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Nick Castle is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Director of Photography American born on 21 september 1947 at Los Angeles (USA)

Nick Castle

Nick Castle
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Birth name Nicholas Charles Castle Jr.
Nationality USA
Birth 21 september 1947 (76 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Nicholas Charles "Nick" Castle, Jr. (born September 21, 1947) is an American screenwriter, film director and actor best known for his role as Michael Myers in Halloween, directed by his friend John Carpenter. Castle also co-wrote Escape from New York with Carpenter.

Biography

Early life
Castle was born Nicholas Charles Castle, Jr. in Kingsport, Tennessee the son of Millie and Nicholas Charles Castle, Sr. who was an actor and top choreographer for motion pictures, television, and the stage, and was nominated for an Emmy. As a child, Nick Castle often appeared as an extra or in bit roles in his father's films. He studied film at USC, where he served as cinematographer for the Academy Award-winning live action short film The Resurrection of Broncho Billy.


Career
Castle's film credits include Major Payne, Dennis the Menace, The Last Starfighter, and Connors' War as a director, Escape from New York and Hook as a screenwriter, and Tap as both.

He played Michael Myers in the 1978 horror classic Halloween, directed by former USC classmate John Carpenter, being paid $25 a day.

Castle's most recent project is the screenplay for August Rush, a musical-drama directed by Kirsten Sheridan and starring Freddie Highmore, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Robin Williams, and Keri Russell, released in 2007. He also stars as himself in the 2010 documentary Halloween: The Inside Story by Filipino filmmaker Nick Noble.

Castle won a Saturn Award for Best Writing for The Boy Who Could Fly, a Silver Raven (for Delivering Milo), a Grand Prize (for The Last Starfighter), a Bronze Gryphon, and a Gold Medal of the Regional Council.

Best films

Hook (1991)
(Screenstory)
Halloween (2018)
(Actor)
August Rush (2007)
(Story)
Escape from New York (1981)
(Scriptwriter)

Usually with

Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Nick Castle (25 films)

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YearNameJobRoles
2021Halloween KillsActorThe Shape
2018HalloweenActorMichael Myers / The Shape
2007August RushStory
2006Connors' WarDirector
2004The Seat FillerDirector
2001Delivering MiloDirector
2001'Twas the NightDirector
1996Escape from L.A.Characters
1996Mr. WrongDirector
1995Major PayneDirector
1993Dennis the MenaceDirector
1991HookScreenstory
1989TapDirector, Writer
1986The Boy Who Could FlyActor, Director, WriterThe Coupe de Villes
1984The Last StarfighterDirector
1984Terror in the AislesActorThe Shape (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982Tag: The Assassination GameDirector, Writer
1982Tag: The Assassination GameDirector, Writer
1981Escape from New YorkActor, ScriptwriterPianist
1980Pray TVScriptwriter
1980Pray TVScriptwriter
1979Skatetown U.S.A.Story
1978HalloweenActorMichael Myers
1974Dark StarActor, Assistant CameraAilien
1970The Resurrection of Broncho BillyWriter, Director of Photography