Acting

Nick Nicholson

Born — Died

1952-04-19 — 2010-08-11

Place of birth

United States

Known for

Acting

Credits

50 titles

Nick Nicholson was one of many Americans to expatriate to the Philippines after the Vietnam War. Starting in the mid 1970's he became involved in the local film industry there as an actor and casting director, often responsible for finding as many Anglo-looking locals to play non-Filipino roles in local productions. He can also be seen in numerous bigger-budget American Vietnam War films made including APOCALYPSE NOW and PLATOON, often playing American soldiers.

Known for

Film credits

1990s · 22 titles

The House of Pleasure poster
5.1

Lord Gregory Hutton takes his beautiful young wife Eleanore on a business trip to the Far East for their honeymoon. They stay at the house of Lin, a young local owner of a silk farm and fashion factory whose father only recently died. Lady Eleanor finds herself attracted to Lin and soon is tempted by his advances. But it is not all as it seems. Lord Gregory seems more and more indifferent, and Lady Eleanor starts to get confused. Money is in the game.

The House of Pleasure

1994

Angelfist poster
4.2

An assassination in the Philippines is caught on film by kickboxer Christy, which leads to her death at the hands of radicals intent on disrupting peace talks. Her sister Kat, a Los Angeles police officer, comes to Manila to try and bring justice to the people responsible. She enters the kickboxing tournament in order to get closer to the nefarious agents, and begins unravelling the twisted plan while narrowly evading the wrath of the Death Brigades.

Angelfist

1993

Stranglehold poster
5.7

Deep inside the nation's top chemical weapons facility, a brilliant terrorist takes a Congresswoman hostage. The Navy can't stop him. The Air Force can't reach him. The Coast Guard can't kill him. Only one man can do the job: special agent Ryan Cooper. He's in a race against time to save the world, facing his greatest challenge yet!

Stranglehold

1994

Angel of Destruction poster
5.1

Undercover cop Jo Alwood is out to avenge her sisters death at the hands of a serial killer.

Angel of Destruction

1994

After Death poster
4.9

Seeking the cure for cancer, a woman goes back to the island where her parents were killed, and accidentally raises the dead by angering a voodoo priest.

After Death

1990

Blood Ring poster
4.4

Max, a prize boxer who has developed a drinking habit after his girlfriend Susan left him, gets involved in dirty business once she asks him to help her find her missing husband.

Blood Ring

1991

Dune Warriors poster
4.0

After the end of the world, Earth is a thirsty planet ruled by vicious warlords. One woman is brave enough to fight back; she bands together five warriors to save her town and their precious water

Dune Warriors

1991

Live by the Fist poster
5.1

A man is unjustly convicted of a brutal crime. In prison he must fight for survival, justice and freedom.

Live by the Fist

1993

Raiders of the Sun poster
4.4

Bloodthirsty factions rule the barren earth. It's the 21st Century and a biological disaster has ruined the planet. Here, in a world where gunpowder is more valuable than gold, a few hundred survivors wage the final conflict for power and control. Yet among them rises a new warrior, destined to shape the aeons which will follow -- a man who stops at nothing to achieve his ends, and for whom courage is the only commodity

Raiders of the Sun

1992

Second Chances poster
7.5

Two lovers, who are oceans apart, discover that distance can either make the heart grow fonder or render it numb with grief.

Second Chances

1995

Beyond the Call of Duty poster
5.0

While leading a maverick band of warriors behind enemy lines, a U.S. Army Commander is forced to lead a beautiful American journalist through the treacherous Mekong River Delta aboard a high speed gun boat while being pursued by a cunning Vietnamese enemy.

Beyond the Call of Duty

1992

Fighting Spirit poster
4.0

Billy is a young fighter whose sister Judith was hurt after a near gang rape. When he learns she must have surgery, crime boss Russell has Billy compete in illegal street fights. When Billy learns he may get killed, he quits but is later killed by Russell and his men, who were the ones responsible for Judith's accident. After his death, Billy must rely on one man to seek revenge for him: his best friend David. However, David must train in the martial arts before he can seek revenge. Davidy seeks guidance from the ghost of Billy as well as Billy's trainer and ally, Murphy.

Fighting Spirit

1992

Vulcan poster
6.3

When a dinosaur egg is unearthed by a powerful volcano, a little boy's life is changed forever. The pterodactyl named "Vulcan", and the little boy end up forming an unbreakable bond of friendship while on an amazing spree of adventures.

Vulcan

1997

Ultimatum poster
6.7

Dina Bonnevie played a Filipina working with a US-based chemical company which sent a team to the Philippines to check a branch here. Eddie Garcia played the Chief of Police assigned to protect the chemical company's visiting group which fell victim to a terrorist gang headed by Vernon Wells. Eddie was only too obsessed to save the chemical company group because Dina happened to be his girlfriend, who, against Eddie's wishes, had gone to the U.S.A. for greener pastures.

Ultimatum

1994

No artwork available
3.8

It has been 23 years since a world war during which combatants unleashed a lab-created virus that has made life no fun at all. Civilization has broken down into forcibly celibate, warring male and female tribes. Any co mingling, even rape, is punished by both sides with summary execution, for victim and perpetrator alike. A paramilitary fanatic on a vague religious mission leads his gunmen to massacre a peaceful scientific community where men and women committed the blasphemy of co-ed habitation.

Terminal Virus

1995

One Man Army poster
4.6

Kickboxing champ Jerry Trimble plays a straight shooting man caught up in the politics of a crooked little town. To get to the truth about his grandfather's death, he must first kick out the criminals --including the sheriff-- effectively putting an end to their illegal smuggling, gambling and prostitution rings. But the worst crime of all turns out to be in his very own backyard.

One Man Army

1994

Dirty Blue Vengeful Tropical Night poster
NR

This suspense action film stars Nakajima Hiromi from the TV drama "In the Name of Love" and is directed by Kanazawa Katsuji from the "Ten Yakuza Warriors" series. A peaceful family is attacked and everyone is shot to death except for the daughter. In fact, the father is involved with an international organ trafficking ring, and the attack was intended to silence him. With the help of a Japanese reporter, the daughter vows to take revenge on the ring.

Dirty Blue Vengeful Tropical Night

1992

Raw Target poster
4.0

This high-powered action flick follows kickboxing champion Johnny Rider, who quits the ring after accidentally killing an opponent but is forced to employ his skills again to avenge the death of his brother at the hands of crime boss Rod Sparks (Nicholas Hill). After infiltrating Rod's gang, Johnny is targeted himself by Bill Williams (Ron Hall), a cop seeking revenge for the death of his own brother -- the fighter killed by Johnny.

Raw Target

1995

Blood Hands poster
5.0

Steve, a young kickboxer, returns home to find his parents have been brutalized by a gang of martial artists. When the cops can't find any answers, Steve decides to kickbox his way to savage justice. No thug on the streets is safe!

Blood Hands

1990

Eternal Fist poster
5.5

In a post-apocalyptic world, a man helps a beautiful young girl get revenge against a roving gang of renegades that destroyed her village.

Eternal Fist

1992

Sudden Thunder poster
7.0

A Miami cop learns that her father, who was the sheriff of her small hometown, has been murdered by an armed gang that has taken over the town. She brings four of her Miami cop friends to help clean out the town.

Sudden Thunder

1990

Triple Impact poster
4.3

Three experts in different styles of combat must join forces when they're hired to go to the jungles of Asia and find and retrieve a priceless artifact, the golden head of Buddha. A team of evil mercs wants to get to the head first.

Triple Impact

1993

1980s · 25 titles

Born on the Fourth of July poster
7.0

Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.

Born on the Fourth of July

1989

Platoon poster
7.7

As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

Platoon

1986

American Ninja poster
6.0

Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter with little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in the Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his first missions driving a convoy, his platoon is attacked by a group of rebels who try to steal the weapons the platoon is transporting and kidnap the base colonel's daughter.

American Ninja

1985

The Siege of Firebase Gloria poster
5.6

A Marine patrol stops at Firebase Gloria at the start of the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam war. With the firebase attacked, the patrol remains to help defend it.

The Siege of Firebase Gloria

1989

Eye of the Eagle poster
5.8

"The Lost Command," a bunch of notorious renegades, terrorize South Vietnam, forcing Sgt. Zack Skinner, HQ's best man to hunt down the Command to stop its killing spree.

Eye of the Eagle

1987

Heroes for Hire poster
5.0

Miami 1980, a doctor transplants a metal object into a patients arm. He tells him to go home and relax, but soon the patient kills the doctor. One year later, Prof. Arlington is kidnapped by thugs and taken to a secret location. Awesome action ensues.

Heroes for Hire

1984

Demon of Paradise poster
3.6

Hunters become the hunted when illegal dynamite disturbs the ageold slumber of a carnivorous lizardman. Resort owner Angela, joins forces with Sheriff Keefer to save tourists from the beast's path of death.

Demon of Paradise

1987

Return of the Kickfighter poster
6.6

The plot concerns a unit of US marines operating in the Vietnam war during 1970, with the movie opening on a raid in a village. After massacring the villagers, the marines steal the villages gold, much to the objection of their Vietnamese translator and guide. Skip forward past the credits sequence; it's now 15 years later, and members of the unit are getting murdered one by one. This leads to the former head of the group, now a high ranking military officer, announcing that the only person who is up to the job of finding out the identity of the killer is an Aussie, Major Brad Cooper.

Return of the Kickfighter

1987

Saigon Commandos poster
5.7

A series of drug-related murders haunt Saigon. Ex-Green Beret Mark Stryker and his MP's must find the culprits. With the help of Jean Lassiter, a nosey reporter covering the crime beat, Stryker uncovers the involvement of corrupt politicians in the heroin trade and in the killings. But before he can pin them down, Stryker is framed for the murder of his commanding officer and now he must clear his name, free Lassiter from her captors, and stop his men from carrying out their own kind of vengeance before it is too late.

Saigon Commandos

1988

Equalizer 2000 poster
4.1

In a bleak, postnuclear future world, warring factions struggle to claim the Equalizer 2000, the one weapon powerful enough to guarantee survival.

Equalizer 2000

1988

Future Hunters poster
4.5

A man from a post-apocalyptic future travels back in time to prevent the coming nuclear holocaust and enlists the help of a young couple.

Future Hunters

1988

Silk poster
4.5

Silk, the toughest cop in Honolulu, busts small time smugglers only to reveal a larger syndicate smuggling Asian mobsters into the States by buying the identities of Hawaiian citizens.

Silk

1986

Action Is Not Missing poster
5.5

The members of the group are sent to Vietnam. The war between North and South is still in full swing.

Action Is Not Missing

1987

Ninja Warriors poster
5.0

Steve is a Ninja. He's been called in by the police to help them in their investigations. He's to work with Kevin, a police lieutentant. They are investigating the break-in at the Federal Research Institute, where despite heavy security, 7 Ninja warriors manage to steal a vital document. Well pleased with their night's work, they return to their master, Kurodo, who finds they only have a half of the information they need. The police capatain wants results. Kevin suspects that a Japanese Garden he visited once with Steve could be the headquarters of Kurodo and his Ninja's and goes in search of proof. He's caught spying and is tortured and killed. After the disappearance of Kevin, Steve opens his Ninja box. He breaks the seal of his Katana and starts the Mantra. He attacks the Japanese Garden, eliminates the Ninja warriors and after recovering the documents and blowing up the laboratory, finally meets Kurodo, there can only be one victor...

Ninja Warriors

1985

Spyder poster
6.0

A rich businessman hires a team of vietnam vets to get his son out of Vietnam, but this group of mercenaries don't plan to go in Vietnam, they just want the money. They make a mistake by killing policeman "Brad Spyder"'s partner, and now he only wants REVENGE!

Spyder

1988

Get the Terrorists poster
6.0

An anti-American terrorist group calling themselves People For Freedom who set about blowing up and shooting various folks for reasons best known to themselves.

Get the Terrorists

1987

The Trident Force poster
5.3

An outbreak of bombings, assassinations, and massacres by an extremist, Marxist terrorist group, alarms the international community who calls for help - the ultimate solution - the Trident Force.

The Trident Force

1988

A Case of Honor poster
7.5

A Case of Honor is a 1991 film directed by Eddie Romero. After escaping from a Vietnamese pow camp where they had suffered for five years, five American soldiers attempt to get out of the country before being spotted by Russian and Vietnamese

A Case of Honor

1988

Slash poster
5.0

Peter Harris and Major Scott team up together to save the country form a communist uprising.

Slash

1984

Fast Gun poster
4.0

CIA Colonel Harper's men are robbing military armories in order to supply South American rebels. They hide near Granite Lake, a small town policed by sheriff Jack Steiger. When colonel's men let loose on the town, Jack must stop them.

Fast Gun

1988

No Dead Heroes poster
6.3

Left for dead in Vietnam, Lieutenant Cotter became a guinea pig for KGB baddie Mitovitch. Implanted with a mind control microchip, he is turned into a mindless killer. His colleague Lieutenant Sanders goes looking for him in Cambodia, then in El Salvador, where they kill pretty much everyone they meet.

No Dead Heroes

1986

Death Bond poster
NR

A professional killer working for corrupt Naval officials travels to Los Angeles where he finds himself double crossed and targeted for death.

Death Bond

1988

Narco Dollar poster
NR

Drug enforcement officer Mark Stevens busts dealer Jack Kinney which in turn brings down supplier Vinnie Esteban. Both Stevens and Esteban find themselves up against Columbian drug king Domingo Mortera.

Narco Dollar

1989

Deadringer poster
8.0

A story of mistaken identity... A story of love, lust and power... A story of guns, and men who use them...

Deadringer

1985

Jailbreak 1958 poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Jailbreak 1958

1986