Nicolas Kent Stahl (born December 5, 1979) is an American actor.
Starting out as a child actor, he gained recognition for his
performance in the 1993 film The Man Without a Face co-starring Mel
Gibson and then embarked on a successful career.He later transitioned
into his adult career with roles in the films The Thin Red Line, In
the Bedroom, Bully, Sin City, the HBO series Carnivà le, and the film
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, in the role of John Connor. He
also starred in the films Mirrors 2, Afghan Luke, and Away from
Here.Stahl was born in Harlingen, Texas, the son of Donna Lynn (née
Reed), a brokerage assistant and William Kent Stahl, a businessman.His
first professional casting was in Stranger at My Door (1991), although
he had been acting in children's plays since he was four years old.
The 1993 film The Man Without a Face, co-starring Mel Gibson, helped
boost his career at the age of 13. The following year, he had a
supporting role in the ensemble film Safe Passage. In 1996, he played
the role of Puck in Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream
at The Metropolitan Opera in New York. In 1998 he played a doomed
young soldier during the World War II Pacific War in The Thin Red
Line. He scored critical and box office success again with his role in
the 2001 movie In the Bedroom, which starred Sissy Spacek as his
mother. He scored another box office hit in Terminator 3: Rise of the
Machines (2003) as John Connor (replacing Edward Furlong in Terminator
2: Judgment Day), co-starring with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Claire
Danes. In 2003, he starred in the HBO series Carnivà le, which drew a
loyal audience as well as rave reviews. The show lasted two seasons,
ending in 2006.
Starting out as a child actor, he gained recognition for his
performance in the 1993 film The Man Without a Face co-starring Mel
Gibson and then embarked on a successful career.He later transitioned
into his adult career with roles in the films The Thin Red Line, In
the Bedroom, Bully, Sin City, the HBO series Carnivà le, and the film
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, in the role of John Connor. He
also starred in the films Mirrors 2, Afghan Luke, and Away from
Here.Stahl was born in Harlingen, Texas, the son of Donna Lynn (née
Reed), a brokerage assistant and William Kent Stahl, a businessman.His
first professional casting was in Stranger at My Door (1991), although
he had been acting in children's plays since he was four years old.
The 1993 film The Man Without a Face, co-starring Mel Gibson, helped
boost his career at the age of 13. The following year, he had a
supporting role in the ensemble film Safe Passage. In 1996, he played
the role of Puck in Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream
at The Metropolitan Opera in New York. In 1998 he played a doomed
young soldier during the World War II Pacific War in The Thin Red
Line. He scored critical and box office success again with his role in
the 2001 movie In the Bedroom, which starred Sissy Spacek as his
mother. He scored another box office hit in Terminator 3: Rise of the
Machines (2003) as John Connor (replacing Edward Furlong in Terminator
2: Judgment Day), co-starring with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Claire
Danes. In 2003, he starred in the HBO series Carnivà le, which drew a
loyal audience as well as rave reviews. The show lasted two seasons,
ending in 2006.
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