's own family to play Vanity Smurf for an international touring Smurf show, and helped Korean children learn English through a comprehensive teaching and learning app. 

He is passionate about new work and regularly engages with fringe and independent theatre events such as Off The Shelf, Brand Spanking New and Short & Sweet, all of which aim to promote the development and visibility of new writing, new talent and new ideas. 

Scroll down for his full resume and biography! For links to examples of his work and other online presences, see the Links page. 

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Playing with Fire - 2005
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Emergence - behind the scenes 2007
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Emergence - behind the scenes 2007
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Take Me Out - 2009. Photo by Bob Seary
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The Unforgettable Key - 2010
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Naomi in the Living Room - 2007 (with Odile Le Clezio and Shannon Ellis). Photo by Kathy Luu
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Mindfull - 2004
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Take Me Out - 2009. Photo by Bob Seary

RESUME

2023
​Jumpers for Goalposts

2019
My Night with Reg - Bernie
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2017
PAINTED STATE (pilot) - Mr Whatever 
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2015
Smurfs Save Spring - Vanity Smurf (v/o)

2014
Fully Committed (stage) - one man show

Wittenberg (stage) - Martin Luther

2013
Fully Committed (stage) - one man show

Enron (stage) - Andrew Fastow

2012
La Traviata (stage) - ensemble

​2011

Dreaming of a Kiss on a Pier (stage) - David

Catch of the Day (short) - Narrator (V/O)

Apt 304 (TV Pilot) - Cousin Gabe


Build Your Own Being (interactive web film) - Ram

The Red Ring (short) - Narrator

2010
Cops LAC 1.13 (TV) - Andy

The Unforgettable Key (short) - Doctor

The Boys in the Band (stage) - Harold

Stories From the 428 (stage) - Man in Blue; Well Dressed Man

Lovestruck (short) - Nat

2009
Magic City - Unleash the Dragon (film/trailer v/o) - Narrator

Operator (stage) - Jake

Take Me Out (stage) - Mason Marzac

2008
Paula's Guide to Love 1.1-6 (TV) - Nick

Naomi in the Living Room (stage) - John

Interview Sketch (stage /short) - B

James and the Giant Peach (stage) - Earthworm

2007
Feud (short) - Peter Blake

Emergence (film/stage) - Ram

Schizophrenia Awareness Week (TVC) - Hero

2005
Evaluation (short) - Simon

Alive (short) - John

Bedtime for Bastards: Capital (stage) - Bob

Emergence (film/stage) - Ram

The Altruists (stage) - Vince

2004
Ameritrade Future Stay (TVC) - Hero Valet

Sleeper Cell (short) - Abdul

An Aussie Horror Film (short) - Jock

Sunny Side Up (short) - Jimmy

Picasso at the Lapin Agile (stage) - The Visitor (Elvis)

Love, Life & Videotape (short) - Peter

2003
Playing with Fire (short) - Rob

Remedy (short) - Rick

Mindfull (short) - Helmholtz Kahn



After Dinner (stage) - Gordon

Othello: The Clown of Venice (stage) - Muhadev/Jim

Beautiful Thing (stage) - Tony

HP Smartliving Roadshow (corporate) - Principal

2002
The Tempest (stage) - Alonso

A Little Like Drowning (stage) - Eduardo

The Possibilities (stage) - Him/The Peasant

2001
Titus Andronicus (stage) - Titus Andronicus

Last Exit (short) - The Man

 
New Theatre - Director Alice Livingstone
World Pride, Sydney Mardi Gras Festival. 


​New Theatre - Director Alice Livingstone


​Dir. Blaze Hackman


​Millennium Entertainment International, by agreement with IMPS,
dir. John Rowe


Brevity Theatre Company - Director Alexander Butt

Brevity Theatre Company - Director Richard Hilliar

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Brevity Theatre Company - Director Alexander Butt - Read reviews here. 

New Theatre - Director Louise Fisher - Read reviews here. 


​Opera Australia / Hand Opera on Sydney Harbour

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New Theatre - Direct
or Alice Livingstone

Macquarie University - Director Patrick Feary

SAE/Qantm College -     Director Jordan Flemming,
                                    Exec. Producer Dean Francis

Synarcade - Director Mark Bolotin - Interact here. 

Independent - Director Ariana Lee - Watch this here. 

 

​Nine Network - Director David Caesar

Director Mehran Rows

New Theatre - Director Kevin Jackson

Sidetrack Theatre - Director Ann Maree Magi

Independent - Director Stuart Scowcroft
 

Q-Dance Australia - Director David Scott - Watch this here.

Chalkdust Theatre - Director Jonathan Llewellyn

New Theatre - Director Barry French - Read reviews here. 

 
ABC Network/JTV - Director Belinda King - Watch the full series here

Director Augusta Supple

Director Louise Fisher

Director Rachel McNamara

 
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Director Peter Eastgate

Synarcade - Director Mark Boltin - national tour, see doco here. 

Singleton Ogilvy & Mather - Director Steve Lund

 
Director Joe Hooper

Director Eren Sener

Under the Table Prod. - Director Louise Fisher

Synarcade - Director Mark Bolotin

Atomic Theatre - Director Jonathan Yeo

 
Radical Media/Ameritrade Holding Corporation

Drunkensober & Dolphin Juice Prod. - Director Glenn Majurey

Dolphin Juice Prod. - Director Glenn Majurey

Director Kimberly Parkes

Fourth Floor Prod. - Director Andrew Johnston

Director Bruce Dawson

 
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Director Michelle Williams

Director Daniel Gimenez/Sydney IFS

Vermicious Knid Prod. - Director Mike Cardillo - watch this here!
*Best Film - Silent Cells Film Festival
*Best Cinematography - Reelife Film Festival
*Highly Commended - UTS Golden Eye Awards
twentyfourseven Prod. - Director Eliza Gorka

Comediocre - Director Craig Anderson

Mixed Company - Director Jonathan Llewellyn

HP/Big Gig Events

 
Theatre Nepean - Director Maeliosa Stafford

Theatre Nepean - Director Maeliosa Stafford

Theatre Nepean - Director Jill Brown

 
Theatre Nepean - Director Daniel Schlusser

Director Mike Cardillo


Biography

Nick was born and raised on Sydney, Australia's North Shore. He moved progressively further away from home in his schooling, from Lane Cove Primary to Chatswood Primary’s Opportunity Class for the final two years of primary school, then from there to the state selective Fort Street High School across the Sydney Harbour Bridge and into the Inner West.

Having been a keen singer in his childhood, touring to Japan in 1994 with the Sydney Children’s Choir and then in the NSW Public Schools Singers, he was increasingly drawn to the world of acting, taking up drama in school (which only became an available curriculum subject in 1998), and gaining a place in the highly selective NSW State Drama Company. He toured with the Company to England in his final year of high school, and while on a coach from London to Yorkshire, was offered a place in the University of Western Sydney’s Theatre Nepean (alma mater of other accomplished Australian actors such as David Wenham, Joel Edgerton, Yvonne Strahovski, Celeste Barber, Marika Aubrey, Nicole Da Silva and Jared Turner). Here he not only received top class acting training, but also learnt to weld, sew, dye, and write a funding application! After graduating with Distinction he dove straight into theatrical work, building an extensive resume of independent productions covering Shakespeare, Australian, American, British and Mexican theatre, as well as appearing in dozens of short films.

In 2006, after his agent closed its doors he ran away to Armidale in the New England region of New South Wales. Here he studied all the things he couldn’t in his acting degree – such as linguistics, philosophy of language, directing, ancient history – and returned to Sydney renewed and refreshed, ready to commence a new phase of his career. To his surprise he was offered one of only two coveted places in NIDA’s post-graduate Voice Studies course in 2007, then only run every second year, and which would end up being the final year of the program offered under that structure. Here he studied under respected voice teachers including Bill Pepper, Betty Williams, Jennifer West, and Frankie Armstrong, speech pathologist Jocelyn Priestley, and worked on productions with yet-to-be-discovered actors like Alex Russell, Rick Donald, Jessica Marais, Hugh Sheridan, Ryan Corr, Lisa Gormley. While here he wrote his dissertation on Cognitive Approaches to the Teaching and Learning of Accent & Dialect for Performers, which was to form the basis of future practice led research in his teaching. He was also seconded to teach at Singapore’s LaSalle SIA College of the Arts where he taught the graduating year accent and dialect and coached their graduating production.

Since graduating from NIDA he worked as an actor on stages across Sydney, in television and film, and on the web. He developed a reputation as one of Sydney's best accent and dialect coaches, working with performers both young and old, experienced and new. He directed short and full length plays to critical acclaim. 

In 2017 he undertook a self-initiated three month attachment at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Professional Actor Training Program, shadowing then Head of Voice and co-founder of the Miller Voice Method, John Patrick. While here he was also attached as co-vocal coach to Playmakers Repertory Company's production of Kate Hamill's adaptation of Sense and Sensibility. Inspired deeply by his contact with Miller Voice Method, Nick sought out contact with founder Scott Miller at NYU Tisch and has subsequently maintained a connection with Miller Voice Studio, being named an Associated Teacher. 

This experience lead to converting his Graduate Diploma from NIDA to their new Master of Fine Arts (Voice) in 2018. Here he studied pedagogy and curriculum design in depth, as well as conducting a formal research project developing the ideas of his earlier dissertation, seeking to contribute more deeply to the connection between current linguistic research and current voice pedagogy. 

Upon graduation, he was offered the position of Lecturer in Voice at the Elder Conservatorium at the University in Adelaide - Australia's oldest Conservatorium. Now based in Adelaide, but still pursuing further training and certification (now that it is available) in Miller Voice Method, Nick looks forward to adding greater accomplishments to his list of personal and professional achievements.

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