Died Nicky Katt, star of « Boston Public » and favorite actor of Linklater and Nolan
The circumstances of the disappearance have not been known. He had worked alongside great directors, from Steven Soderbergh to Quentin Tarantino
The American actor Nicky Katt, known for his memorable interpretation of Hard high school lender Texano Clint Bruno In the film « Life is a dream » and as a star star « Boston Public »died at the age of 54 in Burbank, California. His death was announced by friends and the lawyer John Sloss, who, however, did not provide other details on the death to US media.
Katt was a reference actor For Linklater and for a group of directors who includes Steven Soderbergh, Christopher Nolan, Robert Rodriguez and David Gordon Green: each of them wrote it on several occasions. In the « » Boston Public « series Katt played the geology teacher Harry Senate; The production made sure that it was excluded after a nervous exhaustion, so that Katt could devote himself to film career After three television seasons.
His specialty seems to be that of Hard and angularroles he played in films such as « the time to kill » (1996) by Joel Schumacher and « 1 km from Wall Street » (2000) by Ben Younger.
Born in South Dakota on May 11, 1970, Nicky Katt began his career obtaining Small parts in some TV series. He made his debut in the cinema in 1992 obtaining a small role in « Sister Act – a unscrewed in nun dress »followed by « Life is a dream » (1993) by Richard Linklater on a group of austin teenagers who celebrate the last day of high school in 1976; Ben Affleck, Matthew McConaughey, Parker Posey and Joey Lauren Adams also starred in the film.
Linklater directed him again in « Suburbia » (1996), « Waking Life » (2001) and School of Rock « (2003). His filmography includes titles like « English » (1999) by Steven Soderbergh, « Rules of honor » (2000) by William Friedkin, « Insomnia » (2002) by Christopher Nolan, « Full Frontal » (2002) by Steven Soderbergh, « Sin City » (2005) by Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, « World Trade Center » (2006) by Oliver Stone, «Grindhouse – death proof»(2007) by Quentin Tarantino, « The dark knight » (2008) by Christopher Nolan.
