Nicholas "Nick" Purcell (born June 28, 1990) is an American actor.
He is best best known for starring on the Nickelodeon series The Troop as monster hunter Jake Collins. This role led to his competing in a celebrity edition of BrainSurge. Nicholas was in a long-term relationship with his boyfriend, Harrison.
Biography[]
According to one of the creators of The Troop Max Burnett, after the end of The Troop, Nick would end up becoming lost without the show and didn't get another role right away making him frustrated, moving from La to Florida to be closer to his brother and started taking drugs and would end up dying from a drug overdose.