Nicholsen, J. D.

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Nicholsen, J. D.

(Jack Nichols, Jack Nicholsen)

PERSONAL

Married Cindy Matthews (a singer).

Addresses: Contact—c/o Cameron Family Singers, Cameron Public House, 408 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ontario M5V 2A7, Canada.

Career: Actor, musician, and sound designer. Leslie Spit Treeo, performer, beginning c. 1988; Cameron Family Singers, performer, 1997–.

Awards, Honors: Juno Award (with Leslie Spit Treeo), most promising group, Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, 1991; Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination, sound design, Toronto Theatre Alliance, 2000, for Book of Thoht.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(With Leslie Spit Treeo) Roadkill (also known as Roadkill: Move or Die), Shadow Shows, 1989.

Old man Grossler, Time of the Wolf (also known as L'enfant et le loup and L'heure du loup), Animal Tales Productions/Apollo Media/Chesler-Perlmutter Productions, 2002.

Ted Andrews, Blizzard, Premiere Group, 2003.

Man in gray suit, 16 Blocks, Warner Bros., 2006.

Film Appearances; as Jack Nicholsen:

Val, The Last Supper, Outsider Enterprises, 1994.

Jackson, Soul Survivor (also known as Survivant dans l'ame), Norstar Entertainment, 1995.

Luther Penrose, Iron Eagle IV (also known as Aigle de fer IV), Trimark Pictures, 1995.

Kehoe, Sabotage, Imperial Entertainment/New City Releasing, 1996.

Neil, Big Deal, So What (short film), 1996.

Ray, Foxy Lady, Wild Cherry (short film), Nightvision Films, 2000.

Sam, Tribulation, Artist View Entertainment/Cloud Ten Pictures/Riverside Distributors/Spring Arbor, 2000.

Film Appearances; as Jack Nichols:

Duane Bickle, Perfectly Normal, Four Seasons Entertainment, 1991.

Archer, I Love a Man in Uniform (also known as A Man in Uniform), IRS Media, 1994.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Firing range instructor, Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story, CBS, 2002.

Higbie, Roughing It (also known as Mark Twain's "Roughing It"), The Hallmark Channel, 2002.

Television Appearances; Movies:

G. E. Smith, Gilda Radner: It's Always Something (also known as It's Always Something: The Gilda Radner Story), ABC, 2002.

Mike Lout, Jasper, Texas, Showtime, 2003.

Television Appearances as Jack Nicholsen; Movies:

Zed, No Contest, HBO, 1994.

Holdup man, First Degree, HBO, 1996.

Photographer, Naked City: A Killer Christmas, Showtime, 1998.

Scuzzy, Coming Unglued (also known as Let's Ruin Dad's Day), Fox Family Channel, 1999.

Detective, Zebra Lounge (also known as Rendez-vous au Zebra Lounge), HBO, 2001.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Buddy Beal, "Let's Do It Again," Soul Food, Showtime, 2002.

Paul, "Episode 2.16," Queer as Folk (also known as Queer as Folk USA), Showtime, 2002.

Rob, "The Producers," Doc, PAX TV, 2002.

Police officer, "Geoffrey Returns," Slings and Arrows, The Movie Network, 2003.

Beck, "A Whisper from Zoe's Sister," Wild Card (also known as Zoe Busiek: Wild Card), Lifetime, 2005.

Television Appearances; as Jack Nicholsen; Episodic:

Himself, "Gay Pioneers," In the Life, PBS, 1992.

Barney, "Last Rites: Part 1," Street Legal, CBC, 1994.

Junkie, "Killer Instinct," Forever Knight, syndicated, 1994.

Caulfield, "The Wild Bunch," Due South (also known as Due South: The Series, Direction: Sud, and Un tandem de choc), CTV and CBS, 1995.

Joey, "Odds," Due South (also known as Due South: The Series, Direction: Sud, and Un tandem de choc), CTV and CBS, 1998.

Deckard, "Virtual Justice," Total Recall 2070 (also known as Total Recall: The Series), CTV and Showtime, 1999.

Freddy Forsythe, "Temple of Light," Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (also known as Psi Factor), CanWest Global Television and syndicated, 1999.

Harrison Bridger, "Civil Disobedience," Little Men, PAX TV, 1999.

Harrison Bridger, "Stepping Out," Little Men, PAX TV, 1999.

Harrison Bridger, "The Weaker Sex," Little Men, PAX TV, 1999.

Karl Hansen, "Second Wave," Earth: Final Conflict (also known as EFC, Gene Roddenberry's "Battleground Earth," Gene Roddenberry's "Earth: Final Conflict," Invasion planete Terre, and Mission Erde: Sie sind unter uns), syndicated, 2000.

Television Appearances; as Jack Nicholsen; Pilots:

Airport hustler, Due South, CBS, 1994.

Anthony "Sandman" Gerson, Dark Eyes, ABC, 1995.

Stage Appearances:

Steel Kiss, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1987.

Civilization of a Shoeshine Boy, 1993.

Barndance Live, Blyth Festival Theatre, Blyth, Ontario, Canada, 1996.

The Convict Lover, 1997.

The Piano Man's Daughter, 1998.

Big Daddy, Tequila Vampire Matinee (musical), Regent Theatre, then Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, both 2003.

Boyfriend, Chronic, Factory Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2003.

Oberon, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Festival of Classics, Coronation Park Theatre, Oakville, Ontario, Canada, 2005.

Othello, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), Festival of Classics, Bronte Harbour Theatre, Oakville, Ontario, Canada, 2005.

The Foursome, Grand Theatre Mainstage, London, Ontario, Canada, 2005.

Also appeared in productions of the Crow's Theatre, Platform 9 Theatre, and Theatre Aquarius.

Stage Sound Designer:

Book of Thoht, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, c. 2000.

Small Returns, Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2004.

RECORDINGS

Albums; with Leslie Spit Treeo:

Don't Cry Too Hard, EMI Music Canada/IRS Records/Capitol, 1990.

Book of Rejection, Capitol, 1992.

Albums; with Cameron Family Singers:

Saturday Matinee, CamFam Records, 2005.

Albums; with Others:

(As a member of Leslie Spit Treeo) "The Sound," Roadkill (soundtrack), c. 1989.

Singles; with Leslie Spit Treeo:

"Angel from Montgomery," Capitol, 1991.

"Heat," Capitol, 1991.

"UFO (Catch the Highway)," Capitol, 1991.

"In Your Eyes," EMI, 1992.

"Sometimes I Wish," EMI, 1992.

WRITINGS

Albums; with Leslie Spit Treeo:

Don't Cry Too Hard, EMI Music Canada/IRS Records/Capitol, 1990.

Book of Rejection, Capitol, 1992.

Albums; with Cameron Family Singers:

Saturday Matinee, CamFam Records, 2005.

Albums; with Others:

(As a member of Leslie Spit Treeo) "The Sound," Roadkill (soundtrack), c. 1989.

Singles; with Leslie Spit Treeo:

"Heat," Capitol, 1991.

"UFO (Catch the Highway)," Capitol, 1991.

"In Your Eyes," EMI, 1992.

"Sometimes I Wish," EMI, 1992.

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