“Dazed and Confused” star Nicky Cat Dead on 54: Reports

Nicky cat, the star of the 90s indie films including Dazzledhave died according to several reports. He was 54.

Cat’s death was confirmed to Deadline and Winding by John Sloss, founder and partner to Sloss Law, the company that provided the actor’s legal representation. His cause of death was not directly available.

People were enough for Sloss for comments and further information on Saturday, April 12.

Born on May 11, 1970 in South Dakota, cat was a productive character actor who often appeared in projects for director Richard Linklaterincluding his most famous role in the 1993s Dazzled and confused. He also appeared in several Steven Soderberg Movies, including 2002 -comedy Full frontal (alongside Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt) and in Liberace Biopic 2013 Behind the Kandelabra.

IN Full frontalCat played the dark humorous role as an actor who portrayed Adolf Hitler in a fictional game called The sound and fuhrer. Soderbergh told us Los Angeles Times 2002 that he was “absolutely fearless” as an actor.

At that time, cat also told the outlet that the role gave him an opportunity to go back and look at acting from an external perspective.

“There is so much desperation in the air, especially in Los Angeles. You don’t notice it in New York so much,” he said. “Everyone plays a little cooler there, and people have much more interaction with each other. I think Stanley Kubrick called Vibe in LA a” low level wickedness. “It eats you away at some point.”

IN Dazzled and confused, Cat played as high school Bully and Wannabe Greaser Clint Bruno, who chooses a fight with Adam Goldbergcharacter Mike Newhouse.

Cat had many other memorable roles over the years. He was with the 1999s Limey and in Christopher Nolan’s remake 2002 of Insomnia. He also played one of the villainous roles in A time to kill alongside Samuel L. Jackson and Matthew McConaughey.

On the small screen played the actor in the Fox Drama series Boston Public for the show’s first three seasons. His character, Harry Senat, was a geology teacher who eventually won the heart of his difficult students.

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According to IMDB, cat’s final actor came in 2018 when he showed up in a section of Hulu Comedy Series Temporary.

Cat’s fans and other entertainment figures began to share their favorite memories from the actor after the news of his death on Saturday.

Flynn Picture Company Ceo Beau Flynn wrote on x: “Heart broken to learn about how premature passing the severely talented actor #nickkatt – God bless you my friend … What a privilege to know you and work with you on my first movie 1995 – ‘Johns.’ Rest in peace brother. ”

“Such a Bummer,” commented on a fan at X. “One of the character actors that I was always hyped to see showing up in something. (He was) especially fantastic in DazzledThe Doom generation & Limey. Rest in peace to a real actor. ”