Gavin Thomas Leatherwood (born June 7, 1994) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for portraying Nicholas Scratch on Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018–2020). He also plays the role of a university student, Nico, in the series The Sex Lives of College Girls available on HBO Max. He released his debut single "Just For Tonight" on February 19, 2021. Also the singles “Be My Lover” and “Driftwood Mermaid” are available on all platforms.^[1]

Leatherwood was born on June 7, 1994^[2] in Maui, Hawaii. He spent his youth in California and moved to Oregon when he was 18. Leatherwood has one older sister named Chloe.^[3] He is mostly of Irish descent, and also has English, Spanish, Welsh, other European and Native American ancestry.^[4]

In the beginning of his acting career, Leatherwood performed in various theatrical plays such as All My Sons and Peter Pan. In 2017, he made a cameo appearance in an episode for NCIS and Grown-ish.

In 2018, Leatherwood was cast in the lead male role as Nicholas Scratch in Netflix's supernatural horror series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. He also made a cameo appearance as Sabrina Carpenter's love interest in the music video for her single "Skin".^[5] Leatherwood appears in the main cast in season 1 of the HBO Max teen comedy-drama streaming television series The Sex Lives of College Girls, created by Mindy Kaling in late 2021.^[6]

Apart from acting, Leatherwood released his debut single "Just For Tonight" on February 19, 2021. He has worked with Boom Forest Music, Thomas Dutton and Gavin McDonald to help produce different aspects of this song. He released the single “Driftwood Mermaid” on October 22, 2021.^[7] Leatherwood then released "Be My Lover" on April 8, 2022, before releasing his debut EP "Moonlighting" on October 21, 2022.

In addition to acting, Leatherwood plays a variety of instruments including the guitar, ukulele, and piano.^[8]