Come Back, Nicky Katt

A man who had it all. For short, random periods of time. Other periods, not so much.  From kicking Adam Goldberg's ass to kicking Sam Rockwell's ass – fifteen years apart. In between, cameos in other Richard Linklater movies... to... cameos in Robert Rodriguez movies.(Can we call these cameos?)  And quite possibly the only man to ever be in both, separate Batman film franchises. In cameoextra form. And apparently that ended his career. Because he hasn't had a role since 2008.

The Katt made more(?) meaty(?) appearances in grand films such as The Way of the Gun and The Limey, and shitty films such as Boiler Room and Phucking Phantoms. I guess '99-'00 was a golden time to be in the Katt household.

But then what happened? Was it taking a job on the television series Boston Public? Do we blame Steven Soderbergh for apparently casting him as Hitler in a movie nobody saw Full Frontal – career-suicide(Although Bruno Ganz is still cool)? Or did Christopher Nolan put a book-ended curse on him, with Insomnia and ending with the most distracting part of The Dark Knight. Forever.

Who can be sure how it all ended? Nobody can even be sure about his middle name. IMDb says AGUSTIN, Wikipedia says LEA. COULD THERE BE ANY MORE DISTINCTIVE NAMES AS OPPOSITE AS THESE?

To my surprise, Nicky Katt has an 'official website'. http://www.nickykatt.com/nickykatt.html
Whose homepage showcases a random photo from one of his many extra roles, Sin City. And what looks to me like a random snapshot picture that you would find on a marketing website or something– but poorly, and oddly, photoshopped.

Digging deeper, into the depths of his message board finds us two posts. One – the most recent - containing Spanish text which expresses appreciation for Nicky's good looks. The second, from an old friend complimenting Nicky about his career in films.

YOU HAVE FANS NICKY. FIRE YOUR AGENT. GET BACK IN THE GAME. Hopefully it will be less than fifteen years until you beat up another fine actor in a motion picture.

Contender for most sporadic acting career of all time. Nicky Katt.

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Originally Posted by Damon Houx 

I saw him last night at the New Beverly. He nearly walked into me, and I'm all like "what, I know you were in THE BURBS, bitch." 2/3 of this statement is true. 

Ushers are supposed to assist the guests such as you, not get in their way. Damn it, Nicky, you can't even do that right! WHAT HAPPENED

So the other day, a few fellow friends and I decided to go see a movie. Since I had only a short window of time to fit a movie in, it was narrowed down to two choices. One was THE GREY at an AMC cinema. The other, we would have to face the treacherous terrain of the local dollar-theater, with its flashing fluorescents in the hallway, mysteriously sticky floors, rock-hard seats with torn fabric, and always the threat of the print evaporating mid-film, while showcasing movies that had been released 4 months ago. THE SITTER was chosen. Many guffaws were had, despite how ridiculously incoherent the storyline became. But little did I know, I was in for a surprising treat half way through the event - a Nicky Agustin Katt appearance. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN< NICKY, I says out loud to the screen and the uninterested audience.

It immediately made sense to me, as this is a David Gordon Green picture, the Katt was thrown a bone - or some nip, whatever - by his director from the under-appreciated and finely crafted SNOW ANGELS. He's only in one scene, that makes zero sense and was obviously only there for a dumb bit, but I guess Nicky can't complain, he's back on the horse. But what I can't understand is

What is with all the law enforcement roles, Nicky?!?! Your last four appearances, within the span of four years, have either been as a detective, SWAT member, or one of two police officers. Who would have ever thought a glorified extra could gain the status of being type-cast. Only the Katt. Nicky Agustin Katt.