Nick Atkinson is an Australian actor, singer, songwriter, writer & producer based in the USA. He is currently appearing in episode 5 of 'How I Met Your Father' with Hilary Duff & Kim Cattrall. He played the role of debonaire host Maximilian Martel at The McKittrick Hotel from its inception in 2011 until August 2018. Nick emcee'd many of the fantastic events & performed in the legendary 'immersive theatre defining' off-Broadway show for almost a decade, and still appears at The McKittrick Hotel for events.

 

Sleep No More won the 2011 Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience & was awarded a special citation at the 2011 Obie Awards. Nick appeared in the 2014 US Open promotional TV spots as Maximilian, alongside the legendary duo - Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett. The vibrant commercial series was nominated for an Emmy.

 

Nick is also a singer and songwriter. His charming and decadent stage persona 'Ashley Argyle' recently hosted Joie de Vivre Cabaret in Palm Springs in December 2022. Nick has featured in many brilliant  immersive online projects through Little Cinema - The Alienist Angel Of Darkness event won 3 awards for the 2020 BizBash Event Style Awards. Other events include the launch of TNT's Snowpiercer, & for director Patty Jenkins 'I Am The Night.' He also hosted a live streamed event for the launch of Jack Ryan Season  2. Nick is arguably the very first person to host and emcee an online immurise premier during the beginning of Covid lockdown for Little Cinema TV, for the launch of ‘Snowpiercer.’ 

 

He appeared with Loic Mabanza in the pilot for  Myles Raven playing an underworld drug lord. In New York he played Shamrayev in The Seagull at The East River Amphitheater. In Australia he appeared on Big Sky, Breakers & as Summer Bay 'bad boy' Rod Sutton on Home & Away, in Rebel Penfold Russell’s Willful & also in Let’s Get Skase starring Alex Dimitriadis.

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He is excited to be appearing in Australia's John V. Soto's feature thriller film 'Avarice' which premiered in Sept 2022.

 

As a producer his work has been critically acclaimed. The brilliant short film 116 by Julia Campanelli has had huge success on the short film circuit, both domestically & abroad. 

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Nick's production company Breakfield Entertainment, specializes in films & plays focussing on the LGBTQ experience. Nick's first play, Where Do You Plan To Spend Eternity?  Was an Official Selection for the 2019 LGBTQ Short & Sweet West Hollywood Festival.The play is based on Nick's personal experience at LA Pride parade in 2019.

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 He is also excited to be collaborating on new projects with the Actors Theatre Of New York. Nick is a graduate of The West Australian Academy Of Performing Arts. 

 

Nick is an expert in the art of experi- ential live or online immersive performance. Nick would love to be involved in anything to do with new technology, immursive, VR and the music and music production realms.