Nick Damici is an American actor and screenwriter known for such films as '' Mulberry Street'' and ''

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''.

Early life

Nick Damici grew up in

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in the 1960s and early 1970s. His father was a bartender, and Damici would occasionally tend bar at the age of 12. He is of mixed

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and

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descent.

Career

Damici's mentor is

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, who encouraged him to write scripts. Acting remains his primary love; in an interview, he described writing as a "lonely, thankless job". After he tired of supporting roles on television shows, he decided to write starring roles for himself. Damici and

Jim Mickle Jim Mickle (born 1979) is an American director and writer, known for such films as ''Mulberry Street (film), Mulberry Street'', ''Stake Land'', ''We Are What We Are (2013 film), We Are What We Are'' and ''Cold in July (film), Cold in July''. He ...

have worked together since 2001 and have collaborated on four films: '' Mulberry Street'', ''

'', '' We Are What We Are'', and '' Cold in July''. Damici originally wrote ''Stake Land'' to be a

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, but

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was enthusiastic about making it into a feature film. In February 2013, he was cast in Adrian Garcia Bogliano's ''

Late Phases ''Late Phases'' is a 2014 horror drama film by director Adrián García Bogliano and his first feature film in the English language. The film had its world premiere on March 9, 2014, at South by Southwest and stars Nick Damici as a blind war ve ...

''.

Personal life

Damici lives in New York City, where his girlfriend owns a bar. He enjoys doo-wop bands.

Filmography

As Screenwriter

As actor

* ''

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'' (2003) * ''

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'' (2006) * ''

'' (2010) * '' We Are What We Are'' (2013) * ''

'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2014) * '' Cold in July'' (2014) * ''

Stake Land II ''Stake Land II'' (also known as ''Stake Land II: The Stakelander'' or ''The Stakelander'') is a 2016 American vampire horror film directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen and starring Nick Damici, who wrote the script. It is a sequel to ''Stake Land ...

'' (2016)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Damici, Nick Living people American male film actors American male screenwriters People from Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan 21st-century American male actors American people of Canarian descent Screenwriters from New York (state) Year of birth missing (living people) American writers of Italian descent