Power of Self-Care with Actor Nick Tarabay

Best known for his work as Ashur in the worldwide hit series “Spartacus: Blood and Sand,” Nick Tarabay appears in several cool projects for 2018, including Universal Pictures’ “Pacific Rim Uprising”

He emerged as a fan favorite, as Cotyar on “The Expanse,” a smart, action-oriented SYFY series that presently finds Earth, Mars and The Belt at war, with Cotyar, a freelance security contractor and former UN Military Intelligence Division member, on personal security detail for the effective head of the United Nations, and personal confidant.

Nick is blowing up this year and for good reason. The commitment and work he puts into the art of acting follows through in his devotion to the art of fashion as well. Nick brings the attention to detail found in fine tailoring to the art of acting, and it’s on full display in his performances.

After watching numerous episodes of The Expanse and Spartacus, including Ashur’s glorious 5-minute death scene, I’m hooked on both shows. After talking to Nick, I’m not only smarter about style, fabric and fragrance, I’m a huge fan too.

I’ve been watching The Expanse and Spartacus the last few days – you have one of the most gruesome death scenes in Spartacus. In fact, Googling, I found it on several lists of most glorious death scenes.

Good on you for doing your homework. I appreciate that. Well, you know my character had a big impact on the show, so getting get rid of him wasn’t easy.

At what point did you get interested in fashion and style?

I think since I was born. I love fashion. My dad and my mom were really well dressed people. I grew up watching my dad wear suits to work and making sure everything was put together to perfection.

And not only the suit and the tie, but also the cologne. You could smell him before you see him. When you put a suit on, your whole attitude changes. I love that feeling. 

I used to say, it’s amazing how a piece of cloth can make you feel so good, but it really does. If you put a suit on, you’ll walk different, you’ll talk different.

And then when you put on shorts, slippers, and stuff, that’s going to change you too. 

When you’re at home or off work, what do you wear? 

I always try to dress up. Even when I dress it down, it’s still really nicely put together. I love fashion, and I worked in fashion a really long time. Before becoming a full-time actor, I worked for Hugo Boss. Right before I quit, I was working for Gucci. 

I love good clothes, good shoes, good perfume. I like to take care of myself because it makes me feel good, and that’s just the way I see myself. Recently I got a couple of suits from Tom Ford, and damn.

I put these things on and I was like, “Woo! James Bond, move aside.”

What’s the one thing you do before you run out of the house? 

Make sure I smell good. That’s another thing I have of mine I love. Good smells. In any given time, I have five, six different colognes. I go out of my way to find perfume.