Nolan Gerard Funk

Nolan Gerard Funk
Born	(1986-07-28) 28 July 1986 Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer
Years active	2001–present

Nolan Gerard Funk (born July 28, 1986) is a Canadian actor, Broadway performer, recording artist, and dancer best known for his performance as Hunter Clarrington in the musical comedy-drama television series Glee and Conrad Birdie in the 2009 Broadway revival of the musical Bye Bye Birdie.

Life and career

Funk has an older sister named Natanya. He started out as a national gymnast and diver. He is also fluent in French and German. He received his first break when cast in the starring role of the Columbia Records/Nickelodeon movie, Spectacular! opposite Tammin Sursok. Nolan appeared opposite Jennifer Lawrence, Max Thieriot, and Elisabeth Shue in House at the End of the Street, which was released theatrically by Relativity Media on September 21, 2012. Funk recently shot "Evidence" opposite Stephen Moyer for the producers of "Drive" and starred in the ABC Family Pilot "Intercept" which the network recently announced they were not picking up.

On January 12, 2009, he had his first live concert performance, appearing at New York City's Hard Rock Cafe. He also had a guest role in the television series Castle.

Nolan played the title role of singer Conrad Birdie in the revival of the Broadway musical Bye, Bye Birdie, with a limited run at Henry Miller's Theatre from September 10, 2009 (previes) through January 24, 2010.

Nolan recently completed filming the third movie in the Chronicles of Riddick series with Vin Diesel. He plays a mercenary named Luna. The film is due out in 2013. He shot a starring role in "The Canyons" opposite Lindsay Lohan, directed by Paul Schrader, written by Brett Easton Ellis. On October 2, 2012 Nolan joined the cast of Glee. He will play the Warbler's new frontman, Hunter.

Activism

Funk is involved with Nickelodeon's The Big Green Help, which promotes environmental awareness among children and teenagers.

Awards

In 2007, Funk was nominated for a Leo Award in the "Best Performance or Host in a Youth or Children's Program or Series" category for his work on Renegadepress.com.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Moon in the Afternoon	Alexander	Short film
2003	X2	Captured X-Kid
2006	Hollow Man 2	Josh	Video
2008	Deadgirl	Dwyer
2008	Class Savage	Preppy Dealer	Short film
2009	18	Kevin	Short film
2010	Bereavement	William
2010	Triple Dog	Todd
2012	House at the End of the Street	Tyler
2012	Evidence	Tyler Morris
2013	Riddick	Luna	Completed
2013	WildLike	Tommy	Post-production
2013	The Canyons	Ryan	Post-production
????	Another Dirty Movie	Mason	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Seven Days	Ryan	Episode: "The Brink"
2002	Taken	Young Eric Crawford	Episode: "High Hopes"
2003	Romeo!	Booker	Episode: "Man of the Hizzouse"
2004	Sudbury	Mitch Newton	TV pilot
2004	The L Word	Malcolm	Episode: "Losing It"
2004-2006	Renegadepress.com	Ben Lalonde	7 episodes
2005	Smallville	Zack Greenfield	Episode: "Krypto"
2006	Killer Instinct	Allan Harris	Episode: "While You Were Sleeping"
2006	A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story	Michael Magidson	TV movie
2006	Stephen King's Dead Zone	Jake Phillips	Episode: "Independence Day"
2006	The Obsession	Jesse Sherman	TV movie
2006	Alice, I Think	Daniel Feckworth-Goose	Episode: "Wise Womyn"
2006	Supernatural	Jake Tanner	Episode: "Croatoan"
2007	My Name Is Sarah	Kit	TV movie
2007	Aliens in America	Todd Palladino	5 episodes
2009	Lie to Me	Dan	Episode: "Pilot"
2009	Spectacular!	Nikko Alexander	TV movie
2009	Castle	Brandon	Episode: "Hedge Fund Homeboys"
2010	Jack's Family Adventure	Derek Vickery	TV movie
2010	Warehouse 13	Todd	4 episodes
2010	Detroit 1-8-7	Trevor Elkin	Episode: "Déjà Vu/All In"
2012	Intercept	Garret Foster	TV movie
2012	Glee	Hunter Clarrington	Episode: "Dynamic Duets" Episode: "Thanksgiving" Episode: "Sadie Hawkins"

External links

• Nolan Gerard Funk at IMDb
• Nolan Gerard Funk on X