Trivia

Was slated to direct Corey Haim in the occult feature film Black Mass, until Haim's unexpected death in 2010.

Grew up watching Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and Vincent Price movies.

Is known for reciting lines from Predator (1987) to his friends.

Was approached to play Warwick Capper in a bio pic but insisted the script was too long.

Known as Melbourne's very own jade hunter.

Has shared the opening scene in 3 feature films alongside Paul Moder.

He is a skilled martial-artist.

Frequently works with Nick Levy.

Nathan's ancestor John Gore is the founder of the Salvation Army.

Managed a video store with Carter Doyle.

Presented Michael Jackson: Thriller (1983) to his class in primary school for show and tell and was thrown out of class by the teacher for liking horror movies.

At an Easter bonnet parade in primary school went dressed as Jack Goodman, the character played by Griffin Dunne in An American Werewolf in London (1981). The makeup was so convincing that parents in the crowd thought him to be injured.

Was known in drama school for re-enacting a scene from Blood Sucking Freaks (1976).

Richard Stubbs was one of his karate instructors.

As a teenager, he was one of the initial members of the Jean-Claude Van Damme fan club.

As a teenager, he was one of the initial members of the Chuck Norris fan club.

Wrote his first screenplay at age 11 being a sequel to First Blood (1982).

Obsessed with Bruce Lee as a teenager and devastated he would never meet the departed, Nathan searched for the next closest thing and met with William Cheung who trained with Bruce.

His Godfather and uncle David Hill is the former sales representative for Thorn EMI Video Australia [au]. David gave Nathan his first job as a teenager working in a video store. David was cast in a minor role in the Tom Selleck film Quigley Down Under (1990).

His first work experience in the entertainment industry began as a production assistant on the television shows Embassy (1990) & DAAS Kapital (1991).

He helped to produce a promotional video for Max Walker.

Was approached to be a part of the crew on The Last Days (1998) directed by Steven Spielberg.

Studied stand-up comedy with Pete Crofts, the same tutor as Trevor Marmalade and Russell Gilbert.

He studied at various different acting schools, one of his teachers being Ken James from the internationally acclaimed television show Skippy (1968).

Turned down a role in Nightclubber (2003).

Auditioned and was runner up for role of the stranger opposite Nicolas Cage in Knowing (2009).

Hill lived next door to Jane Turner and Mark Brandon Read.

On Nathan's 30th birthday he received best wishes from Tobe Hooper.

During a live performance of Exit the King, Hill fell asleep halfway through. He woke to find the star Geoffrey Rush standing in front of him, still in character.

Nathan screen-writes on average 30 pages a day when hired.

Hill worked in a cult video store in St Kilda alongside Justin Lehmann, Damian Walshe-Howling, Daniel Frederiksen and Daniel Mathew.

Has been headhunted by several different life coaches to work for them.

Is known for making video clips for his girlfriends.

Was given audition techniques by Louise Talmadge.

His favorite documentary is Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991).

Can do the side splits.

Always screens The Lost Boys (1987) to potential girlfriends to test their reaction.

Nathan's father was an exorcist.

Was approached to play the title role of Martin Bryant in the film Blonde Volvo.

Assisted his friend Christina Collard in getting her career started.

At a VCA audition Hill performed the Alec Baldwin monologue from Glengarry Glen Ross (1992).

When asked to sing his lines during a dialogue audition at WAPPA, Hill questioned the panel, then withdrew his application.

Questioned Roman Polanski via satellite at a screening of The Ninth Gate (1999).

Lived with actress Sash Milne during the Fox Force (2009) shoot.

The character name of Jasper Clay is named after Nathan's grandfather Clayton Orford.

Was rated one of Manpaper's sexiest men.

Studied Muay Thai boxing with Sarah Howett.

Is the nephew of Michael Hill.

Was in a relationship with Claudia Buttazzoni of Home and Away (1988).

Was in a relationship with Felicity King throughout film school, who became the Goss model.