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Darkly handsome Nick Mancuso, born Nicodemo Antonio Massimo Mancuso, was born in 1948 in Mammola, Italy but raised as a child in Canada (from age 8). During his over four decade career, films claimed him as the Antichrist (Franco Macalousso) in the Apocalypse trilogy produced by Cloud Ten Pictures (Revelation (1999), Tribulation (2000) and Judgment (2001)), and TV has him best known for his starring roles in the NBC action series Stingray (1986), which ran for two seasons, and as the title hitman who becomes a target himself in the one-season Matrix (1993).

Although he developed an interest in acting in high school, he chose to study psychology at the University of Toronto. The acting bug bit again, however, and he was soon drawn to various Canadian theatre groups in the 1970s. During this time, he became artistic director for the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre, at the same time building up his classical resume at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

TV and film soon came his way in the late 1970s, and he tackled roles both in Hollywood, first as TV's Dr. Scorpion (1978), and back in his homeland, where he won the prestigious Genie award for the movie Ticket to Heaven (1981) as a man caught up in a religious cult. He impressed moviegoers as well with his moody, sexy presence in the US film Heartbreakers (1984) co-starring Peter Coyote and has also provided solid support for other stars, notably for Steven Seagal in one of that star's best action thrillers Under Siege (1992).

A sturdy name as an anti-hero or heavy in modestly-budgeted independents, Nick has proven over the years to be a solid, durable player in the "tough guy" crime mold, almost always with a serious edge. More recent, post-millennium gritty films include Time of Fear (2002) Today You Die (2005), starring his "Under Siege" cohort Steven Seagal, Contract Killers (2008), Violent Blue (2011), Entity (2013) and The Big Fat Stone (2014).

Was considered for the role of Indiana Jones in <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0082971/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)</a>.

In order to get the proper creepy and raspy voice for his performance as Billy in Black Christmas, Mancuso would stand on his head to compress the thorax in his neck.

Nick Mancuso reprised his role as Billy&#39;s voice for an audio commentary as his character for the 40th anniversary Blu-ray release of Black Christmas.

In 1983 he was invited to become an associate of the Actors Studio by co-chairman, actor, Martin Landau.

He started his acting career in the mid-1960s as a founding member of several independent theaters in Toronto, such as Toronto Free Theatre, Canadian Stage, Factory Lab Theatre, and Theatre Pass Muraille.

He performed in plays at Canada&#39;s prestigious Stratford Festival in 1976, in the leading role of Bassanio in &quot;The Merchant of Venice&quot;, as well as in &quot;Antony and Cleopatra&quot; and &quot;A Midsummer Night&#39;s Dream&quot;, working with Maggie Smith, Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn.

In 1979 he made his American stage debut working directly with one of America&#39;s greatest playwrights, Tennessee Williams, for Tiger Tail and Night of the Iguana in Atlanta, Georgia.

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