Known for Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cecil Taylor Nichols (born March 3, 1959 in Lansing, Michigan) is an American actor best known for roles in the Whit Stillman films Metropolitan, Barcelona, and The Last Days of Disco. His characters in these films were insecure, stuttering sidekicks to those of the more outgoing Chris Eigeman. Nichols and Eigeman also played minor roles in the independent film The Next Step, released in 1997, of which Nichols was an associate producer.
Born
March 3, 1959 (age 67)
Birthplace
Lansing, Michigan, USA
Filmography
35 films, 47 shows


Goldmine
2026 · 1h 27m
country: United States
Singer Lorelai's father suffers a heart attack and is placed on VR life support. She enters his virtual reality to revive him through shared memories, but becomes trapped in an Old Western VR world.


City of Love
2023 · 1h 21m
country: United States
Spencer, a troubled rideshare driver in Los Angeles, goes to dangerous lengths to reconnect with the world he lost after spending 20 years in jail.


Babylon
2022 · 3h 9m
country: United States
A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films to sound films in the late 1920s.


Silent Night in Algona
2022 · 2h 32m
country: Unknown
A depiction of a small Iowa town hosting a prisoner of war camp during World War II in 1944.


The Dinner Parting
2022 · 1h 35m
country: Unknown
Susan and Henry are hosting a dinner party, while trying to make good on a lie concerning the recent death of their father. Unexpected guests arrive, causing the night to unravel despite Susan's best efforts.


Rise
2022 · 1h 53m
country: Greece
After emigrating to Greece from Nigeria, Vera and Charles Antetokounmpo struggled to survive and provide for their five children, while living under the daily threat of deportation. Desperate to obtain Greek citizenship but undermined by a system that blocked them at every turn, the family's vision, determination and faith lifted them out of obscurity to launch the careers of three NBA champions.


Bestseller
2022 · 1h 43m
country: Unknown
Chicago literary agent, Anne Harper, vacations to a remote cabin in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. While there, a disgruntled writer is waiting in the shadows to seek his revenge.


Beauty, Brains, and Personality
2021 · 1h 32m
country: Unknown
A girls'-night-in dinner party among three friends turns into a disaster when one of them makes a hurtful remark.


1BR
2019 · 1h 30m
country: United States
When Sarah lucks into a sweet one-bedroom at Asilo Del Mar Apartments in Los Angeles, she thinks she's hit the jackpot. It's got plenty of space, friendly tenants, group BBQs and even a cute neighbour next door. All is not what it seems: loud noises start keeping her awake at night; her cat is missing; everyone seems to be a little too helpful and friendly, except for the weirdo, Lester. Soon, Sarah learns she didn't choose this apartment — it chose her.


Chappaquiddick
2018 · 1h 47m
country: Sweden
Ted Kennedy's life and political career become derailed in the aftermath of a fatal car accident in 1969 that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.


40 Nights
2016 · 1h 28m
country: United States
Examines the pre-ministry life of Jesus starting with his baptism with John the Baptist. From there Jesus embarks on his self- exploration journey into the wilderness for 40 nights. He is tempted by the Devil thrice in various forms.


Godzilla
2014 · 2h 3m
country: United States
Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when an ancient alpha predator arises from the sea to combat malevolent adversaries that threaten the survival of humanity. The creatures leave colossal destruction in their wake, as they make their way toward their final battleground: San Francisco.


Damsels in Distress
2012 · 1h 39m
country: United States
A trio of beautiful girls set out to revolutionize life at a grungy American university: the dynamic leader Violet Wister, principled Rose and sexy Heather. They welcome transfer student Lily into their group which seeks to help severely depressed students with a program of good hygiene and musical dance numbers.


Possessions
2012 · 1h 26m
country: United States
Orlando is dying. Resigned to his fate, all he wants is to be left alone with his alcohol, drugs, and hermit crab. But his hopes of solitude are shattered when he is woken by Jean-Luc, an incessantly chatty Frenchman who happens to be a voice in his head. Now, in addition to cancer, Orlando must deal with Jean-Luc's never-ending questions and commentary, as well as the discovery that Jean-Luc is slowly taking over every sense of his body (sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch).


Hide Away
2011 · 1h 28m
country: United States
A successful businessman attempting to resurrect his life buys and boards a dilapidated sailboat.


Case 219
2010 · 53m
country: United States
A journalist tries to uncover the circumstances that led to a shocking episode of violence in this drama from director James Bruce. Leonard Grey was a troubled seventeen-year-old who one day went on a shooting spree, injuring several students at his high school and killing one before he took his own life. A reporter for the Los Angeles Times is assigned to research and write an investigative piece about Grey. The journalist studies interviews conducted by the police with the boy's friends and family as well as conducting several of her own as she tries to understand what turned a seemingly ordinary youngster into a killer. She finds an especially intriguing subject in Cameron Porter, Leonard's best friend, who may have been involved in the shootings though he carefully refuses to incriminate himself.


The Air I Breathe
2007 · 1h 35m
country: United States
A gambler’s bet spiraling into chaos, a gangster's prophetic visions, a pop star’s dark entanglement, a doctor’s desperate race against time to rescue his beloved... Four interconnected stories reveal life unfolding through four emotional pillars — joy, passion, grief, and love.


Age of Kali
2005
country: United States


Jurassic Park III
2001 · 1h 32m
country: United States
In need of funds for research, Dr. Alan Grant accepts a large sum of money to accompany Paul and Amanda Kirby on an aerial tour of the infamous Isla Sorna. It isn't long before all hell breaks loose and the stranded wayfarers must fight for survival as a host of new -- and even more deadly -- dinosaurs try to make snacks of them.


Boiler Room
2000 · 1h 59m
country: United States
A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm and is on the fast track to success—but the job might not be as legitimate as it sounds.


Evolution's Child
1999 · 1h 20m
country: United States
Dr. James Mydell is involved in an unfortunate incident of assisted reproduction. For one has to deal with extracting semen of a Bronze Age men recently found in a glacier. On the other, he have to help a couple of friends, the Cordell, solve their fertility problems. But carelessness causes an unexpected samples were confused and finally Elaine Cordell is inseminated with semen of prehistoric man.


The Sex Monster
1999 · 1h 37m
country: United States
A neurotic L.A. building contractor pushes his reluctant wife into having a threesome. Unfortunately for him, his wife gets more out of it than he does and begins seducing every female she meets, including the contractor's secretary.


Born Bad
1999 · 1h 29m
country: United States
A group of teenagers rob a bank, causing a deadly standoff.


Gideon
1998 · 1h 42m
country: United States
Gideon Dobbs is young, simple-minded man who has never stopped dreaming. He checks into a retirement home where he finds the residents have lost their lust for life. Through his innocence he changes their lives and teaches them that each day is a precious gift. They get back their self-esteem and their lust for life.


The Last Days of Disco
1998 · 1h 53m
country: United States
Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York.


Cadillac
1997 · 1h 33m
country: Unknown
Three friends experimented with acid in high school, Jimmy had a terrible acid trip that ended in a stint in a psychiatric hospital. Afterwards he spends his days restoring a 1970 Cadillac and clinging to long-gone ideals, while his two friends try to get on with their lives.


The Next Step
1997 · 1h 37m
country: United States
A professional chorus line dancer is about to learn that his days of playing around with women’s hearts is headed to an abrupt end.
Too Soon For Jeff
Too Soon For Jeff
1996 · 43m
country: United States
A high school senior finds his future plans turned upside down when his girlfriend reveals she is pregnant.


Norma Jean & Marilyn
1996 · 2h 19m
country: United States
This film follows Norma Jean from her simple, ambitious youth to her sex star pinnacle and back down. She moves from lover to lover in order to further her career. She finds fame but never happiness, only knowing seduction but not love.


The American President
1995 · 1h 53m
country: United States
Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade, a Washington lobbyist. But Shepherd's attempts at courting her spark wild rumors and decimate his approval ratings.


Serpent's Lair
1995 · 1h 30m
country: Romania
Tom is seduced by Lilith, a succubus who's out to drain him and destroy his marriage.


Congo
1995 · 1h 48m
country: United States
Eight people embark on an expedition into the Congo, a mysterious expanse of unexplored Africa, where human greed and the laws of nature have gone berserk.


Headless Body in Topless Bar
1995 · 1h 50m
country: United States
An ex-con holds a group of people hostage in a topless bar.


Barcelona
1994 · 1h 40m
country: United States
During the 1980s, uptight Ted Boynton is a salesman working in the Barcelona office of a Chicago-based company. He receives an unexpected visit from his cousin Fred, a naval officer who has come to Spain on a public relations mission for a U.S. fleet. Not exactly friends in the past, Ted and Fred strike up relationships with women in the Spanish city and experience conflicts -- Ted with his employer, and Fred with the Barcelona community.


Metropolitan
1990 · 1h 39m
country: United States
A radical student is adopted by a group of young New Yorkers, serves as a catalyst to alter his and their lives. Gathering in a Manhattan apartment, the group of friends meet to discuss social mobility, Fourier's socialism and play bridge in their cocoon of upper-class society - until they are joined by a man with a critical view of their way of life.