Nicky Katt, who stole scenes in Dazed and Confused, The Limey and lots of extra has handed away at solely 54.
If you’re like me, and also you grew up on a gradual eating regimen of nineties indie movies, Nicky Katt was a well-known face. While hardly ever the lead, Katt might at all times be relied on to contribute memorable character roles to a number of the coolest films of the period, and now Deadline is reporting that the actor has died at solely 54 years outdated. No information on the reason for demise has been launched, nevertheless it’s a tragic loss for the business – so far as I’m involved, he by no means actually received his due.
Most of you studying this can most likely keep in mind him greatest for his function in Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused, the place he performed a “greaser” wannabe fifties throwback who beat up Adam Goldberg’s character after getting a beer poured on his head. For my cash, certainly one of Katt’s greatest roles was in The Limey, the place he performed a memorably glib hitman named Stacy, who made the error of underestimating Terence Stamp’s titular character. He was a favourite of that film’s director, Steven Soderbergh (in addition to Linklater – who used him many instances), with him memorably enjoying a coked-up drug supplier within the Liberace biopic, Behind the Candelabra. Other roles embody him enjoying one of many rapists killed by Samuel L. Jackson in A Time to Kill, a memorable half in Christopher Nolan’s remake of Insomnia, and the principle antagonist within the indie Wall Street riff, Boiler Room. He additionally performed one of many unhealthy guys in Christopher McQuarrie’s directorial debut, Way of the Gun.
Katt had seemingly not been energetic on movie and TV for a while, together with his final credited function on the short-lived Hulu collection Casual in 2018. Whatever the case, fifty-four is a really younger age to cross away at, and he deserves to be remembered, as he knocked it out of the park irrespective of how huge or small the function was. May he relaxation in peace.