Nick Westrate is a theater and film artist based in New York City. His credits on Broadway as an actor include: Bernhardt/Hamlet (opposite Janet McTeer), Casa Valentina & A Moon for the Misbegotten. He recently starred as Prior Walter in Angels in America for Jánosz Száz at The Arena Stage in Washington D.C. (Helen Hayes Award Best Ensemble, Nom. Best Actor). Off-Broadway he has starred in Tribes at The Barrow Street Theater, A Delicate Ship for Playwrights Realm, Galileo and Unnatural Acts for Classic Stage Company, Love’s Labor’s Lost at the Public, Ivo Van Hove’s The Little Foxes for NYTW, The Boys in the Band (Drama Desk nomination, 2010) for Transport Group. On television he is best known as Robert Townsend on AMC’s Turn: Washington’s Spies, and also for Todd Haynes’ HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce, Bruno Barreto’s HBO miniseries The American Guest, and as Edwin Booth in the Apple TV+ miniseries Manhunt. On film he stars in the features American Insurrection and Jonathan Demme’s Ricki & the Flash opposite Meryl Streep. He is the recipient of his own special Drama Desk Award for his versatility in performance Off-Broadway, he is also an NYTW Usual Suspect and a graduate of the Juilliard School Drama Division.
Nick Westrate
