Karl Burnett

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Karl Burnett born 27 February 1976 is a New Zealand actor best known for his portrayal of Nick Harrison on the longrunning New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street Burnett was 16 years old when offered the role of Nick Harrison on Shortland Street in 1992 The then Massey High School student had little acting experience other than highschool drama classes though after six years of starring on Shortland Street he had a part in the 1998 film When Love Comes He played the role of Nick Harrison from the shows second episode in 1992 until the characters departure in 2005 making Nick Harrison the original character to stay with the show the longest Nick Harrison was originally intended as a drugtaking rebel but after Burnett was cast the role was developed into a more comedic and clumsy character In 2005 after 13 years on the show the character of Nick was axed by producers Later in 2005 Burnett appeared in TV3s celebrity singing competition Sing Like a Superstar Burnett went on to work as a boom operator on Shortland Street and a freelance sound recordist In 2008 Burnett appeared on the weightloss reality show Downsize Me He initially weighed 120 kg losing 20 kg over the course of the programme That year he also published a comic novel The Bible II This Way Up Rick the Chosen One In 2010 he released the independent film Captain Amazingly Incredible and the Space Vampires from the Evil Planet which he wrote directed and starred in The film was selfdescribed as the lowest selling movie in the history of the films distributor Burnett has also released several video games for mobile platforms including Get Gravel Codestorm Project Downforce and Max Vector Resolution Having previously studied interactive videogame development at Media Design School in Auckland Burnett won the 2011 Sidhe Elite scholarship award He now studies science majoring in software engineering at Massey University