Nicky Katt, well-loved indie character actor from Dazed and Confused & Boiler Room, dead at 54

[ad_1] Nicky Katt, who stole scenes in Dazed and Confused, The Limey and plenty of extra has handed away at solely 54.

If you happen to’re like me, and also you grew up on a gentle food regimen of nineties indie movies, Nicky Katt was a well-known face. Whereas not often the lead, Katt might all the time 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a number of the coolest films of the period, and now Deadline is reporting that the actor has died at solely 54 years outdated.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, however it’s a tragic loss for the trade – so far as I’m involved, he by no means actually acquired his due.

Most of you studying this can most likely keep in mind him greatest for his position 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, one in every 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 taking part in a coked-up drug supplier within the Liberace biopic, Behind the Candelabra. Different roles embody him taking part in 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 primary antagonist within the indie Wall Avenue riff, Boiler Room. He additionally performed one of many dangerous guys in Christopher McQuarrie’s directorial debut, Means of the Gun.

Katt had seemingly not been energetic on movie and TV for a while, together with his final credited position on the short-lived Hulu sequence Informal in 2018. Regardless of the case, fifty-four is a really younger age to go away at, and he deserves to be remembered, as he knocked it out of the park irrespective of how massive or small the position was. Might he relaxation in peace.