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Nick Castle
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American film director, actor and screenwriter
Film & TV
Los Angeles, California, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Nick Castle (born September 21, 1947) is an American actor, screenwriter and film director, best known for his role as Michael Myers in Halloween. He also co-wrote Escape from New York with his friend, John Carpenter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nick Castle, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- In Search of Darkness: Part III — Self2022
- Halloween Ends — Flasher2022
- In Search of Tomorrow — Self - Interviewee2022
- The History of Metal and Horror — Self2021
- Halloween Kills — The Shape2021
- Behind the Monsters — Self2021
- In Search of Darkness: Part II — Self2020
- In Search of Darkness — Self2019
- The Movies That Made Us — Self2019
- Halloween — The Shape2018
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1947-09-21 ) September 21, 1947 (age 78) , Los Angeles , California , U.S.
- Occupations
- Film director screenwriter actor
- Years active
- 1970–present
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- director
- Educated at
- University of Southern California
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Nick Castle Photo Op GalaxyCon Raleigh 2024.jpg
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- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
- date of birth
- 1947-09-21
- Commons category
- Nick Castle
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Nick Castle
- start of work period
- 1969-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Nicholas John Castle Jr. (born September 21, 1947) is an American screenwriter, film director, and actor. He is known for playing Michael Myers in John Carpenter's horror film Halloween (1978). He also had a cameo as Myers in Halloween (2018), Halloween Kills (2021), and Halloween Ends (2022). Castle also co-wrote Escape from New York (1981) with Carpenter. After Halloween, Castle became a director, taking the helm of films such as The Last Starfighter (1984), The Boy Who Could Fly (1986), Dennis the Menace (1993), and Major Payne (1995).
Career
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