Nick Afanasiev

Nick Afanasiev ( Russian Ник Афанасьев , transcribed Nik Afanassjew ; born July 29, 1989 in Moscow , USSR ) is an American actor and filmmaker of Russian origin.

Life

Nick Afanasiev, the only child of Russian parents, lived in Moscow for the first six years of his life. In 1995 the family moved to the United States. Here Afanasiev grew up in Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania . As a teenager, Afanasiev was an avid BMX rider. At the age of 14, shortly after moving to Los Angeles , he was even in 2003 winner of the BMX race at Del Mar . A local clothing company gave him a scholarship for high school .

In 2008 he tried his luck with America's Got Talent . It was here that the world first became aware of its special physical characteristic. With a length of nine centimeters, it has been proven to have the longest tongue of all Americans and the second longest in the entire world. In public he has therefore received the nickname Tongue Boy (in German: tongue boy). Afanasiev has impressively demonstrated this talent in the talk shows by Jay Leno and Tyra Banks, among others .

However, his career in film and television only began in 2009 when he starred in one of the leading roles in the short film Overloaded by director Marco Cavalho . Shortly thereafter, he impersonated himself in the Nickelodeon- produced television series iCarly . The big breakthrough has so far been denied Afanasiev. So far he has only appeared in B-movies and short films. In 2011 he worked in 2012: The year in which the earth freezes with.

In the same year he also made his debut as a film director. His first work is the 11-minute youth drama You're Not God , in which he also took the lead role.

Filmography (selection)

• 2011: 2012: The year the earth freezes ( 2012: Ice Age )

Web links

• Nick Afanasiev in the Internet Movie Database (English)