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Nicky Katt at an event for Solaris (2002)

Biography

Nicky Katt

Overview

  • Born
    May 11, 1970 · Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
  • Died
    April 8, 2025 · Burbank, California, USA (suicide)
  • Birth name
    Agustin Islas
  • Height
    5′ 10″ (1.78 m)

Mini bio

  • Nicky Katt started acting at the age of 7, when he appeared on the TV series CHiPs (1977) in 1977. He continued to work steadily through the 1980s on shows like Quincy, M.E. (1976), Father Murphy (1981), and V (1984) but did not fall into the trap of many child actors who became identified with one famous role because his child roles were as guest spots or, as in the case of Herbie, the Love Bug (1982), were canceled early on, or can't get work as adults and allow their lives to fall to pieces.

    In a way, Katt had two careers. The one as the child actor of the late 1970s and early 1980s, and as the character actor of the 1990s who so often played the bully or thug. Extremely talented and at ease in front of a camera in the medium of either television or feature film, Katt had a very impressive body of work for someone of his age.
    - IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous

Family

  • Spouse
      Annie Morse(August 7, 1999 - 2001) (divorced)
  • Children
      No Children
  • Parents
      Agustin Islas
      Carol Katt
  • Relatives
      Elise Ravens-Croft(Sibling)

Trademarks

  • Dry humor in otherwise serious films
  • Frequently cast by Richard Linklater

Trivia

  • On April 8, 2025, his body was found by the police officers in his apartment of Burbank, California. Forensics confirmed that he died by hanging, as his sister Elise Ravenscroft revealed that he was fighting alone in silence against depression.
  • Only actor known to have appeared in both a Tim Burton/Joel Schumacher "Batman" franchise film (Batman & Robin (1997)) and a Christopher Nolan franchise "Batman" film (The Dark Knight (2008)). He was uncredited in the latter film.
  • His birth name is Agustín Islas. He changed his name to Nicky at the suggestion of Harvey Korman. His legal name was Augustín Islas Katt.
  • Son of a Mexican father and an American mother.
  • November 2004: Starred in the Woody Allen written/directed play, "A Second Hand Memory", at the Atlantic Theatre Company off-Broadway, playing the son and nephew of the characters played, respectively, by Dominic Chianese and Michael McKean.

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