Nicholas Colla

Nicholas Colla (born 14 October 1986 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian actor, writer and director, best known for his roles as Joel Peterson in Holly's Heroes and Adam Stevens in Neighbours.

Career Colla began acting at an early age, appearing in a McDonald's commercial directed by US pilot director David Nutter and shot by Academy Award-winning cinematographer Wally Pfister. Since then he has appeared in television series such as Neighbours, The Saddle Club, Blue Heelers, City Homicide, Wicked Science 2 and the AFI award-winning Holly's Heroes.

Colla's performances on stage include Mamillius in the Bell Shakespeare Company's The Winter's Tale, Shedding directed by Sam Strong at La Mama Theatre, as well as the lead in the debut season of Australian play The Cutting Boys.

His directing credits include the short films Palindromes and Rocketman which have screened at festivals including Palm Springs ShortFest, Cinequest, Flickerfest and St Kilda Film Festival.

He is also a producer on the Australian television series The Wizards of Aus.

Filmography Year Title Type Episodes Role 2015 The Wizards of Aus TV series Mr Swinton 2015 Molly TV series Donnie Sutherland 2014 The Cutting Boys Theatre Max 2014 The Weatherman TV series Nick Turpinson 2014 John Doe: Vigilante Feature film Rob 2013 Winners & Losers TV series Miles Englert 2013 Gallipoli from Above TV mini-series Frank Parker 2013 Songs for Europe Theatre Patrick 2012 Way to Heaven Theatre He/Red Cross Worker 2009 City Homicide TV series Mags 2006 Blue Heelers TV series Darius Jasinski 2005 Wicked Science TV series Oliver Simmons 2004 Holly's Heroes TV series Joel Peterson 2003 The Saddle Club TV series Neville Cowlin 2001–02 Neighbours TV series 10 Episodes Adam Stevens 1998 Driven Crazy TV series Luke 1997 The Winter's Tale Theatre Mamillius