Nick Creegan's unconventional path to success in acting, inspired by his bold risks and willingness to step outside his comfort zone.
Actor Nick Creegan’s bold risks and unconventional path to success inspired his friend and cleveland.com columnist Justice B. Hill to reconsider the value of stepping outside one’s comfort zone. In this photo: Creegan attends the Moet & Chandon holiday season celebration at Lincoln Center in 2022. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)CLEVELAND, Ohio — I tended to avoid taking risks as I transitioned from adolescence to adulthood.
Caution seemed the smoothest route for me to live my life, but it wasn’t the most thrilling trail to blaze.I threw caution windward, however, shortly after befriending a New York native named Nick Creegan. You might have heard of Nick, a 33-year-old actor. He’s had roles in a couple of TV series. His most significant part has been in “Batwoman,” where he became theFollowing college, he found work as a multimedia journalist, a job that brought him no satisfaction. The work proved thankless — a grind that never afforded him time for introspection.Remembering the theater work that he’d done in college, Nick realized how fulfilling it was. He decided to explore acting afresh and cold-quit journalism. He told himself he’d make it as an actor, roadblocks notwithstanding. First, he needed to catch people’s attention — find ways to get a director or agent to take him seriously. His thoughts: Enroll in an acting class, build a foundation there and go to open auditions whenever one came up. Never shortchange the lessons or ignore the cattle calls; and stay hopeful of landing roles.Then, in August 2018, he banked his future on social media. He gambled he could film a short video that the right person might see. An idea struck him like a thunderbolt: gravy. Leaving a Jamaican restaurant he frequents in Brooklyn, Nick stood outside of it and held an iPhone to a platter of oxtail and ric
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