NICK STAHL
Date of Birth: December 5, 1979
When he was just four, Nick Stahl decided he wanted to be an actor after his mother took him to see a play. Born in Harlington, Texas and raised in Dallas, he began acting in community theater and commercials. His first professional acting role came at the age of ten playing Robert Urichs son in the TV movie Stranger at My Door (1991), filmed in Austin, Texas. A role in another TV movie, A Woman With a Past, followed. He was next chosen by Mel Gibson to star opposite him in Gibsons directorial debut, The Man Without a Face (1993). The role earned Stahl a Young Artist Award nomination for Best Youth Actor Co-Starring in a Motion Picture Drama.
His next role was in the TV movie Incident in a Small Town (1994), starring Walter Matthau, followed by another feature film, Safe Passage (1994), in which he played Susan Sarandons son. In Disneys Tall Tale (1995), he played a boy who travels back in time to the American west and meets the legends hes heard about. He played a young soldier in The Thin Red Line(1998) starring Sean Penn, Adrien Brody, James Caviezel, George Clooney and Nick Nolte. The film not only was a huge success at the box office but was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture.
Set in 19th century Russia, Stahl played Kirsten Dunsts romantic love interest in All Forgotten (2000). In the critically-acclaimed In The Bedroom (2000), he played a teen who falls in love with an older married woman (played by Marisa Tomei). The film was nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture. Next up for Stahl was The Sleepy Time Gal (2001) opposite Jacqueline Bisset and Martha Plimpton, but the film was only given a limited release. In Bully (2001), Stahl played a teenager whose bullying ways prompt his friends to plot his murder.
Stahl took over the role of John Connor in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), starring alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger. He followed that up with his first recurring role in a TV series, playing a mysterious 18-year-old fugitive who is taken in by a carnival as it travels across the Oklahoma Dust Bowl in the 1930s in the HBO TV series Carnivale.
Stahl currently lives in Los Angeles.
Filmography:
Sin City(2005)
Twist(2003)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines(2003)
Bookies(2003)
Taboo(2002)
Bully(2001)
The Sleepy Time Gal (2001)
In the Bedroom(2001)
All Forgotten (2000)
Sunset Strip(2000)
Soundman (1999)
The Thin Red Line(1998)
Disturbing Behavior(1998)
Eye of God (1997)
Tall Tale (1995)
Safe Passage (1994)
The Man Without a Face (1993)