American-Filipino actor Nico Santos is the star of the NBC sitcom, Superstore, who was nominated for the Critics Choice Television Award for the best supporting actor in a comedy series.
Nico was very enthusiastic about acting from a young age. For several years, he worked in the costume department of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
The following year, he moved to California, where he started performing as a stand-up comic regularly. He also became the part of the talk show roundtable, Chelsea Lately.
Nico officially debuted in the TV series, Ground Floor in 2014 from where his acting career began. He got his big break when he got the chance to portray the role of Oliver T'Sien in the movie, Crazy Rich Asians.
As a stand-up comedian, Nico won the hearts of many and even made himself financially stable. Even though he does not reveal his exact net worth, as an actor, Nico draws an average salary of $50K. With all the accumulated amount, he might be enjoying his net worth in millions.
Besides his acting talent, he is also a snarky and ultracompetitive romantic guy.
Nico Santos Wiki-Like-Bio, Age
Born on 7 April 1979, Nico Santos grew up in Manila, Philippines until the age of sixteen as per his bio. Then, he moved to the United States with his family settling in Gresham. Oregon. He was able to petition his mother to settle in the United States, but during that time, his mom and step-dad did not have their documents.
Nevertheless, after moving to the United States, Nico's family were still undocumented for a long time before getting American citizenship. His mother was very supportive of his acting career. He described that his mother was not a "stereotypical Asian mom but a Tiger Mom."
At the age of 40, Nico holds American nationality and embraces Asian ethnicity with an average height and weight.
He studied at Greshman's Centennial High School, following his acting studies at Southern Oregon University.
With No Sign Of Girlfriend, Nico Is Openly Gay!
Moving forward to his personal life, Nico is openly gay, which means that he does not have a wife or a girlfriend.
After Nico became one of the known faces, there were several rumors of him dating transgender star Zeke Smith.
Not surprisingly, later in 2018, he confirmed that he was in a romantic relationship with Zeke.
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Nico Santos attends Oscar Party with his boyfriend, Zeke Smith on 25 February 2019 (Photo: Nico Santos' Instagram)
After they came out, Nico did not hesitate to flaunt his romantic pictures with his boyfriend on his Instagram account.