Nico Tortorella (born July 30, 1988 in Wilmette, Illinois) is an American actor and model. Tortorella is perhaps best known for their role as Jacob Wells in the first season of FOX's The Following, as well as Trevor Sheldon in Scream 4, opposite Emma Roberts. Since 2015, Tortorella has played Josh on the TV Land series Younger.
Tortorella is married to lifestyle entrepreneur Bethany C. Meyers, and both are polyamorous. Tortorella identifies as bisexual, demisexual, and gender-fluid and uses they/them pronouns.
Selected filmography:
- Make It or Break It (2009 — 2010) as Razor
- Scream 4 (2011) as Trevor Sheldon
- Trespass (2011) as Jake
- Odd Thomas (2013) as Simon Varner
- The Following (2013) as Jacob Wells
- Younger (2015 — present) as Josh
- The Walking Dead: World Beyond (2020-2021) as Felix
- City On Fire (2023) as William
Tortorella provides examples of the following tropes:
- Walking Shirtless Scene: On Younger, which isn't exactly surprising.
