Nicky Katt, a personality actor who costarred in Richard Linklater’s indie basic “Dazed and Confused” and the Fox collection “Boston Public,” has died. He was 54.
Katt’s dying was confirmed Saturday by his lawyer John Sloss. The reason for dying was not disclosed.
Born Could 11, 1970, in South Dakota, Katt began out as a baby actor, showing in such TV collection as “Quincy, M.E.,” “Father Murphy,” “Fantasy Island” and “CHiPs.”
As an grownup, Katt developed a status for taking up roles that required him to play unsavory varieties. In a 2002 interview with The Instances, director Steven Soderbergh described Katt’s work as “dangerously out of control” however rigorously ready for his performances.
Katt’s breakthrough got here in “Dazed and Confused,” taking part in bully Clint Bruno within the 1993 coming-of-age stoner comedy about college students in Austin, Texas, celebrating the final day of highschool in 1976. The movie helped propel the careers of Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck and Parker Posey.
Nicky Katt throughout “Solaris” Los Angeles premiere at Pacific Cinerama Dome in Hollywood in 2002.
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For Katz, it led to regular work that included taking part in Bond villain Billy Ray Cobb in “A Time to Kill,” a cutthroat stockbroker in “Boiler Room,” a hitman in Soderbergh’s “The Limey” and a theater actor who portrays Adolf Hitler within the director’s 2002 movie “Full Frontal.” He additionally appeared in “Batman & Robin” and “The Dark Knight.”
Katt continued to do tv, touchdown his largest prime-time function on “Boston Public,” a drama from David E. Kelly set in an city highschool. Katt performed instructor Harry Senate for the primary three seasons. His final listed appearing credit score is a task on the 2018 Hulu collection “Casual.”
In a 2002 interview with The Instances, Katt expressed ambivalence about chasing success in Hollywood.
“Sometimes I think if I did more sit-ups and went to the tanning salon, I could have a lot more power than I do now,” he mentioned. “At the end of the day, you do what your gut tells you to do.”
