Biography

Got into acting as a way to overcome his stuttering problem. He has an identical twin brother named Kelly Donovan who is often mistaken for him because Nicholas grows a goatee when not working, and Kelly stays clean-shaven.

Attended Pasadena City College.

Was Honorary Chair for National Stuttering Awareness Week in May 2001, organized by the Stuttering Foundation of America. Is the official spokesman for the Stuttering Foundation

With his aspirations of playing professional baseball quashed when an arm injury cut his sports career short, he turned to the acting game for a new challenge. Soon after, he made his television debut in a Clearasil commercial.

Yet, as roles were few and far between, he persevered in entertainment and switched to the other side of the camera, working as a television production assistant on "Dave`s World." When he nailed an audition for a guest-starring role on the series, Brendon gained the confidence he needed and continued to pursue his dream of becoming an actor. Fate soon smiled upon him and he was called in to audition for the role in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."

In television, he had a recurring role on the daytime soap opera "The Young and the Restless," and starred in the pilot "Secret Lives." He played an evil corn follower in the feature film "Children of the Corn III-Urban Harvest," and starred in Los Angeles theatre productions of "The Further Adventures of Tom Sawyer", "My Own Private Hollywood", and "Out of Gas on Lovers` Leap".

Filmography

Television Series

1997 "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" as Xander Harris

Feature Films

2000 "Psycho Beach Party" as Starcat
2000 "Pinata" as Kyle
1994 "Children of the Corn 3: Urban Harvest as Basketball Player 1

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