After an intense career as an actor that led him to work, among others, with Teatro dell’Elfo, Luca Ronconi, and Eimuntas Nekrošius, in 2010 Nicola Russo founded the theatre company Monstera and began an original authorial path as a director and playwright.

In cinema, he starred in Tobia al caffè, directed by Gianfranco Mingozzi. He was also directed by Luigi Magni in Nemici di infanzia, by Luciano Manuzzi in I Pavoni, by Massimo Spanu in Marciando nel buio, and by Renzo Martinelli in Porzus.