Though he grew up in a traditional Italian-Catholic family in the straight-laced Chicago suburbs, actor Nico Tortorella bucked convention from the start.

Even when I was a hockey player, it was always a show for me. I would score a goal and throw my gloves out over the glass there was so much flair, laughs the rakish 28-year-old, who stars in the sleeper-hit series Younger.

Indeed, whether its revealing his tattoos in shirtless Instagram posts to more than 300,000 followers, outing his alter-ego drag queen (Almond Milk), opening up about sex and relationships on his podcast The Love Bomb, or dishing with Alexa in a trendy coffee shop near his Williamsburg home Tortorella isnt afraid to share.

The son of bar owners, he spent his teens acting in Chicago theatrical productions before moving to LA. I literally didnt know a single person in Los Angeles, he recalls. Breaking into this industry is one in a billion in the first place, especially if theres no nepotism involved you get told no over and over again.

But he managed to bounce from Ashton Kutchers short-lived The Beautiful Life (a show about aspiring models) to Wes Cravens franchise-ending Scream 4 to Foxs gory The Following.

Tortorellas big break came when he landed TV Lands Younger (created by Darren Star of Sex and the City fame). On the show which debuted in 2015 and returns for a fourth season on Wednesday he plays Josh, the handsome hipster boyfriend of Liza (Sutton Foster), a 40-year-old who pretends to be in her 20s to score a job in book publishing.

The actor is also making scenes in real life. Last June, he drew attention for revealing he is sexually fluid.

I fall somewhere under the bisexual umbrella, Tortorella explains. Previously paired with hairstylist Kyle Krieger and actress Olesya Rulin, he says hes also in a long-time open relationship with fitness instructor Bethany Meyers while exploring polyamory. There are a few people in my life right now, he says. Men, women, and there is space for others.

Appropriate, then, that his chest bears a scrawled tattoo reading, not this, not that, beyond definition, a mantra gleaned from an LA yoga teacher (though he chuckles at the clich).

Under Tortorellas bad-boy exterior is a veneer of vulnerability. Hes been sober for 2 years and has tried reiki for physical and emotional healing. Over Christmas, he traveled to Peru with shamans and experimented with the herbal hallucinogen ayahuasca.

The actors unconventional stances havent jeopardized his leading-man status on Younger or alienated the legion of fans who are Team Josh. I am a white, cisgender-passing bisexual man, and I realize that not everyone has that privilege, he concedes. At the end of the day, will it affect my career? Possibly.

I dont think there have been positive bisexual role models in the world especially in Hollywood, he continues. If you have a story thats different than what youre seeing out there, just get it out there.

To that end, he spent last years Pride parade atop the RuPauls Drag Race float; this week, he hosted a frank conversation with intersex model Hanne Gaby Odiele on his podcast.

As Tortorella continues to shoot Younger in New York and Ireland through July, his daily routine involves concocting his own version of Bulletproof coffee (involving coconut oil, maca root and cinnamon), working out and toting his new puppy, Sun, around town. (The 1-year-old Chihuahua was an unexpected gift from an Instagram follower.)

Cradling the 2-pound canine in the hem of his black tank top, Tortorella coos: People and energies come into your life when you least expect them.

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The drama on Younger is about to reach another level!

TV Land’s sexy half-hour comedy kicks off its fourth season in one week, and there may be something more than friendship blossoming between Liza’s 20-something ex-boyfriend, Josh (Nico Tortorella), and her Millennial colleague, Kelsey (Hilary Duff).

“We pick up right where season three left off and Josh is miserable. Liza has just told Kelsey that she is actually 40-something,” Tortorella told ET’s Katie Krause during a recent sit-down in the Burbank studios, referencing the cliffhanger in the season three finale.

“I think it’s only natural that Josh and Kelsey find each other at this point,” he said. “They both have been betrayed by a woman that they love and so they find peace in each other. It’s a Darren Star show, so we’ll see what happens.”

When asked if things turn romantic between Josh and Kelsey, who are closer in age than Josh is with Liza, Tortorella played coy.

“Hilary Duff? Yeah, let’s make it happen!” the 28-year-old actor said with a laugh. “I think it’s problematic if Josh and Kelsey are hooking up. This show is about female relationships more than it’s about anything else, and that would be a really terrible thing for Kelsey to do to Liza. We’ll see.”

As for the Charles factor, Tortorella noted that a lot of tea is spilled this season and viewers will get a deeper glimpse into Josh’s life when he’s not around Kelsey or Liza.

“This season is dramatic,” he promised. “There’s some good stuff with Josh and Charles. There’s a lot of good stuff with Josh and Kelsey. What I love about this season more than anything else is we get to see Josh outside of the other series regulars on the show. We get to see Josh’s life in the bar. We get to see Josh’s life in the tattoo shop, other relationships that he starts to build.”

At the end of last season, Josh had plans to propose to Liza and even had rose petals spelled out on the bed. But his world was rocked when he caught her kissing her boss, Charles (Peter Hermann), outside her room.

“I think it’s possible,” Tortorella said, when asked about the possibility of an engagement being back on the table. “I think anything is possible in this utopian world that we live in on Younger, but if it’s ever gonna happen? I don’t know. I think it’s all possible.”

Younger is also packing its bags and jet-setting abroad in the new season. Though the context of the trip hasn’t been revealed, it’s clear the show is getting bigger and better. “We are leaving the United States at some point,” Tortorella teased. “We are going to Europe!”

Asked what he’d want Josh to tackle, Tortorella had the best response.

“I want to see Josh tackle Charles, like, physically tackle him and beat him up,” he joked, half serious. “I think it might [happen].”

Younger premieres Wednesday, June 28 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on TV Land.

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“Younger” star Nico Tortorella got candid with Andy Cohen during his radio show Monday when discussing the impact a man’s sexuality has on his acting career.

“The conversation lives in can you still be a leading man and be somewhere other than ‘normal,'” Tortorella told Cohen. “And I think for me, this is the time to reinvent the leading man.”

“We’ve only seen one leading man basically since the beginning of Hollywood,” he continued. “And I think it’s just time to have so many different types of leading men — gay leading men, trans leading men, racially diverse leading men — and I fit somewhere into that picture.”

When Cohen asked Tortorella if he found himself more attracted to women or to men, Tortorella had a “hard time answering.”

“I don’t really believe in the binary of gender in the first place, so I have a hard time answering that question,” he said. “I think that there is a wide spectrum — more of a universe, really — and I’ve dated in between the male and female, so I don’t really look at it as one or the other.”

When Cohen asked Tortorella to clarify, Tortorella said he’s dated “gender-nonconforming folk and trans folk” in the past and that he’s currently dating “a few different people.”

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“The Following” actor gets a shocking visit from his grandfather. Watch the incredible reading on “Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry.”

You can check out the episode this Wednesday (May 31) at 8pm ET/PT on E!

In Wednesdays all-new episode of Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry, Tyler leaves actor Nico Tortorella in tears after connecting with his inspirational and beloved grandfather.

Starring Courtney Love, Nico Tortorella, Myko Olivier and Benito Martinez, Menendez: Blood Brothers, will premiere on June 11th at 8pm ET/PT. Based on the true story, the movie explores the inner lives and motivation behind the murders of entertainment executive Jose Menendez and his wife Kitty at the hands of their sons Lyle and Erik in 1989. The movie will also reveal new details about the extreme abuse the brothers endured at their fathers hands, all while their mother looked the other way. The film is executive produced and directed by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, and the script is written by Abdi Nazemian.

Starring Courtney Love, Nico Tortorella, Myko Olivier and Benito Martinez, Menendez: Blood Brothers, will premiere on June 11th at 8pm ET/PT. Based on the true story, the movie explores the inner lives and motivation behind the murders of entertainment executive Jose Menendez and his wife Kitty at the hands of their sons Lyle and Erik in 1989. The movie will also reveal new details about the extreme abuse the brothers endured at their fathers hands, all while their mother looked the other way. The film is executive produced and directed by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, and the script is written by Abdi Nazemian. Charles Pugliese also executive produces.