nolan gould Words by CHRISTINE O’DEA Photos by CATHERINE POWELL
If you type “Nolan Gould” into the Google search bar, the words following his name in the suggested searches are: genius, net worth, Ellen, Twitter and college. Nolan is not your average 15-yearold, but not simply because he stars on the five-time Emmy Award winning ABC sitcom Modern Family. His interests and talents go way beyond pretending to be intellectually challenged on television. The sitar-mandolin-banjo-piano-playing, rockclimbing, mountain-biking, nature-loving college sophomore is living a double life. And loving it. When he was growing up, Nolan moved several times as a result of his father being in the military. From upstate New York, to Georgia, to Los Angeles and many cities in between, Nolan became interested in acting. This was partly inspired by his older brother, whose footprints he always tried to follow closely. “Normal adolescence? Yes and no,” Nolan explains. “I have my normal Nolan, non-actor self … and then there’s my acting self.” When he meets new people, Nolan explains that around three months after meeting him, they discover that he is an NKDMAG.COM
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