Nicky Katt, the character of the character known for his papers in “Dazed and Confused”, “Boston Public” and “Boiler Room”, died. He was 54 years old.
Katt's lawyer, John Sloss, the founder and partner of Sloss Law, confirmed the death of the actor to Fox News Digital, but did not provide additional details.
Born on May 11, 1970 in South Dakota, Katt released his career when he was a child, making his television debut in an 1980 episode of “Fantasy Island”.
Nicky Katt, who starred in “Dazed and confused” and “Boston Public”, died at the age of 54. (Getty images)
Throughout the 80s, Katt made appearances in numerous television programs that include “chips”, “Father Murphy”, “Code Red”, “Herbie, The Love Bug”, “Voyagers!”, “Quincy, me”, “V”, “The Get Bear gang”, “The facts of life”, “Dear John” and “Town Buck”. “
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After making his big screen debut in “Underground Aces” of 1981, Katt appeared in “Gremlins”, “The 'Bubbs”, “The Martians go home” and “sister act.”
One of his best -known film roles landed when director Richard Linklater threw it in the classic comedy of the age of 1993 “Dazed and Confined.” He was a member of the film's team that included the in progress Ben Affleck, Matthew McConaughey, Renée Zellweger, Parker Posey and Joey Lauren Adams
Episode 5 of “The Sanction” – issued on 11/16/84 – in the photo: (LR) Nicky Katt as Donovan, Marc Singer as Michael Donovan. (Gene Trindl/NBCU PHOTO BANK/NBCUNIVERSAL through Getty Images through Getty Images)
In the film, Katt played the Clint Bruno High School, who gets involved in a fight with Adam Goldberg's character, Mike Newhouse, during a barrel party.
Linklater and Katt returned to work together in “Suburbia” of 1996, “Waking Life” of 2001 and “2003 School of Rock”.
Katt played a hired killer in the 1999 criminal film by Steven Soderbergh “The Limey.” Katt worked again with Soderbergh when he portrayed an unidentified actor playing German dictator Adolf Hitler in the 2001 comedy drama of the director “Full Front”. The cast of the film's team included Catherine Keener, Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts.
Nicky Katt in New Line Cinema drama, “Boiler Room”. (New Line Cinema through Getty Images)
Katt and Soderbergh gathered again in 2013 for the biographical television film of the director “Behind The Candelabra”.
In another of Katt's most notable roles, he starred as Greg Weinstein Stockbroker along with Affleck, Vin Diesel and Giovanni Ribisi in the “Boilers Room” of 2000.
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In 2002, Katt appeared the psychological thriller of Christopher Nolan in 2002 “Insomnia” and then played a member of the Swat team in the 2008 superhero movie of the director “The Dark Knight”.
David Schwimmer as Ross Geller, Peter Deluise as Carl, Nicky Katt as Arthur, Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing in the episode of friends “The One with the Bullies”. (Gary Null/Nbcu Photo Bank/Nbcuniversal through Getty Images through Getty Images)
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His other cinematographic credits include papers in “A Time To Kill”, “Batman & Robin”, “The Way of the Gun”, “Without City”, “Death Proof”, “Snow Angels” and “The Sitter”.
The late actor also left his mark on the small screen. From 2000 to 2002, Katt played a passionate Geology professor Harry Senate, who used unorthodox methods to instruct his problematic students in the first three seasons of the Fox Television series Drama “Boston Public”.
In 2018, Katt made its final appearance on the screen in the “Casual” Hulu series. (Gary Miller/Filmmagic)
The other Katt television work included appearances in “Love & War”, “Friends”, “Monk”, “The Guardian”, “Law & Order”, “King of the Hill” and “Er”.
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According to IMDB, Katt made its final appearance on the screen during an “casual” Hulu series episode.
