Nicholas Galitzine

Nicholas Dimitri Constantine Galitzine (born 29 September 1994) is an English actor. After appearing in an episode of the television series Legends in 2015, he had lead roles in the 2016 teen films High Strung and Handsome Devil. He later starred in the supernatural horror film The Craft: Legacy (2020) and the musical film Cinderella (2021), also contributing to the latter's accompanying soundtrack.

Galitzine gained wider recognition for starring in the romantic streaming films Purple Hearts (2022), Red, White & Royal Blue (2023), and The Idea of You (2024), as well as the comedy film Bottoms (2023) and the period drama series Mary & George (2024).

Early life
Nicholas Dimitri Constantine Galitzine was born on 29 September 1994 in Hammersmith, London, England. His father, Geoffrey Leo Alexander Galitzine, is a co-founder of a glass-recycling company and a former financier in the city of London. Nicholas's grandfather changed his name from Edward Ralph Alexander Tier to Edward Ralph Alexander Galitzine on 9 April 1956. Nicholas's traceable paternal ancestors are British. His mother, Lora Maria Konstantina Papayanni, is of Greek descent. Growing up, Galitzine visited his relatives in the Peloponnese, Athens, and the islands during the holidays, which helped him get in touch with his Greek heritage. He has an elder sister named Lexi Galitzine, who is an illustrator and interior stylist. Galitzine attended Dulwich College. In his childhood, he played rugby and football, and participated in county-level athletics competitions. He played for the Harlequins Academy until an injury to his rotator cuff made him stop playing sport.

Early career (2010s)
Galitzine got his first role in the film The Beat Beneath My Feet in 2014, starring alongside Luke Perry. He also performed several songs for the original soundtrack of the movie.

In 2015, he appeared in one episode of the TV series Legends. He was named "Star of Tomorrow" by Screen International. In 2016, he starred in the American drama High Strung, in which he played a young violinist who performs in a subway station. He played a young closeted gay student in the Irish comedy-drama Handsome Devil, which was later nominated for five awards at the 15th Irish Film & Television Awards.

In 2017, he took part in the New Zealand mystery drama The Changeover. In The Watcher in the Woods, he played opposite the Academy Award-winning American actress, Anjelica Huston. Galitzine was cast for his first major TV role in the Netflix horror drama series Chambers. In 2019, he played in the drama film Share.

Breakthrough and recognition (2020s)
In 2020, he played the bisexual teenager Timmy in The Craft: Legacy, which is a sequel to The Craft. In 2021, he played Prince Robert in the musical film Cinderella, appearing on seven songs on the soundtrack of movie. His debut single "Comfort" was released on 24 June 2022. He also starred in the Netflix movie Purple Hearts, which was released on 29 July 2022.

In 2023, Galitzine portrayed high-school football player Jeff in Emma Seligman's sex comedy film Bottoms. He also starred as one of the leads in the gay romantic comedy film Red, White & Royal Blue, based on the 2019 novel of the same name; he portrays the fictional Prince Henry of England opposite Taylor Zakhar Perez. In 2024, Galitzine starred as George Villiers in the Sky Studios historical psychodrama series Mary & George, alongside Julianne Moore. The 7-episode series released on Sky Atlantic in the UK and Binge in Australia on 5 March 2024, and released for streaming on Starz in the US on 5 April 2024.

He also stars alongside Anne Hathaway in the movie The Idea of You, based on the book of the same name: he portrays a member of a fictional boy band who enters into a relationship with Hathaway's character. The movie was released to worldwide streaming on Amazon Prime Video on 2 May 2024. On 6 March 2024, Amazon dropped a single from the movie's fictitious boy band. The song is titled "Dance Before We Walk".

On May 29, 2024, it was announced that he has been cast as He-Man for the upcoming live action movie reboot of Masters of the Universe.

Other ventures
In 2023, Galitzine was named the first global menswear ambassador for the luxury fashion house Fendi. In the same year, he modeled for the brand's Menswear Fall/Winter 2023–24 global campaign.

Singles
As lead artist