Nathaniel Buzolic ( ) (born 4 August 1983) is an Australian actor. He was the host of Nine Network's late-night television quiz show The Mint, and had a regular role on the BBC soap opera Out of the Blue (2008). He was also a co-host of the educational show Weather Ed on Sky News Weather Channel. He is also known for his role as Kol Mikaelson on the CW show The Vampire Diaries and its spin-off The Originals.
Early life Buzolic is a first-generation Australian, and is of Croatian descent. His mother was born in a refugee camp in Egypt and grew up in Lakemba, New South Wales. Buzolic studied at De La Salle College Ashfield, and later attended the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) in Sydney and later studied at Screenwise Acting School for Film and Television, graduating in 2004.
Career Buzolic hosted the Disney Channel's afternoon kids show Studio Disney (2005). He has also appeared in All Saints (2003), Home and Away (2002) and an uncredited role in an episode of Water Rats (2001).
Buzolic's played the title role in the feature comedy Offing David (2008) alongside fellow Australian actor Adam J. Yeend. Previously, he had minor roles in the 2007 Australian short films Road Rage and My Greatest Day Ever.
In 2011, it was confirmed that Buzolic would play Kol Mikaelson in the CW series The Vampire Diaries. He reprised his role in the pilot episode of The Vampire Diaries spin-off series The Originals. It was reported on 30 May 2014 that Buzolic would return to The Originals for its second season and he appeared in the first trailer that debuted at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con.
On 20 February 2014, it was announced that Buzolic had landed one of the lead roles in Supernatural: Bloodlines, a spin-off of the CW series Supernatural, with the twentieth episode of the latter's ninth season serving as a backdoor pilot. However, The CW passed on the pilot in May 2014. In March 2014, Buzolic appeared in two episodes of the fourth season of ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars as Dean Stavros, Spencer's (Troian Bellisario) substance abuse counselor. He reprised his role in the fifth and sixth episodes of the sixth season. Buzolic appeared in 2016 Mel Gibson war film Hacksaw Ridge as Harold Doss, the brother of the main character, alongside Andrew Garfield. In March 2022, it was announced that he would appear in Legacies as Kol Mikaelson.
In May 2026 he began appearing in the Israeli version of Dancing with the Stars. He was eliminated in the July 25, 2026 episode.
Personal life Buzolic is a Born-again Christian.
He has voiced support for Israel during the Gaza war and has visited the country more than 25 times since 2017. In October 2023, in solidarity with Israel, Buzolic condemned the October 7 attacks, calling the pro-Palestine movement as "satanic" and stated that people who support the Palestinians as "the devil". In an interview with Sky News Australia in January 2024, he called the pro-Palestinian slogan "from the river to the sea" as a "call for genocide of the Jewish presence in the land". In 2024 Buzolic was honored as one of the torchbearers in the national Israeli Independence Day ceremony.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 2005 Dirty Deeds Uncredited role 2007 Road Rage Young driver Short film 2007 My Greatest Day Ever Coach Short film 2008 Offing David David Feature Film2009 Multiple Choice Tommy Short film 2010 Needle Ryan 2016 Hacksaw Ridge Harold "Hal" Doss 2019 Saving Zoë Jason2020 Deep Blue Sea 3 Richard2025 Mob Cops Jesse Polino
Television Year Title Role Notes 2001 Water Rats Uncredited; unknown episodes 2002 Home and Away Paul Chalmers 1 episode 2003 All Saints Damon Lloyd Episode: "Friends in Need" 2005 Studio Disney Himself Host 2007 Himself Host 2008 Out of the Blue Paul O'Donnell Main role (50 episodes) 2010 Cops L.A.C. Jahrryde Episode: "A Veil of Tears" 2011 Crownies Jesse Major 1 episode 2012–14 Kol Mikaelson Recurring role (season 3-4)Guest role (season 5); 10 episodes 2013–18 Guest role (season 1)Recurring role (Season 2–5); 24 episodes 2014–15 Pretty Little Liars Dean Stavros Recurring role (4 episodes) 2014 Supernatural David Lassiter Episode: "Bloodlines" (backdoor pilot for Supernatural: Bloodlines) 2015 Bones Hunter Ellis Episode: "The Teacher in the Books" 2015 Significant Mother Jimmy Barnes Main role (9 episodes)2022 Legacies Kol Mikaelson Special guest star2026 Rokdim Im Kokhavim Himself Contestant (Season 12)
Web Year Title Role Notes 2014 The Originals: The Awakening Kol Mikaelson 4 episodes
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