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Nick Searcy Born March 7, 1959 [1]
Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States[1]Occupation Actor Years active 1990[2]–present Spouse Leslie Riley (1986-present) 1 child Nick Searcy (born March 7, 1959) is an American actor who currently portrays Chief Deputy United States Marshal Art Mullen on FX's Justified. He also had a major role in the Tom Hanks produced miniseries From the Earth to the Moon as Deke Slayton.
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Life and career
Searcy was born in Cullowhee, North Carolina. He is a graduate of Cullowhee High School. He then briefly attended the North Carolina School of the Arts and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in English.
From 1982 to 1989, Searcy lived in New York where he did Off-Broadway plays. Some of these included Guys and Dolls, Cabaret and Jesus Christ Superstar. When he moved back to North Carolina, he began to act in features that were shooting locally. Small parts in Days of Thunder (1990) and The Prince of Tides led to the role of the malicious Frank in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991).
Searcy has appeared in several television series. He had a recurring role as Brett on Thunder Alley, was a series regular on American Gothic and guest starred on Murder One and Nash Bridges with Don Johnson. He was a regular character on the UPN series Seven Days from 1998 to 2001, and played Barry Martin on the ABC series Rodney, which starred Rodney Carrington, from 2004 to 2006. He has also starred in several TV movies, including In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness (1994), Stolen Innocence (1995) and Le Jeu de l'oie (1980).[3]
In the summer of 1996, Searcy produced, directed and acted in his first independent feature, Paradise Falls (1997), and won a Hollywood Discovery Award at the Hollywood Film Festival for Best Feature Film (Under $1 Million).[citation needed] Since then, he has appeared in films such as Cast Away (2000) starring Tom Hanks, One Hour Photo (2002) starring Robin Williams, Runaway Jury (2003) starring John Cusack, and The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2005) starring Sean Penn.
In 2011, Nick Searcy appeared in the Herman Cain campaign ad "Yellow Flowers" on Youtube.[4]
Searcy resides in Southern California with his wife, actress Leslie Riley, and their two children, Chloe and Omar.[5]
Filmography
The Last Song 2010 Blood Done Sign My Name 2010 The Ugly Truth 2009 Eagle Eye 2008 XII 2008 The Comebacks 2007 Timber Falls 2007 Welcome to Paradise 2007 An American Crime 2007 The Dead Girl 2006 Flicka 2006 Cold Storage 2006 Neighborhood Watch 2005 The Lost Cause 2004 The Assassination of Richard Nixon 2004 The Last Summer 2004 Runaway Jury 2003 Head of State 2003 One Hour Photo 2002 Cast Away 2000 The Angel Doll 2000 Tigerland 2000 About Sarah 1998 Paradise Falls 1997 A Step Toward Tomorrow 1996 Desert Winds 1995 Nell 1994 The War 1994 The Fugitive 1993 House of Cards 1993 Losers in Love 1993 The Real McCoy 1993 Sunny's Deliverance 1993 Love Field 1992 Fried Green Tomatoes 1991 The Prince of Tides 1991 Days of Thunder 1990 References
- ^ a b "Nick Searcy Biography". Yahoo! Movies. Yahoo! Inc. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800287817/bio. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ^ "Nick Searcy Filmography". Fandango. http://www.fandango.com/nicksearcy/filmography/p64225?sort=release-date&srtste=sorted_up. Retrieved 2007-11-16.
- ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/84/Nick-Searcy.html#ixzz0tnEJRPK0
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSlC7BxmSqY
- ^ http://www.tribute.ca/people/Nick+Searcy/5589
External links
Categories:- 1959 births
- Living people
- American film actors
- American film directors
- American television actors
- Actors from North Carolina
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