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Nicky Katt, ‘Dazed and Confused’ and ‘Boston Public’ actor, dies at 54
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Nicky Katt, ‘Dazed and Confused’ and ‘Boston Public’ actor, dies at 54

Last updated: April 13, 2025 11:00 pm
Editorial Board Published April 13, 2025
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Nicky Katt, a personality actor who costarred in Richard Linklater’s indie basic “Dazed and Confused” and the Fox sequence “Boston Public,” has died. He was 54.

Katt’s loss of life was confirmed Saturday by his lawyer John Sloss. The reason for loss of life was not disclosed.

Born Could 11, 1970, in South Dakota, Katt began out as a toddler actor, showing in such TV sequence as “Quincy, M.E.,” “Father Murphy,” “Fantasy Island” and “CHiPs.”

As an grownup, Katt developed a fame for taking over roles that required him to play unsavory varieties. In a 2002 interview with The Instances, director Steven Soderbergh described Katt’s work as “dangerously out of control” however rigorously ready for his performances.

Katt’s breakthrough got here in “Dazed and Confused,” taking part in bully Clint Bruno within the 1993 coming-of-age stoner comedy about college students in Austin, Texas, celebrating the final day of highschool in 1976. The movie helped propel the careers of Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck and Parker Posey.

Nicky Katt throughout “Solaris” Los Angeles premiere at Pacific Cinerama Dome in Hollywood in 2002.

(Steve Granitz / WireImage)

For Katz, it led to regular work that included taking part in Bond villain Billy Ray Cobb in “A Time to Kill,” a cutthroat stockbroker in “Boiler Room,” a hitman in Soderbergh’s “The Limey” and a theater actor who portrays Adolf Hitler within the director’s 2002 movie “Full Frontal.” He additionally appeared in “Batman & Robin” and “The Dark Knight.”

Katt continued to do tv, touchdown his greatest prime-time position on “Boston Public,” a drama from David E. Kelly set in an city highschool. Katt performed instructor Harry Senate for the primary three seasons. His final listed performing credit score is a task on the 2018 Hulu sequence “Casual.”

In a 2002 interview with The Instances, Katt expressed ambivalence about chasing success in Hollywood.

“Sometimes I think if I did more sit-ups and went to the tanning salon, I could have a lot more power than I do now,” he stated. “At the end of the day, you do what your gut tells you to do.”

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