Nick Damici (born 1959 or 1960, United States) is an American actor and screenwriter who grew up in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, of mixed Italian and Canarian descent. His mentor is actor Michael Moriarty. He has a long-standing creative partnership with director Jim Mickle, having collaborated on four films: Mulberry Street (2006), Stake Land (2010), We Are What We Are (2013), and Cold in July (2014). He is best known for his role as Mister in Stake Land (which he co-wrote) and its sequel The Stakelander (2016), and for co-developing the SundanceTV series Hap and Leonard (2016–2018) based on Joe R. Lansdale's novels. Other credits include In the Cut (2003), World Trade Center (2006), Premium Rush (2012), Late Phases (2014), and Bushwick (2017). He has received multiple Fangoria Chainsaw Award nominations and won Special Awards for Best Leading Actor and Best Hero (2014). His exact date of birth is unconfirmed (sources vary between 1959 and 1960).
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 1, 1960 (66)
- USA
- Actor and writer, also producer
- 20 on MovieCove · 28 credits in all
What are Nick Damici's films like?
Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 11
Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 9
Grounded 5 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 9
Steady 2 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 3
Casual 0 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 4
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 5
A split, not a type: Resolved 5 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 3
Roles they play
Usually the Shadow: 3 of 8 analyzed roles.
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- Shadowas Detective Richard Rodriguez in In the Cut (2003)
- Heroas Clutch in Mulberry St (2006)
- Heroas Mister in Stake Land (2010)
- Heroas Ambrose McKinley in Night of the Wolf (2014)
- Shadowas Price in Cold in July (2014)
- Allyas Shadow in Night of the Wolf (2014)
- Mentoras Mister in The Stakelander (2016)
- Shadowas The Stranger in Blood Conscious (2021)
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet5
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous5
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Nick Damici's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 17 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).
- Cold in July (2014) · actor, writer · free
- Stake Land (2010) · actor, writer · free
- World Trade Center (2006) · actor · free
- Night of the Wolf (2014) · actor · free
- The Sacrament (2013) · actor · free
- We Are What We Are (2013) · actor, writer · free
- Dark Was the Night (2014) · actor · free
- The Stakelander (2016) · actor, writer, producer · free
- Bushwick (2017) · writer · free
- Blood Conscious (2021) · actor · free
Subscription and free streaming for Nick Damici's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
28 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page.
Blood Conscious(2021)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Bushwick(2017)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
The Stakelander(2016)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Hap and Leonard(2016)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Night of the Wolf(2014)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Dark Was the Night(2014)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Cold in July(2014)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
The Sacrament(2013)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
We Are What We Are(2013)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Premium Rush(2012)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Stake Land: Mister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Stake Land: Sister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Stake Land: The Day I Told My Boyfriend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Stake Land: Willie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Stake Land(2010)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Life on Mars(2008)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows
My Sexiest Year (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
The Black Donnellys(2007)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Never Down (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
World Trade Center(2006)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Mulberry St(2006)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
CSI: NY(2004)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
In the Cut(2003)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
CSI: Miami(2002)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
The Underdogs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Law & Order(1990)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
The Don of 42nd St (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 27 titles, 26 of them dated from 1990 to 2021; peak year 2013.
Biggest box office
In the Cut (2003)
Highest rated
Cold in July (2014)
Most popular right now
In the Cut (2003)
Film career
Peak 2013 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 5 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2003Screen debut· In the Cut
- 2006First top-billed film· Mulberry Street
- 2014Career best· Late Phases
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Nick Damici's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 41st percentile, the median of all 14; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 36th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th9
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 20 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Broadly Agreed5
- Mixed7
Reviewers score the acting 65/100 in their films, across 11 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Nick Damici's work okay for kids?
Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Nick Damici work with?
People who share at least 2 of Nick Damici's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jim Mickle shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Jim MickleShared titles: In the Shadow of the Moon (2019), The Stakelander (2016), Cold in July (2014), We Are What We Are (2013), Stake Land (2010), Mulberry St (2006)See all 6 shared titles with Jim Mickle
Actors
- Michael C. HallShared titles: In the Shadow of the Moon (2019), Cold in July (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Michael C. Hall
- Connor PaoloShared titles: The Stakelander (2016), Stake Land (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Connor Paolo
- Wyatt RussellShared titles: Cold in July (2014), We Are What We Are (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Wyatt Russell
- Kelly McGillisShared titles: We Are What We Are (2013), Stake Land (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Kelly McGillis
Composers and cinematographers
- Ryan SamulShared titles: Cold in July (2014), Dark Was the Night (2014), We Are What We Are (2013), Stake Land (2010), Mulberry St (2006)See all 5 shared titles with Ryan Samul
- Jeff GraceShared titles: In the Shadow of the Moon (2019), Cold in July (2014), We Are What We Are (2013), Stake Land (2010)See all 4 shared titles with Jeff Grace
Producers
- Linda MoranShared titles: In the Shadow of the Moon (2019), Cold in July (2014), We Are What We Are (2013), Mulberry St (2006)See all 4 shared titles with Linda Moran
- Rene BastianShared titles: In the Shadow of the Moon (2019), Cold in July (2014), We Are What We Are (2013), Mulberry St (2006)See all 4 shared titles with Rene Bastian
- Adam FolkShared titles: Bushwick (2017), Cold in July (2014), Stake Land (2010), Mulberry St (2006)See all 4 shared titles with Adam Folk
- Larry FessendenShared titles: The Stakelander (2016), Night of the Wolf (2014), Stake Land (2010), Mulberry St (2006)See all 4 shared titles with Larry Fessenden
