Nick Chinlund Biography

Fast Facts

• For his performance in "Sinner," he won Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 41st Annual Brooklyn Arts Council International Film & Video Festival
• An operation to repair an injury from his basketball days left a prominent scar on his left shoulder
• Played varsity basketball at Albany High School in Albany, N․Y․, and started to pursue the sport at Brown University while majoring in history before switching to acting classes
• Quote: "Every once in a while you want to get down to the nitty gritty and do something real․"
• From 1988 to 1989, he worked at the Williamstown Theater Festival
• Is often cast as villains in action blockbusters, but also has a significant list of independent credits to his name, including "A Brother's Kiss," which was directed by a childhood friend and filmed around the neighborhood where they grew up
• Found one of the child actors who appeared in "A Brother's Kiss" riding his bike on 117th Street in New York and decided he looked perfect for the part