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

Should you’re like me, and also you grew up on a gradual food regimen of nineties indie movies, Nicky Katt was a well-recognized face. Whereas hardly ever the lead, Katt may at all times be relied on to contribute memorable character roles to a few of the coolest films of the period, and now Deadline is reporting that the actor has died at solely 54 years outdated.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 business – so far as I’m involved, he by no means actually received his due.

Most of you studying it will in all probability bear in mind him finest for his function 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, certainly one of Katt’s finest 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 occasions), with him memorably enjoying a coked-up drug vendor within the Liberace biopic, Behind the Candelabra. Different roles embody him enjoying 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 principle 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 function on the short-lived Hulu collection 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 regardless of how massive or small the function was. Might he relaxation in peace.