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My name is Nick Dobrowolski. I was born and raised in Pennsylvania, in a small town just outside of Philadelphia. I attended and graduated from Germantown Friends School and Temple University, both of which are in Philadelphia, and the city holds a very special place in my heart. It's a blue-collar city, filled with some of the most genuine, kind-hearted, and passionate people that you'll ever meet. It's a college town. It's a sports town. It's an artsy town. It's a tough town. All of these things are ingrained into the culture of the city and it gets into your veins, your blood, your bones. It's part of you. I'm writing this because I want to make it clear that the area that I grew up in, the culture that I grew up in, it defines quite a bit about my character. I never really thought about becoming an actor until a couple of years ago. Now, it's really all I want to do. I've been in a few short films and am working on cutting a reel together from that footage, but here are two things that I think sum up what I want to do going forward in my life. The first was a short named Blind Tag that was made for the action film challenge. I play David DiGiovanni, who is the villain, which is something I've desperately wanted to do for awhile in terms of acting because I'm normally thrown into the leading man type roles: http://youtu.be/Ju3gmwQWCdQ The following is my take on an interview in 1976 with then Philadelphia Flyers captain Bobby Clarke. I've played hockey since I was a young kid. It's definitely my favorite sport and the Flyers are my team. During the 1970s they were dubbed the Broad Street Bullies, and there has never been a more prototypical Flyer than Bobby Clarke. Rob Zombie wants to make a film about this era of the team, and I did this sort of as an audition, but also as a character study. I worked the voice, the accent, the inflection, the mannerisms and it was a lot of fun to try to embody this man for a short period of time, but it's also important to note that I'm not left-handed and my voice doesn't naturally reside in his register or resonance. Anyway here is both the original interview: http://youtu.be/t1IEzIK6ZAc And mine: http://youtu.be/O9TTbHUeLPc Feedback is welcome and appreciated.

Thank you everyone for such a kind response and taking out time to watch my film and sharing your feedback. It has been most helpful and encouraging. Thanks again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkNQrdEo_PA