Taylor Nichols

American actor

Margarita de Eguilior

(m. 1995)

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Cecil Taylor Nichols (born March 3, 1959) is an American actor, known for his roles in several films by Whit Stillman including major roles in Metropolitan (1990) and Barcelona (1994), as well as his role in the regular cast of the television series PEN15 (2019–2021).

Career

Nichols is perhaps best known for his roles in the Whit Stillman films Metropolitan,^[1] Barcelona, The Last Days of Disco, and Damsels in Distress. His characters in the first three of these films were insecure, stuttering sidekicks to those of the more outgoing Chris Eigeman. Nichols and Eigeman also played minor roles in the independent film The Next Step, released in 1997, of which Nichols was an associate producer.

Nichols has also appeared in the films Boiler Room, Congo, The American President, The Big Easy, and Jurassic Park III, as well as episodes of the TV series Murder, She Wrote, NewsRadio, Chicago Hope, ER, Man of the People, Judging Amy, The Mind of the Married Man, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, 24, Criminal Minds, The Mentalist, Bones, and Double Rush. In 2007 Nichols appeared in the film The Air I Breathe. He can also be seen in the 2018 film Chappaquiddick.

From 2019 to 2021, Nichols was a member of the regular cast in all three seasons of PEN15 on Hulu.

Personal life

Nichols was born in East Lansing, Michigan and is a graduate of the University of Michigan. He has been married since 1995 to Margarita de Eguilior, a Spanish woman he met during the production of Barcelona. They have two daughters, Alexandra, who was born January 21, 1999, and Lee, born January 30, 2002.

Filmography

Metropolitan (1990) as Charlie Black
Man of the People (1991–1992) as Richard Lawrence
Barcelona (1994) as Ted Boynton
Dirty Money (1995) as Herb
Headless Body in Topless Bar (1995) as Danny
Congo (1995) as Jeffrey Weems
Serpent's Lair (1995) as Paul Douglas
The American President (1995) as Stu
Best Wishes Mason Chadwick (1995) as Mason Chadwick
Murder, She Wrote (1993–1996) as Various
The Larry Sanders Show (1997) as Robbie
Wings (1997) as Russell Greaney
NewsRadio (1997) as Glenn
The Next Step (1997) as Peter
Cadillac (1997) as Todd
Born Bad (1997) as Agent Rickman
ER as Mr. Adams
The Last Days of Disco (1998) as Charlie / Ted Boynton
Mixed Blessings (1998) as Rob
Gideon (1998) as Dr. Richard Willows
The Sex Monster (1999) as Billy
Serious Business (1999) as Bradford
Judging Amy (1999–2000) as Dr. Tracy Carroll
Running Mates (2000) as Dave
Boiler Room (2000) as Harry Reynard
Mercury in Retrograde (2000) as Alex
Jurassic Park III (2001) as Mark Degler
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2004, TV Series) as Kevin Greer aka "The Blue Painted Killer"
Grey's Anatomy (2005) as Rick Humphrey
Age of Kali (2005) as Tom Watson
The Air I Breathe (2007) as Sorrow's Father
Criminal Minds (2007) as William Reid
Friday Night Lights (2007–2008) as Kevin
Case 219 (2010) as Richard Ewing
Black Mail (2010) as Lee Burrows
Damsels in Distress (2011) as Professor Black
Hide Away (2011) as The Boss
Freeloaders (2012) as Kyle
Godzilla (2014) as Military Analyst
Bipolar (2014) as Donald Poole
Bestseller (2015) as Agent Hayes
40 Nights (2016) as Joseph
Chappaquiddick (2017) as Ted Sorensen
1BR (2019) as Jerry
PEN15 (2019–2021) as Curtis Cone
The Walking Dead (2020) as Jeremiah
Perry Mason (2020) as Elder Seidel
Roar (2022) as Stan
Babylon (2022) as Wealthy Man