Nick Castle
Sign in to saveAlso known as Nicholas Charles Castle, Jr., Nicholas Charles Castle Jr., Nicholas Charles Castle, Nicholas Castle
American film director, actor and screenwriter
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 16
Top works
- Tap (1989)
- Escape from New York (1981)
- Finding Home
- Passion or Pancakes
- Following Frankie
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 228
- Total plays
- 507
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,938x
- PGC-1α-responsive genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation are coordinately downregulated in human diabetes
· 2003 · cited 9,276x
- Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission
· 2020 · cited 9,207x
- Principal components analysis corrects for stratification in genome-wide association studies
· 2006 · cited 9,174x
- The diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease
· 2011 · cited 9,149x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1947-09-21 ) September 21, 1947 (age 78) , Los Angeles , California , U.S.
- Occupations
- Film director screenwriter actor
- Years active
- 1970–present
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- director
- Educated at
- University of Southern California
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Nick Castle Photo Op GalaxyCon Raleigh 2024.jpg
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- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
- date of birth
- 1947-09-21
- Commons category
- Nick Castle
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Nick Castle
- start of work period
- 1969-00-00
- writing language
- English language
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Nicholas John Castle Jr. (born September 21, 1947) is an American screenwriter, film director, and actor. He is known for playing Michael Myers in John Carpenter's horror film Halloween (1978). He also had a cameo as Myers in Halloween (2018), Halloween Kills (2021), and Halloween Ends (2022). Castle also co-wrote Escape from New York (1981) with Carpenter. After Halloween, Castle became a director, taking the helm of films such as The Last Starfighter (1984), The Boy Who Could Fly (1986), Dennis the Menace (1993), and Major Payne (1995).
Career
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