Nathaniel Buzolic (/bəˈzɒlɪtʃ/ bə-ZOL-ich^[1]) 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.

Buzolic is a first-generation Australian, and is of Croatian descent.^[2] 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. ^{[citation needed]}

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.^[3][4] 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.^[5]

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,^[6] with the twentieth episode of the latter's ninth season serving as a backdoor pilot.^[7] However, The CW passed on the pilot in May 2014.^[8] 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. In March 2022 it was announced that he would appear in Legacies as Kol Mikaelson.^[9]

Buzolic is a born-again Christian, and a supporter of Israel. He says that he is "convinced that Jesus is the messiah and is coming back to give the Jewish people hope so that they can see that God has not forsaken them".^[10]