Nicholas Bufalo (born 1961 or 1962) is an Australian actor and director, perhaps best known for his role as Dr. Ben Green in A Country Practice and for directing a number of episodes for the soap opera Neighbours.
Before his acting career began, Bufalo lived with his retired parents, his elder brother and younger sister in Melbourne.
[1] He originally intended to become a teacher and had not considered an acting career, until he took a year long drama course and became a cast member and writer for a university revue group called Let's Talk Backwards.
Seven Network wanted him to stay on until the new nurse played by Brett Climo won audience approval, however, he left as originally planned by producers.
[11] The following year, he appeared in 3 Men Naked from the Waist Down alongside Rhys Muldoon and Marty Fields at the Universal Theatre in Melbourne.
[15] He has gone on to direct a number of Australian television shows, including Home and Away, All Saints, McLeod's Daughters, City Homicide, Winners & Losers, and Packed to the Rafters.
[16] In 2008, Bufalo received a nomination for Best Direction in a TV Drama Series at the Australian Directors' Guild Awards for All Saints episode "Caught In A Trap".