Nicholas Charles “Nick” Castle, Jr. (September 21, 1947) is an American screenwriter, film director, and actor. Castle and Carpenter also collaborated on the screenplay for “Escape from New York”.
Nick has worked extensively in the film industry, and his fans may be curious about him. Let’s find out some interesting facts about him that you didn’t know.
Nick Castle
8 Things You Didn’t Know About Nick Castle
1. Acting Runs in His Blood
He is the son of Nicholas Charles Castle, Sr., an Emmy-nominated actor and top choreographer for motion pictures, television, and the stage. He appears to have inherited his acting abilities from his father.
2. Child Actor
When Nick Castle was a kid, he was frequently cast as an extra or in minor roles in his father’s films. His father actually began his acting training when he was a child.
3. Professionally Studied Film
He studied film at USC and worked as a cinematographer on “The Resurrection of Broncho Billy”, an Academy Award-winning live-action short film.
4. Multi-Talented Personality
Nick has not only established a name for himself as an actor, but he has also demonstrated his abilities in the fields of directing and writing. Castle’s film credits include playing the beach ball alien in “Dark Star,” as well as directing “Major Payne”, “Dennis the Menace”, “The Last Starfighter”, and “Connors’ War”. “Escape from New York” and “Hook” are two of his screenplays. “Tap” was his first film, and he wrote and directed it.
5. Popular Role
His most well-known role was of “Michael Myers” in the 1978 horror film “Halloween”, directed by his former USC classmate “John Carpenter”. And for which he was paid $25 per day.
6. Calloborated With John Carpenter
John Carpenter was his former USC classmate and they both have collaborated in many films. Castle’s subsequent collaborations with Carpenter included having his name used as one of the main characters’ names in “The Fog”. Co-writing the script for “Escape From New York”, and performing the title song of “Big Trouble in Little China” with Carpenter and another friend, Tommy Lee Wallace.
7. Recent Writing Project
August Rush, a musical drama directed by “Kirsten Sheridan” and starring “Freddie Highmore”, “Jonathan Rhys-Meyers” and others, was Castle’s most recent project as a writer.
8. Award-Winning Writer
He has received a great deal of praise for his writing career, as well as numerous awards for his screenplays. For “The Boy Who Could Fly”, Castle received a “Saturn Award” for Best Writing. A “Silver Raven” for “Delivering Milo”, a “Grand Prize” for “The Last Starfighter, a “Bronze Gryphon”, and a “Regional Council Gold Medal”.[1]
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