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Nicolas Kent Stahl (born December 5, 1979) is an American actor. Starting out as a child actor, he gained recognition for his performance in the 1993 film The Man Without a Face
The Man Without a Face

The Man Without a Face is a 1993 drama starring and directed by Mel Gibson. The movie is based on Isabelle Holland's 1972 novel of the same name....
 and then embarked on a successful career as a child actor. He later transitioned into his adult career with roles in Bully
Bully (film)

Bully is a 2001 in film drama film, based on actual events, starring Brad Renfro, Rachel Miner, Bijou Phillips, Nick Stahl, and Michael Pitt....
, Sin City
Sin City (film)

Sin City is a 2005 in film written, produced and directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez. It is a Film noir based on Miller's graphic novel Sin City....
, In the Bedroom
In the Bedroom

In the Bedroom is a 2001 American film directed by Todd Field, and dedicated to Andre Dubus whose short story Killings is the source material from which the screenplay, by Field and Robert Festinger, is based....
, the HBO series Carnivāle
Carnivāle

Carniv?le is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle between free will and destiny; the storyline mixes Christianity theology with gnosticism and Freemasonry l...
, and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, commonly abbreviated as T3, is a 2003 in film science fiction/action film film directed by Jonathan Mostow and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes and Kristanna Loken....
, in which he took over the role of John Connor
John Connor

John Connor is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Terminator science fiction franchise. In a fictional post-apocalyptic future first referred to in The Terminator, powerful, intelligent machines have dedicated themselves to the eradication of humanity, and John Connor is the leader of the human resistance movement...
, originally played by Edward Furlong
Edward Furlong

Edward Walter Furlong is a Saturn Award-winning American actor, best known to film audiences as John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Daniel Vinyard in American History X....
.

l was born in Harlingen
Harlingen, Texas

Harlingen is a city in Cameron County, Texas in the heart of the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas, United States. The city covers more than 34 sq mi and is the second largest city in Cameron County and the third largest in the Rio Grande Valley after Brownsville, Texas and McAllen, Texas....
, Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
, the son of Donna Lynn, a broker
Broker

A broker is a party that mediates between a buyer and a seller. A broker who also acts as a seller or as a buyer becomes a :wikt:principal party to the deal....
age assistant, and William Kent Stahl.






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Nicolas Kent Stahl (born December 5, 1979) is an American actor. Starting out as a child actor, he gained recognition for his performance in the 1993 film The Man Without a Face
The Man Without a Face

The Man Without a Face is a 1993 drama starring and directed by Mel Gibson. The movie is based on Isabelle Holland's 1972 novel of the same name....
 and then embarked on a successful career as a child actor. He later transitioned into his adult career with roles in Bully
Bully (film)

Bully is a 2001 in film drama film, based on actual events, starring Brad Renfro, Rachel Miner, Bijou Phillips, Nick Stahl, and Michael Pitt....
, Sin City
Sin City (film)

Sin City is a 2005 in film written, produced and directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez. It is a Film noir based on Miller's graphic novel Sin City....
, In the Bedroom
In the Bedroom

In the Bedroom is a 2001 American film directed by Todd Field, and dedicated to Andre Dubus whose short story Killings is the source material from which the screenplay, by Field and Robert Festinger, is based....
, the HBO series Carnivāle
Carnivāle

Carniv?le is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle between free will and destiny; the storyline mixes Christianity theology with gnosticism and Freemasonry l...
, and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, commonly abbreviated as T3, is a 2003 in film science fiction/action film film directed by Jonathan Mostow and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes and Kristanna Loken....
, in which he took over the role of John Connor
John Connor

John Connor is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Terminator science fiction franchise. In a fictional post-apocalyptic future first referred to in The Terminator, powerful, intelligent machines have dedicated themselves to the eradication of humanity, and John Connor is the leader of the human resistance movement...
, originally played by Edward Furlong
Edward Furlong

Edward Walter Furlong is a Saturn Award-winning American actor, best known to film audiences as John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Daniel Vinyard in American History X....
.

Biography


Early life

Stahl was born in Harlingen
Harlingen, Texas

Harlingen is a city in Cameron County, Texas in the heart of the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas, United States. The city covers more than 34 sq mi and is the second largest city in Cameron County and the third largest in the Rio Grande Valley after Brownsville, Texas and McAllen, Texas....
, Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
, the son of Donna Lynn, a broker
Broker

A broker is a party that mediates between a buyer and a seller. A broker who also acts as a seller or as a buyer becomes a :wikt:principal party to the deal....
age assistant, and William Kent Stahl. He was raised in Plano
Plano, Texas

Plano is a city in Texas. Located mainly within Collin County, Texas, it is a wealthy northern suburb of Dallas, Texas. The population was 222,030 at the United States Census, 2000, making it the ninth largest city in Texas....
 and currently lives in Austin, TX.

Career

The 1993 film The Man Without a Face
The Man Without a Face

The Man Without a Face is a 1993 drama starring and directed by Mel Gibson. The movie is based on Isabelle Holland's 1972 novel of the same name....
, co-starring Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson

Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, Officer of the Order of Australia is an Australian-American actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter....
, helped boost his career at the age of 13. His first professional casting was in Stranger at My Door, although he had been acting in children's plays since he was four years old.

Recent films include How to Rob a Bank
How to Rob a Bank

How To Rob A Bank is an American independent film, with as its subtitle: And 10 Tips To Actually Get Away With It. It finished filming in March 2006 and premiered May 20, 2007 at the Cannes Film Market....
 (2007), Sleepwalking
Sleepwalking (film)

Sleepwalking is a 2008 in film drama film that premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2008....
 (2008), Quid Pro Quo
Quid pro quo

Quid pro quo indicates a more-or-less equal exchange or substitution of goods or services.English language speakers often use the term to mean "a favour for a favour" and the phrases with almost identical meaning include: "what for what," "give and take," Tit for tat, "this for that", "you scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours", and...
 (2008). Stahl has played two sadistic characters who participate in rape
Rape

Rape, also referred to as sexual assault, is an assault by a person involving sexual intercourse with or sexual penetration of another person without that person's consent....
, Bobby Kent
Bobby Kent

Bobby Kent was an United States who was murdered by seven others, including his best friend, Martin Joseph Puccio, Jr. , in what is now Weston, Florida in South Florida....
 in the film Bully
Bully (film)

Bully is a 2001 in film drama film, based on actual events, starring Brad Renfro, Rachel Miner, Bijou Phillips, Nick Stahl, and Michael Pitt....
 and Roark Jr./Yellow Bastard in Sin City
Sin City (film)

Sin City is a 2005 in film written, produced and directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez. It is a Film noir based on Miller's graphic novel Sin City....
.

Stahl will not be reprising his role as John Connor in Terminator Salvation
Terminator Salvation

Terminator Salvation is an upcoming Cinema of the United States Science fiction film post-apocalyptic war film set for release on May 21, 2009....
. Instead Christian Bale
Christian Bale

Christian Charles Philip Bale is an English people actor whose film credits include American Psycho , Batman Begins, The Dark Knight , The Prestige , 3:10 to Yuma , and the upcoming film Terminator Salvation, in which he will play the role of John Connor....
 will take over. Stahl noted the film's concept as a "a jump to the future, so my character will be quite a bit older."

Personal life

He dated Carnivāle co-star Carla Gallo
Carla Gallo

Carla Gallo is an United States actor best known for roles in the television series Undeclared and Carniv?le and in the seminal indie film Spanking the Monkey....
 from 2003 to 2006

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1991 Stranger at My Door Robert Fortier 
1992 Woman with a Past Brian 
1993 The Man Without a Face
The Man Without a Face

The Man Without a Face is a 1993 drama starring and directed by Mel Gibson. The movie is based on Isabelle Holland's 1972 novel of the same name....
Charles E. 'Chuck' Norstadt 
1994 Safe Passage
Safe Passage (film)

Safe Passage is a 1994 drama movie starring Susan Sarandon, Nick Stahl, Sam Shepard, Sean Astin, and Jason London....
Simon Singer 
Incident in a Small Town John Bell Trenton 
1995 Tall Tale
Tall tale

A tall tale is a story with unbelievable elements, related as if it was true and factual. Some such stories are exaggerations of actual events, such as, "that fish was so big, why I tell ya', it nearly sank the boat when I pulled it in!" Other tall tales are completely fictional tales in a familiar setting, such as the American Old West or t...
Daniel Hackett 
Blue River Young Edward 
1996 My Son Is Innocent Eric Sutter 
1997 Eye of God Tom Spencer 
1998 The Thin Red Line
The Thin Red Line (1998 film)

The Thin Red Line is a 1998 in film Cinema of the United States which tells a fictional story of Military of the United States during the Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II with the focus on the men in C Company, most notably Private Witt and his conflicted feelings about fighting in the war, Colonel Tall and his desire to win the ba...
Private First Class Edward Beade 
Disturbing Behavior
Disturbing Behavior

Disturbing Behavior is a 1998 Thriller science fiction film starring: James Marsden, Katie Holmes, Nick Stahl, Bruce Greenwood, and Steve Railsback....
Gavin Strick 
Soundman Tommy Pepin 
1999 Seasons of Love Adult Grover 
2000 All Forgotten Vladimir 
Sunset Strip Zach 
2001 In the Bedroom
In the Bedroom

In the Bedroom is a 2001 American film directed by Todd Field, and dedicated to Andre Dubus whose short story Killings is the source material from which the screenplay, by Field and Robert Festinger, is based....
Frank Fowler 
The Sleepy Time Gal
The Sleepy Time Gal

The Sleepy Time Gal is a 2001 in film film written and directed by Christopher Munch. The film stars Jacqueline Bisset, Martha Plimpton, Nick Stahl, Amy Madigan, Seymour Cassel and Frankie Faison....
Morgan 
Bully
Bully (film)

Bully is a 2001 in film drama film, based on actual events, starring Brad Renfro, Rachel Miner, Bijou Phillips, Nick Stahl, and Michael Pitt....
Bobby Kent
Bobby Kent

Bobby Kent was an United States who was murdered by seven others, including his best friend, Martin Joseph Puccio, Jr. , in what is now Weston, Florida in South Florida....
 
2002 Taboo Christian Turner 
Wasted Chris 
2003 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, commonly abbreviated as T3, is a 2003 in film science fiction/action film film directed by Jonathan Mostow and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes and Kristanna Loken....
John Connor
John Connor

John Connor is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Terminator science fiction franchise. In a fictional post-apocalyptic future first referred to in The Terminator, powerful, intelligent machines have dedicated themselves to the eradication of humanity, and John Connor is the leader of the human resistance movement...
 
Bookies
Bookies (film)

Bookies is a 2003 in film movie written by Michael Bacall and directed by Mark Illsley. The story revolves around the lives of four college students....
Toby 
Twist
Twist (film)

Twist is a film released in 2003 and is a retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel Oliver Twist....
Dodge 
2005 Carnivāle
Carnivāle

Carniv?le is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle between free will and destiny; the storyline mixes Christianity theology with gnosticism and Freemasonry l...
Ben Hawkins 
Sin City
Sin City (film)

Sin City is a 2005 in film written, produced and directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez. It is a Film noir based on Miller's graphic novel Sin City....
Roark Jr./Yellow Bastard 
2006 The Night of the White Pants
The Night of the White Pants

The Night of the White Pants is a 2006 comedy drama film directed by Amy Talkington. It was shot on location in Dallas, Texas on digital video....
Horace 'Raff' Rafferty 
2007 How to Rob a Bank
How to Rob a Bank

How To Rob A Bank is an American independent film, with as its subtitle: And 10 Tips To Actually Get Away With It. It finished filming in March 2006 and premiered May 20, 2007 at the Cannes Film Market....
Jason 'Jinx' Taylor 
2008Sleepwalking
Sleepwalking (film)

Sleepwalking is a 2008 in film drama film that premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2008....
James 
Quid Pro Quo
Quid pro quo

Quid pro quo indicates a more-or-less equal exchange or substitution of goods or services.English language speakers often use the term to mean "a favour for a favour" and the phrases with almost identical meaning include: "what for what," "give and take," Tit for tat, "this for that", "you scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours", and...
Isaac 
2009 My One and Only
My One and Only (film)

My One and Only is an upcoming comedy feature film. The movie based on a true story about George Hamilton early life on the road with his mother and brother, that Hamilton had told to Merv Griffin....
Bud post-production
The Speed of Thought Joshua Lazarus post-production
Kalamity Billy Klepack post-production
In NorthWood Allen post-production
Burning Palms
Burning Palms (film)

Burning Palms is an upcoming satire film based on Los Angeles stereotypes told through five intertwining storylines....
Robert Kane post-production


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