Biography
Nick 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 and then embarked on a successful career as a child actor. He later transitioned into his adult career with roles in Bully, Sin City, In the Bedroom, the HBO series Carnivàle, and the film Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, in which he took over the role of John Connor, originally played by Edward Furlong. He also recently star...
Known For
Complete Filmography
James the Second
2025
as Mr. Thomas
The story of a teenage boy who suffers from a rare disorder that prevents him from feeling. We follow the journey of a single mother going through her...
Keep Quiet
2025
as Darius Humphrey
A weathered tribal cop and his new trainee must find a ruthless fugitive, whose return to their rural Indigenous reservation has exposed its darkest s...
What You Wish For
2025
as Ryan
A talented chef with gambling woes flees to a Latin American villa to visit an old friend who appears to be living an extraordinary life as a private ...
Confidential Informant
2023
as Mike Thorton
During a crack epidemic two narcotics agents hunting for a cop killer. Hoping for leads, Moran and Thorton pay off a junkie informant. To provide for ...
Knights of the Zodiac
2023
as Cassios
When a headstrong street orphan, Seiya, in search of his abducted sister unwittingly taps into hidden powers, he discovers he might be the only person...
Night Blooms
2022
as Wayne
Jessica Clement stars with Nick Stahl in a furtive 90's set drama about young Carly and her love affair with her best friend's Dad.
What Josiah Saw
2021
as Eli Graham
A family with buried secrets reunite at a farmhouse after two decades to pay for their past sins.
Grace and Grit
2021
as Bob Doty
The true love story of iconic philosopher Ken Wilber and his wife Treya in 1980s California as they fall madly in love and are faced with illness and ...
American Dream
2021
as Yuri
Two American entrepreneurs must face a Russian mobster's vengeance after they cut him out of a business deal.
Hunter Hunter
2020
as Lou
A fur trapper leaves his wife and daughter behind to kill a rogue wolf in the remote wilderness, but they soon become increasingly worried when their ...
The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson
2020
as Glen Rogers
In 1994 Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman were brutally murdered in her Los Angeles home by whom most believe to be O.J Simpson. But ...
III
2019
as Jimmy Sparks
Three generations of the same family grapple with addiction and inherited trauma in this cinematic rendering of the latest album from American folk-ro...
Away From Here
2014
as James
Six years after an affair with the 15-year old daughter of the priest who was his mentor, a former youth minister, now an ex-con and recovering addict...
On the Inside
2011
as Allen Meneric
A decent but troubled young man is sent to a psychiatric institution for the criminally insane and soon finds himself in a fight for his life battling...
Afghan Luke
2011
as Luke Benning
Disheartened when his story about Canadian snipers possibly mutilating corpses in Afghanistan is buried, Luke (Nick Stahl) quits his job but is even m...
388 Arletta Avenue
2011
as James
A young couple find themselves in an unnerving situation with a mysterious stalker.
The Speed of Thought
2011
as Joshua Lazarus
Joshua Lazarus (Nick Stahl) is a telepath who has been raised in a NSA foster home. Lazarus helps the government by using his abilities. He is told by...
Locke & Key
2011
as Duncan Locke
Three children become the caretakers of a New England mansion that is home to a bevy of secrets and magic.
Dead Awake
2010
as Dylan
Dylan, a young man working at a funeral parlor, is trying to unravel a mystery that shattered his life ten years earlier. After faking his own funeral...
Kalamity
2010
as Billy Klepack
Haunted by memories of his ex-girlfriend Alice, a heartbroken Billy returns home to Northern Virginia seeking solace from old friends. But what he fin...
Mirrors 2
2010
as Max Matheson
When Max, who is recovering from a traumatic accident, takes a job as a nighttime security guard, he begins to see visions of a young mysterious woman...
As Blood Runs Deep
2010
as Noah Cordin
Small-town detective Noah Cordin is called to solve a juvenile homicide that occurred during a home burglary in his affluent town of Hilliard. The dea...
The Chameleon
2010
as Brendan Kerrigan
The amazing true story of Frédéric Bourdin, who after having plundered all the centers for runaway minors and deliquents in Europe, even thought he ha...
Everything Will Happen Before You Die
2010
as Hunter Robinson
Former party boy Edgar is finally ready to settle down. He's got a thriving T-shirt design business and is about to get married, but on his wedding da...
Burning Palms
2010
as Robert Kane
A subversive tale that interlaces five stories set in Los Angeles, where no taboo is left unexplored as each character careens toward a dark and often...
My One and Only
2009
as Bud
A mother takes her two sons on an unusual road trip from New York to Pittsburgh, St. Louis and eventually Hollywood in her quest to find a man to take...
Quid Pro Quo
2008
as Isaac Knott
A semi-paralyzed radio reporter is sent out to investigate a story that leads him into an odd subculture and on a journey of disturbing self-realizati...
Sleepwalking
2008
as James
When her boyfriend is arrested for marijuana possession, Joleen Reedy and her 11-year-old daughter, Tara, take refuge with Joleen's aimless brother, J...
How to Rob a Bank
2007
as Jinx
Caught in the middle of a bank robbery, a slacker and a bank employee become the ones who arbitrate the intense situation.
The Night of the White Pants
2006
as Horace 'Raff' Rafferty
The patriarch of a distinguished but crumbling Dallas family is forced to hit the town with his daughter's punk rock boyfriend.
Sin City
2005
as Roark Jr. / Yellow Bastard
Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it ...
Twist
2003
as Dodge
In a gritty retelling of the Dickens's classic, Twist takes Oliver and the Artful Dodger out of the poorhouse and onto the streets, where junk is the ...
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
2003
as John Connor
It's been 10 years since John Connor saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can t...
Bookies
2003
as Toby
Four college friends become small-time bookies, only to find their world spinning dangerously out of control when their greed attracts the attention o...
Wasted
2002
as Chris
A high-school track star (Nick Stahl) watches without judgment as his two best friends (Summer Phoenix, Aaron Paul) abuse heroin.
Taboo
2002
as Christian Turner
Six young adults struggle with their personal demons while staying at a secluded mansion during a dark and stormy night where a seemingly innocent gam...
In the Bedroom
2001
as Frank Fowler
Summertime on the coast of Maine, "In the Bedroom" centers on the inner dynamics of a family in transition. Matt Fowler is a doctor practicing in his ...
All Forgotten
2001
as Vladimir
A younger boy falls in love with a tragic girl who flirts with, and manipulates, her older suitors in 1800s Russia.
Bully
2001
as Bobby Kent
This is the true story of Bobby Kent, a teen bully in the suburban town of Hollywood, Florida. Eventually, his best friend and girlfriend team up with...
The Sleepy Time Gal
2001
as Morgan
A young woman learns of her adoption and eventually quits her law firm job and goes on a journey to find her birth mother.
Sunset Strip
2000
as Zach
A day in Hollywood, 1972, with young people looking for the 24 hours that will change their lives. Zach will open that night for a British rocker at W...
Soundman
1999
as Tommy Pepin
A sound mixer on a low-budget sci-fi western movie falls in love with an untalented violinist and promises to get her scoring gigs for films.
The Thin Red Line
1998
as Pfc. Edward Bead
The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselve...
Disturbing Behavior
1998
as Gavin Strick
Steve Clark is a newcomer in the town of Cradle Bay, and he quickly realizes that there's something odd about his high school classmates. The clique k...
Eye of God
1997
as Tom Spencer
A small Oklahoma town is stripped of its innocence when one of its boys turns up mute and bloodied by the lakeside. Unable to tell his story, the loca...
My Son Is Innocent
1996
as Eric Sutter
After a brutal nighttime attack on a woman alone in her suburban home, police investigators zero in on teenager Eric Sutter. When the victim identifie...
Blue River
1995
as Young Edward
Edward's father walked out on his family years ago. In the years since, his mother has become a fundamentalist Christian and fallen for the school's s...
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
1995
as Daniel Hackett
A young boy draws on the inspiration of legendary western characters to find the strength to fight an evil land baron in the old west who wants to ste...
Safe Passage
1994
as Simon
Recently estranged from her husband, and mother of seven sons, Mag Singer stands poised to pursue a whole new way of life. But when one of her childre...
Incident in a Small Town
1994
as John Bell Trenton
Lily and her son John live alone in a small town as her husband has been killed fighting the war in France. Or at least that is what she told John, bu...
The Man Without a Face
1993
as Charles E. 'Chuck' Norstadt
Justin McLeod is a former teacher who lives as a recluse on the edge of town after his face is disfigured from an automobile accident ten years earlie...
Woman With a Past
1992
as Brian
A woman lives a normal life with her second husband and her two sons of the first marriage. One day she is caught by her past and the film reveales in...
Stranger at My Door
1991
as Robert Fortier
A cop on the run from his mob boss "in-laws" tries to start a new life on a deserted farm with his two children. But things are not that easy.
Violent Ends
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Lucas Frost, an honest man brought up in a crime family whose only legacy is violence, tries to make his own life with his fiancée, Emma. He is sudden...
BFFs
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Two best friends play practical jokes on each other until things get out of hand.
Devoted
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as Ray
Down the Arm of God
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Inspired by real stories, a young pastor, through a harsh winter in a small Texas town, follows his mission to help the homeless is faced with resista...