Nick Stahl

Nick Stahl first graced our screens nearly 30 years ago as a child actor. Since his breakout role opposite Mel Gibson in the 1993 film Man Without a Face, he has built a strong acting resume with roles in the likes of Sin City, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, and The Thin Red Line. More recently he has starred in films such as The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and III, a short film made to tie-in with the album of the same name by American folk-rock group The Lumineers.

Stahl was born in Texas and began acting in local productions at the age of four. In 1991, aged 12, he made his screen debut in a TV movie called Stranger at My Door. Two years later, he was cast as Chuck Norstadt in Man Without a Face, Mel Gibson’s successful directorial debut. Throughout the rest of the decade, Stahl made the leap from promising child actor to established screen star. In 1996, he proved his credentials when he played Puck in the operatic version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.

The early 2000s represented a first peak in Stahl’s career as he starred as John Connor in Terminator III and Roark Jr. in Sin City. He also played his first regular TV role, starring in the first season of HBO’s multi-Emmy-winning drama Carnivale, a series set in the Dust Bowl during the American Great Depression. After a break from acting during the first half of the 2010s, Stahl is now as busy as he ever was.