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Nick Chinlund Born Zareh Nicholas Chinlund
November 18, 1961
New York City, New York, U.S.Occupation Actor Years active 1990–present Zareh Nicholas "Nick" Chinlund (born November 18, 1961) is an American actor.
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Biography
Early life
Chinlund was born in New York City. He attended the Friends Seminary in Lower Manhattan, later moving to Albany, NY in order to participate in Albany High School's varsity basketball program. Chinlund had designs on further pursuing basketball at Brown University and majoring in history, but was sidelined with a shoulder injury. The resulting injury left a two inch scar on his left shoulder.
Career
With his narrow eyes and gravelly voice, Chinlund is frequently cast as villainous or smarmy characters[citation needed]. After appearing in small roles on episodic television, Chinlund came to prominence[citation needed] when he guest starred on The X-Files second season episode Irresistible playing serial killer Donnie Pfaster. In 2000 he had a small role in episode one of Gilmore Girls. In 2002 he had a recurring role in two episodes of Buffy The Vampire Slayer: "Listening to Fear" and "Into the Woods".
In recent years, Chinlund has been seen in several independent projects, notably A Brother's Kiss (1997). He also served as the executive producer of the film, which was directed by childhood friend Seth Zvi Rosenfeld. A Brother's Kiss was filmed in and around the neighborhood where Chinlund and Rosenfeld grew up. The film tells the story of two brothers, Lex (Chinlund) and Mick (Michael Raynor), who grow up in the hard streets of New York. Chinlund continued in his long vein of independent features with roles in Chutney Popcorn (1999), Amy's Orgasm (2001), Goodnight Joseph Parker (2004) and Sinner (2007).
Recently, Chinlund starred in a few big-screen movies, including Tears of the Sun (2003) with Bruce Willis, Con Air (1997) with Nicolas Cage, The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) with Vin Diesel and directed by David Twohy, who also directed Chinlund in the underwater thriller Below (2002), and Ultraviolet (2006) with Milla Jovovich. He also reprised his X-Files role as Donnie Pfaster for a seventh season episode called Orison. Chinlund was also in Training Day with Denzel Washington, Eraser with Arnold Schwarzenegger and The Legend of Zorro with Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Chinlund has also made guest appearances in the long-running TV drama series Law & Order, as well as in its spinoff, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Chinlund had originally screen-tested for the co-starring role of Elliot Stabler in the latter show, according to Christopher Meloni, who won the role.[1]
As with his film roles, he played villainous roles in those two shows, most notably as a defense attorney and an unethical journalist in the original Law & Order, and a serial killer in Special Victims Unit. Chinlund also played an American-Indian Casino President and CEO, "Chief Doug Smith" in the fourth season episode Christopher of the hit HBO original series, The Sopranos. In 2009, he made an appearance on Castle in the first season episode Home Is Where The Heart Stops. In 2010, he made an appearance on a sixth-season episode of House titled The Down Low, playing a drug dealer named Eddie.
Awards
- Best Actor in a Leading Role, Sinner, 41st Annual Brooklyn Arts Council International Film & Video Festival
Filmography
Year Title Role Notes 1990 The Ambulance Hugo 1992 Lethal Weapon 3 Hatchett 1993 Daybreak Commander Joshua Tree Deputy Tomay 1994 Unveiled Jeremy Avery Bad Girls Pinkerton Detective O'Brady Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica Reform School Girl Dr. Ted Meeks 1995 Letter to My Killer Nick Parma 1996 Eraser WITSEC Agent Nick Calderon 1997 Mr. Magoo Bob Morgan Rough Riders Frederick Remington Con Air William 'Billy Bedlam' Bedford A Brother's Kiss Lex 1998 Frogs for Snakes Iggy 1999 Chutney Popcorn Mitch Resurrection Dr. Jake Sandler TV 2000 Once in the Life Mike Murphy Something Sweet Lee Auggie Rose Salesman 2001 Training Day Tim Amy's Orgasm Matthew Starr 2002 100 Mile Rule Paul Below Chief 2003 Bun-Bun Father 2 Tears of the Sun Michael 'Slo' Slowenski 2004 The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury Toombs Voice The Chronicles of Riddick Toombs Goodnight, Joseph Parker Joseph Parker 2005 The Legend of Zorro Jacob McGivens Desperate Housewives Detective Sullivan 2006 Ultraviolet Vice-Cardinal Ferdinand Daxus 2007 Sinner Anthony The Fifth Patient John Reilly 2008 Ball Don't Lie Anthony Felon Sgt. Roberts The Onion Movie Bryce Brand 2009 Wyvern Jake Castle Evan Mitchell 2010 House, M.D. Eddie 2011 Young Justice Sportsmaster voice References
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Categories:- 1961 births
- American film actors
- Actors from New York City
- American television actors
- Living people
- Brown University alumni
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