Character actor Nicky Katt, recognized greatest for his movie and tv roles in Dazed and Confused, Boston Public, and Boiler Room, has died at age 54.

Katt's lawyer John Sloss confirmed the information to Leisure Weekly however didn’t disclose the actor's explanation for demise.

Born on Might 11, 1970, Katt obtained his begin on the age of seven, showing in reveals like Code Crimson, Father Murphy, Fantasy Island, and Herbie, the Love Bug, amongst quite a few others.

His breakout position was the bully Clint Bruno within the 1983 basic Dazed and Confused. Directed by Richard Linklater, the basic coming-of-age movie centered on a bunch of Austin youngsters celebrating the final day of highschool in 1976. Katt starred within the movie alongside Matthew McConaughey, Parker Posey, and Ben Affleck.

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Following his Dazed and Confused position, Katt labored with Linklater once more on the movies Waking Life and SubUrbia. The A Time to Kill actor wed Annie Morse (Get Over It) in 1999. The couple divorced in 2001, with Katt by no means remarrying.

The actor continued to movie initiatives in Austin, starring within the 2005 Robert Rodriguez movie Sin City because the villainous character Stuka. He additionally had a job in Rodriguez's double characteristic with Quentin Tarantino Planet Terror/Loss of life Proof.

Katt would later reunite together with his Dazed and Confused castmates for a reside script studying of the stoner movie in 2020.

Katt's different notable roles included that of instructor Harry Senate on the varsity drama Boston Public, crooked finance affiliate Greg Weinstein in Boiler Room, and detective Frank Duggar in Speakeasy. He ventured into voice appearing for video video games, taking part in the character Atton Rand in Star Wars Knights of the Outdated Republic II: The Sith Lords. He additionally appeared in a 2004 off-Broadway manufacturing of the Woody Allen play, A Second Hand Reminiscence.

His last position was in a 2018 episode of Informal.

Chatting with IGN in 2008 about his skill to convey humor to the darkish roles he grew to become recognized for, Katt defined, " I sort of am infamous for bringing quite a lot of humor to stuff, and never in a scene-stealing method, [but] particularly if one thing is absolutely sort of heavy material I'm sort of like oxygen for a drowning man."

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Including how he regarded as much as actors like Gary Oldman and Warren Oates as a result of they didn't actually, "match into one [type of role]," Katt informed the outlet, "I've undoubtedly gone by streaks the place that's all that folks needed me to play, the unhealthy man, particularly after Dazed and Confused. However I've been actually fortunate as a result of I get to play all several types of guys."

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