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{{short description|Canadian actor}}
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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Nick Mancuso
| name = Nick Mancuso
| image = Nick Mancuso.jpg
| image = Nick Mancuso à Paris en 2018.jpg
| caption = Mancuso in 2009
| caption = Mancuso in 2018 in Paris
| birth_name = Nicodemo Antonio Massimo Mancuso
| birth_name = Nicodemo Antonio Massimo Mancuso
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|5|29}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|5|29}}
| birth_place = [[Mammola]], [[Calabria]], Italy
| birth_place = [[Mammola]], [[Calabria]], Italy
| residence = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| occupation = Actor, director, artist, playwright, poet
| occupation = Actor, director, artist, playwright, poet
| spouse = {{marriage|Lady Patricia Pelham-Clinton-Hope|1981|1983|end=divorced}}<br>[[Barbara Williams (actress)|Barbara Williams]]<br>({{abbr|m.|married}} 1987; {{abbr|div.|divorced}} 1993)<br>{{marriage|Nadia Capone<br>|1998}}
| website = {{url|http://www.nickmancusoactingacademy.com/}}
| children = 1
}}
}}
'''Nicodemo Antonio Massimo Mancuso''' (born May 29, 1948) is an [[Italian Canadians|Italian-Canadian]] [[actor]], [[artist]], [[playwright]], and [[Film director|director]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/nick-mancuso/167927|title=Nick Mancuso {{!}} TV Guide|website=TVGuide.com|language=en|access-date=2019-07-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nickmancusoactingacademy.com/|title=The Nick Mancuso Acting Academy|website=www.nickmancusoactingacademy.com|access-date=2019-07-30}}</ref> Beginning his career as a stage actor, he had his breakthrough role in the 1981 drama ''[[Ticket to Heaven]]'', for which he won the [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor|Genie Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor]]. He has over 155 film and television credits, including a starring role on the NBC series ''[[Stingray (NBC TV series)|Stingray]]'' (1985–87) and as [[antichrist]] Franco Macalousso in the [[Apocalypse (film series)|''Apocalypse'']] film series.
'''Nicodemo Antonio Massimo Mancuso''' (born May 29, 1948) is an [[Italian Canadians|Italian-Canadian]] [[actor]], [[artist]], [[playwright]], and [[Film director|director]]. Beginning his career as a stage actor, he had his breakthrough role in the 1981 drama ''[[Ticket to Heaven]]'', for which he won the [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor|Genie Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor]]. He has over 155 film and television credits, including voicing [[Billy (Black Christmas)|Billy]] in the slasher film [[Black Christmas (1974 film)|''Black Christmas'']] (1974), starring as Ray on the NBC series ''[[Stingray (NBC TV series)|Stingray]]'' (1985–1987), and playing [[antichrist]] Franco Macalousso in the [[Apocalypse (film series)|''Apocalypse'']] film series (1998–2001).


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Mancuso was born May 29, 1948 in [[Mammola]], [[Calabria]], [[Italy]]. His family emigrated to [[Canada]] in 1956 via [[Naples]], when he was eight years old.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/56/Nick-Mancuso.html |title=Nick Mancuso Biography |work=Film Reference |accessdate=24 October 2016}}</ref> He grew up in [[Ontario]] and began acting in [[high school]]. Upon graduation, he studied psychology at the [[University of Toronto]], but left to pursue acting full time.
Mancuso was born May 29, 1948, in [[Mammola]], [[Calabria]], [[Italy]]. His family emigrated to [[Canada]] in 1956 via [[Naples]], when he was eight years old.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/56/Nick-Mancuso.html |title=Nick Mancuso Biography |work=Film Reference |access-date=24 October 2016}}</ref> He grew up in [[Ontario]] and began acting in [[high school]]. On graduation, he studied psychology at the [[University of Toronto]], but left to pursue acting full time.


==Career==
==Career==
Mancuso began his professional career in various independent theatre companies including the Toronto Free Theatre, [[Canadian Stage Company]], [[Factory Theatre]], and the [[Theatre Passe Muraille]]. He had his first voice screen role debut with an uncredited role in the 1974 slasher film ''[[Black Christmas (1974 film)|Black Christmas]],'' as the voice of the stalking murderer Billy. In order to get the proper creepy and raspy voice, Mancuso would stand on his head to compress the thorax in his neck. He spent a season in 1976 at the [[Stratford Festival]], with leading roles in ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', ''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]'', and ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', and landed his first screen appearance in a supporting role in [[Allan Eastman]]'s debut film, ''[[A Sweeter Song]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Abbot |first1=Stacey |editor1-last=Rist |editor1-first=Peter Harry |title=Guide to the Cinema(s) of Canada |date=2001 |publisher=Greenwood Press |location=Westport, Ct.; London |isbn=0313299315 |pages=135–136 |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=7uKs4fKOotUC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=nick%20mancuso&f=false |accessdate=8 September 2019 |chapter=Nick Mancuso |quote=His first on-screen appearance.}}</ref>
Mancuso began his professional career by performing in theatres across Canada such as the [[Vancouver Playhouse (theatre venue)|Vancouver Playhouse]], [[Neptune Theatre (Halifax)|Neptune Theatre]], [[Centaur Theatre]] and Halifax's Pier One experimental theatre, where he was also an associate artistic director for one season. He went on to perform in various independent theatre companies including the Toronto Free Theatre, [[Canadian Stage Company]], [[Factory Theatre]], and the [[Theatre Passe Muraille]].<ref name="CanadianEncyclopedia">{{cite web |last1=Townend |first1=Paul |title=Nick Mancuso |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/nick-mancuso |publisher=The Canadian Encyclopedia |date=July 26, 2011}}</ref> He had his first voice screen role debut with an uncredited role in the 1974 slasher film ''[[Black Christmas (1974 film)|Black Christmas]],'' as the voice of the stalking murderer Billy. He spent a season in 1976 at the [[Stratford Festival]], with leading roles in ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', ''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]'', and ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', and landed his first screen appearance in a supporting role in [[Allan Eastman]]'s debut film, ''[[A Sweeter Song]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Abbot |first1=Stacey |editor1-last=Rist |editor1-first=Peter Harry |title=Guide to the Cinema(s) of Canada |date=2001 |publisher=Greenwood Press |location=Westport, Ct.; London |isbn=0313299315 |pages=135–136 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7uKs4fKOotUC&pg=PA135 |access-date=8 September 2019 |chapter=Nick Mancuso |quote=His first on-screen appearance.}}</ref>


In 1979, his American stage debut working directly with [[Tennessee Williams]], starring in ''Tiger Tail'' and ''[[The Night of the Iguana]]'' in [[Atlanta]]. During this time, he came to the attention of producers at [[Columbia Pictures]]. [[Martin Ransohoff]] and [[Arthur Hiller]] were instrumental in getting Mancuso for the lead in the horror-thriller [[Nightwing (film)|''Nightwing'']], directed by Hiller and co-starring [[David Warner (actor)|David Warner]]. Ransohoff and Hiller hoped ''Nightwing'' would be a hit and be a breakthrough role for Mancuso, but it failed at the box office.
In 1979, his American stage debut working directly with [[Tennessee Williams]], starring in ''Tiger Tail'' and ''[[The Night of the Iguana]]'' in [[Atlanta]]. During this time, he came to the attention of producers at [[Columbia Pictures]]. [[Martin Ransohoff]] and [[Arthur Hiller]] were instrumental in getting Mancuso for the lead in the horror-thriller [[Nightwing (film)|''Nightwing'']], directed by Hiller and co-starring [[David Warner (actor)|David Warner]]. Ransohoff and Hiller hoped ''Nightwing'' would be a hit and be a breakthrough role for Mancuso, but it failed at the box office.


In the early 1980s, Mancuso had his breakthrough role in ''[[Ticket to Heaven]]'' in which he played the part of a David Kappel, a non-observant [[Jews in Canada|Jew]]ish teacher in [[Toronto]]. His girlfriend leaves him and he visits [[San Francisco]] to find his footing and see an old friend. He is lured into spending a weekend at a camp that is actually the recruiting and indoctrination center for a religious cult.<ref>{{cite journal |url={{Google books|8SPHIzMSLHAC|page=364|plainurl=yes}} |journal=[[ABA Journal]] |date=March 1982 |first=David S. |last=Machlowitz| volume=68 |title=Lawyer on the Aisle |page=364 |issn=0747-0088}}</ref> The film was voted one of the top 10 films of 1981 by the [[National Board of Review]], and earned Mancuso the [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor|Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role]]. The success of the film and Mancuso's performance put him in the running to play [[Indiana Jones (character)|Indiana Jones]] in ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''.
In the early 1980s, Mancuso had his breakthrough role in ''[[Ticket to Heaven]]'' in which he played the part of a David Kappel, a non-observant [[Jews in Canada|Jew]]ish teacher in [[Toronto]]. His girlfriend leaves him and he visits [[San Francisco]] to find his footing and see an old friend. He is lured into spending a weekend at a camp that is actually the recruiting and indoctrination center for a religious cult.<ref>{{cite journal |url={{Google books|8SPHIzMSLHAC|page=364|plainurl=yes}} |journal=[[ABA Journal]] |date=March 1982 |first=David S. |last=Machlowitz| volume=68 |title=Lawyer on the Aisle |page=364 |issn=0747-0088}}</ref> The film was voted one of the top 10 films of 1981 by the [[National Board of Review]],<ref>{{cite web |title=National Board of Review 1981 |url=https://mubi.com/awards-and-festivals/nbr?year=1981 |website=mubi.com}}</ref> and earned Mancuso the [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor|Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wise |first1=Wyndham |title=Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film |date=2001 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=9780802083982 |page=264 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m4Y_OgckDmIC&pg=PA264}}</ref> The success of the film and Mancuso's performance put him in the running to play [[Indiana Jones (character)|Indiana Jones]] in ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''.


Mancuso played the titular role on the NBC series ''[[Stingray (NBC TV series)|Stingray]],'' which ran two seasons between 1985 and 1987. He played the [[antichrist]] Franco Macalousso in [[Apocalypse (film series)|''Apocalypse'']], a series of direct-to-video films produced by [[Cloud Ten Pictures]]. Among the other roles Mancuso has taken on there was the role of Holden Downes in ''[[Captured (1998 film)|Captured]]''. In this sometime violent film, he plays a real estate tycoon on the edge. He comes across some thieves who are out to rob him and takes his anger out on them.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/f-captured.html |title=Captured |work=Weird Wild Realm |accessdate=24 October 2016}}</ref> Instead, he turns the tables on them and making them the victims.<ref>{{Rotten Tomatoes |id=1087471-captured |title=Captured (1998)}}</ref> He has also appeared in numerous independent and short films.
Mancuso played the titular role on the NBC series ''[[Stingray (NBC TV series)|Stingray]],'' which ran two seasons between 1985 and 1987.<ref name="TCM">{{cite web |last1=Charles |first1=John |title=Nick Mancuso Biography |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/120807%7C0/Nick-Mancuso#biography |website=TCM.com |publisher=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref> He played the [[antichrist]] Franco Macalousso in [[Apocalypse (film series)|''Apocalypse'']], a series of direct-to-video films produced by [[Cloud Ten Pictures]]. Among the other roles Mancuso has taken on there was the role of Holden Downes in ''[[Captured (1998 film)|Captured]]''. In this sometime violent film, he plays a real estate tycoon on the edge. He comes across some thieves who are out to rob him and takes his anger out on them.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/f-captured.html |title=Captured |work=Weird Wild Realm |access-date=24 October 2016}}</ref> Instead, he turns the tables on them and making them the victims.<ref>{{Rotten Tomatoes|qid=Q15028501|title=Captured (1998)}}</ref> He has also appeared in numerous independent and short films.


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
In 1981, Mancuso married Lady Patricia Pelham-Clinton-Hope (born 1949), a daughter of [[Henry Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 9th Duke of Newcastle]]; they divorced in 1983.<ref>''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (Debrett's Peerage Limited, 2008), p. 1,055</ref> He later married his second wife, Canadian actress [[Barbara Williams (actress)|Barbara Williams]] before divorcing. In 1998, he married his third wife Toronto-born actress Nadia Capone. The two have one child together.<ref name="TCM" />
In 2018 Mancuso married LaïlaFrances Dekhil (born 1981), a French actress, model and movies director. They live in France.

{{As of|2019|July}}, Mancuso resides in [[Toronto]], and was running a six-week acting workshop there.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nickmancusoactingacademy.com/ |title=The Nick Mancuso Acting Academy |website=www.nickmancusoactingacademy.com |access-date=2019-07-30 |archive-date=2019-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225153559/http://www.nickmancusoactingacademy.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He has also published a book of poetry titled ''Mediterranean Man''<ref>{{Cite book|isbn = 155071242X|title = Mediterranean Men|last1 = Mancuso|first1 = Nick|year = 2006|url-access = registration|url = https://archive.org/details/trent_0116405577630}}</ref> and created a number of abstract paintings.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.artmajeur.com/nickmancuso |title=Nick Mancuso |last=Mancuso |first=2019 [[Artmajeur]] Online Art Gallery / Nick |website=www.artmajeur.com |access-date=2019-07-30}}</ref> He is fluent in English and Italian, and speaks conversational French.

He underwent quadruple bypass surgery in 2011. A longtime vegetarian and proponent of [[homeopathy]], Mancuso joined a class-action lawsuit against the government of Canada in 2012 over its ban of previously available herbs and vitamins that were offered by [[Naturopathy|naturopaths]] and health food suppliers.<ref name="TCM" />


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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* 1974 : ''[[Red Emma]]'' (TV)
* 1974 ''[[Red Emma]]'' (TV)
* 1974 : ''[[Black Christmas (1974 film)|Black Christmas]]'' : [[Billy Lenz|The Prowler / Phone voice]]
* 1974 ''[[Black Christmas (1974 film)|Black Christmas]]'' as [[Billy Lenz|Billy, The Prowler / Phone Voice]]
* 1976 : ''[[A Sweeter Song]]'' : Manuel
* 1976 ''[[A Sweeter Song]]'' as Manuel
* 1978 : ''[[Dr. Scorpion]]'' (TV) : John Shackelford
* 1978 ''Dr. Scorpion'' (TV) as John Shackelford
* 1979 : ''[[The House on Garibaldi Street]]'' (TV) : Ari
* 1979 ''[[The House on Garibaldi Street]]'' (TV) as Ari
* 1979 : ''[[Nightwing (film)|Nightwing]]'' : Youngman Duran
* 1979 ''[[Nightwing (film)|Nightwing]]'' as Youngman Duran
* 1980 : ''[[Scrupules]]'' (''Scruples'') (TV series) : Vito Orsini
* 1980 as ''Scrupules'' (''Scruples'') (TV series) as Vito Orsini
* 1980 : ''[[Death Ship (1980 film)|Le Bateau de la mort]]'' (''Death Ship'') : Nick
* 1980 ''[[Death Ship (1980 film)|Le Bateau de la mort]]'' (''Death Ship'') as Nick
* 1981 : ''[[Ticket to Heaven]]'' : David
* 1981 ''[[Ticket to Heaven]]'' as David
* 1982 : ''[[The Legend of Walks Far Woman]]'' (TV) : Horses Ghost
* 1982 ''[[The Legend of Walks Far Woman]]'' (TV) as Horses Ghost
* 1982 : ''[[Mother Lode (film)|Mother Lode]]'' : Jean Dupre
* 1982 ''[[Mother Lode (1982 film)|Mother Lode]]'' as Jean Dupre
* 1983 : ''[[Feel the Heat (TV series)|Feel the Heat]]'' (TV series) : Andy Thorn
* 1983 ''Feel the Heat'' (TV series) as Andy Thorn
* 1983 : ''[[Maria Chapdelaine (1983 film)|Maria Chapdelaine]]'' : François Paradis
* 1983 ''[[Maria Chapdelaine (1983 film)|Maria Chapdelaine]]'' as François Paradis
* 1983 : ''[[Desperate Intruder]]'' (TV) : Mike
* 1983 ''[[Desperate Intruder]]'' (TV) as Mike
* 1983 : ''[[Tell Me That You Love Me]]'' : Dan
* 1983 ''[[Tell Me That You Love Me (film)|Tell Me That You Love Me]]'' as Dan
* 1984 : ''[[Heartbreakers (1984 film)|Heartbreakers]]'' : Eli
* 1984 ''[[Heartbreakers (1984 film)|Heartbreakers]]'' as Eli
* 1984 : ''[[Blame It on the Night]]'' : Chris Dalton
* 1984 ''[[Blame It on the Night]]'' as Chris Dalton
* 1984 : ''[[Paroles et Musique]]'' : Peter
* 1984 ''[[Paroles et Musique]]'' as Peter
* 1985 : ''[[Death of an Angel]]'' : Father Angel
* 1985 ''[[Death of an Angel]]'' as Father Angel
* 1985 : ''[[The Ray Bradbury Theater]]'', S1E3 ("The Crowd") : Spallner
* 1985 ''[[The Ray Bradbury Theater]]'', S1E3 ("The Crowd") as Spallner
* 1985–87 : ''[[Stingray (1985 TV series)|Stingray]]'' (TV series) : Ray
* 1985-1987 ''[[Stingray (1985 TV series)|Stingray]]'' (TV series) as Ray
* 1985 : ''Embassy'' (TV) : Harry Brackett
* 1985 ''Embassy'' (TV) as Harry Brackett
* 1985 : ''[[Night Magic]]'' : Michael
* 1985 ''[[Night Magic]]'' as Michael
* 1986 : ''Half a Lifetime'' (TV) : Toby
* 1986 ''Half a Lifetime'' (TV) as Toby
* 1987 : ''The King of Love'' (TV)
* 1987 ''The King of Love'' (TV)
* 1990 : ''[[Last Train Home (1990 film)|Last Train Home]]'' (TV) : Sam Steele
* 1990 ''Last Train Home'' (TV) as Sam Steele
* 1990 : ''[[Frontière du crime]]'' (''Double Identity'') (TV) : Paul Flemming
* 1990 ''Frontière du crime'' (''Double Identity'') (TV) as Paul Flemming
* 1990 : ''[[Liaison brûlante]]'' (''Burning Bridges'') (TV) : Peter Hollinger
* 1990 ''Liaison brûlante'' (''Burning Bridges'') (TV) as Peter Hollinger
* 1991 : ''Lena's Holiday'' : Flynn
* 1991 ''Lena's Holiday'' as Flynn
* 1991 : ''[[Milena (film)|Milena]]'' : Jaromir
* 1991 ''[[Milena (film)|Milena]]'' as Jaromir
* 1991 : ''[[Fatal Exposure]]'' (TV) : Carl Stone
* 1991 ''Fatal Exposure'' (TV) as Carl Stone
* 1991 : ''[[Lies Before Kisses]]'' (TV) : Sonny
* 1991 ''[[Lies Before Kisses]]'' (TV) as Sonny
* 1991 : ''[[Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride]]'' (TV) : Danny LaManna
* 1991 ''[[Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride]]'' (TV) as Danny LaManna
* 1992 : ''[[Rapid Fire (1992 film)|Rapid Fire]]'' : Antonio Serrano
* 1992 ''[[Rapid Fire (1992 film)|Rapid Fire]]'' as Antonio Serrano
* 1992 : ''[[Somebody's Daughter]]'' (TV) : Noah Canaan
* 1992 ''[[Somebody's Daughter (film)|Somebody's Daughter]]'' (TV) as Noah Canaan
* 1992 : ''[[Under Siege]]'' : Tom Breaker
* 1992 ''[[Under Siege]]'' as CIA Director Tom Breaker
* 1993 : ''[[Matrix (TV series)|Matrix]]'' (TV series) : Steven Matrix
* 1993 ''[[Matrix (TV series)|Matrix]]'' (TV series) as Steven Matrix
* 1993 : ''[[Wild Palms]]'' (''Wild Palms'') (TV series) : Tully Woiwode
* 1993 ''[[Wild Palms]]'' (''Wild Palms'') (TV series) as Tully Woiwode
* 1993 : ''[[Message from Nam]]'' (TV) : Capt. Bill Quinn
* 1993 ''[[Message from Nam]]'' (TV) as Captain Bill Quinn
* 1994 : ''[[Vitrine sur meurtre]]'' (''Flinch'') : Miles Raymond
* 1994 ''Vitrine sur meurtre'' (''Flinch'') as Miles Raymond
* 1994 : ''[[For the Love of Aaron]]'' (TV) : Stuart Singer
* 1994 ''[[For the Love of Aaron]]'' (TV) as Stuart Singer
* 1994 : ''Suspicious Agenda'' : Jimmy Davane
* 1994 ''Suspicious Agenda'' as Jimmy Davane
* 1995 : ''[[The Takeover (film)|The Takeover]]'' : Anthony Vilachi
* 1995 ''[[The Takeover (film)|The Takeover]]'' as Anthony Vilachi
* 1995 : ''[[Young Ivanhoe]]'' (TV) : De Bourget
* 1995 ''[[Young Ivanhoe]]'' (TV) as De Bourget
* 1995 : ''[[Arbalète et rock'n roll]]'' (''A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'') : King Arthur
* 1995 ''Arbalète et rock'n roll'' (''A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'') as [[King Arthur]]
* 1995 : ''[[Under Siege 2: Dark Territory]]'' : Tom Breaker
* 1995 ''[[Under Siege 2: Dark Territory]]'' as CIA Director Tom Breaker
* 1996 : ''[[The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)]]'' : Martin, Season 2 Episode 2 [[Resurrection (The Outer Limits)|"Resurrection"]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0667939/|title=IMDb.com: The Outer Limits (1995-2002): Resurrection|publisher=IMDb.com|language=english|date=2018|accessdate=14 May 2018}}</ref> (Airdate: 14 January 1996)
* 1996 ''[[The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)]]'' as Martin, Season 2 Episode 2 [[Resurrection (The Outer Limits)|"Resurrection"]]
* 1996 : ''[[Twists of Terror]]'' (TV) : Crenshaw
* 1996 ''[[Twists of Terror]]'' (TV) as Crenshaw
* 1996 : ''[[Sealed With a Kiss]]'' (TV) : Barry Kuda
* 1996 ''[[Sealed With a Kiss]]'' (TV) as Barry Kuda
* 1996 : ''[[Marquis de Sade (1996 film)|Marquis de Sade]]'' : [[Marquis de Sade]]
* 1996 ''[[Marquis de Sade (film)|Marquis de Sade]]'' as [[Marquis de Sade]]
* 1996 : ''[[Les Amants de rivière rouge]]'' (TV series) : O'Connor
* 1996 ''Les Amants de rivière rouge'' (TV series) as O'Connor
* 1996 : ''[[Once You Meet a Stranger]]'' (TV)
* 1996 ''[[Once You Meet a Stranger]]'' (TV)
* 1996 : ''[[Past Perfect (1996 film)|Past Perfect]]''
* 1996 ''[[Past Perfect (1996 film)|Past Perfect]]''
* 1996 : ''[[Vows of Deception]]'' (TV) : Matt Harding
* 1996 ''Vows of Deception'' (TV) as Matt Harding
* 1997 : ''[[Against the Law (1998 film)|Against the Law]]'' : Det. John Shepard
* 1997 ''[[Against the Law (1998 film)|Against the Law]]'' as Detective John Shepard
* 1997 : ''[[Question de confiance]]'' (''Matter of Trust'') : Peter Marsh
* 1997 ''Question de confiance'' (''[[Matter of Trust]]'') as Peter Marsh
* 1997 : ''[[Piégée]]'' (''[[Laws of Deception]]'') : Det. Sgt. Lou Mather
* 1997 ''Piégée'' (''[[Laws of Deception]]'') as Sergeant Lou Mather
* 1997 : ''[[The Ex (1997 film)|The Ex]]'' : David Kenyon
* 1997 ''[[The Ex (1997 film)|The Ex]]'' as David Kenyon
* 1997 : ''[[The Invader (1997 film)|The Invader]]'': Willard
* 1997 ''[[The Invader (1997 film)|The Invader]]'' as Willard
* 1997 : ''[[Let Me Call You Sweetheart]]'' (TV)
* 1997 ''[[Let Me Call You Sweetheart]]'' (TV)
* 1998 : ''[[Harlequin's Loving Evangeline]]'' : Robert Cannon
* 1998 ''Harlequin's Loving Evangeline'' as Robert Cannon
* 1998 : ''[[Loyal Opposition: Terror in the White House]]'' (TV) : General Metzger
* 1998 ''[[Loyal Opposition: Terror in the White House]]'' (TV) as General Metzger
* 1998 : ''[[Provocateur (film)|Provocateur]]'' : Toynbey Bates
* 1998 ''[[Provocateur (film)|Provocateur]]'' as Toynbey Bates
* 1998 : ''[[Misbegotten (film)|Misbegotten]]'' : Paul Bourke
* 1998 ''[[Misbegotten (film)|Misbegotten]]'' as Paul Bourke
* 1998 : ''Past Perfect'' : Stone
* 1998 ''Past Perfect'' as Stone
* 1998 : ''[[Captured (1998 film)|Captured]]'' (vidéo) : Holden Downs
* 1998 ''[[Captured (1998 film)|Captured]]'' (vidéo) as Holden Downs
* 1998 : ''[[Programmés pour tuer]]'' (''Perfect Assassins'') (TV) : Samuel Greely
* 1998 ''Programmés pour tuer'' (''Perfect Assassins'') (TV) as Samuel Greely
* 1999 : ''Revelation'' : Franco Macalousso
* 1999 ''[[Apocalypse II: Revelation|Revelation]]'' as Franco Macalousso
* 1999 : ''[[Total Recall 2070]]'' (TV) : Richard Collector
* 1999 ''[[Total Recall 2070]]'' (TV) as Richard Collector
* 1999 : ''[[Question of Privilege]]'' : Steven Healy
* 1999 ''Question of Privilege'' as Steven Healy
* 1999 : ''[[Jack of Hearts (1999 film)|Jack of Hearts]]'' : Roy Murcant
* 1999 ''Jack of Hearts'' as Roy Murcant
* 2000 : ''Tribulation'' : Franco Macalousso
* 2000 ''Tribulation'' as Franco Macalousso
* 2000 : ''[[Call of the Wild (TV series)|Call of the Wild]]'' : John Thornton
* 2000 ''[[Call of the Wild (TV series)|Call of the Wild]]'' as John Thornton
* 2001 : ''[[The Outer Limits (1995 TV Series)]]'' : Father, Season 6 Episode 3 [[A New Life (The Outer Limits)|"A New Life"]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0667854/|title=IMDb.com: The Outer Limits (1995-2002): A New Life|publisher=IMDb.com|language=english|date=2018|accessdate=14 May 2018}}</ref> (Airdate: 30 March 2001)
* 2001 ''[[The Outer Limits (1995 TV Series)]]'' as Father, Season 6 Episode 3 [[A New Life (The Outer Limits)|"A New Life"]]
* 2001 : ''Judgment'' : Franco Macalousso
* 2001 ''Judgment'' as Franco Macalousso
* 2001 : ''[[La Mort en blanc]]'' (''Avalanche Alley'') (TV) : Scott
* 2001 ''La Mort en blanc'' (''[[Avalanche Alley]]'') (TV) as Scott
* 2001 : ''[[The Secret Pact]]'' : Dominic Patton
* 2001 ''The Secret Pact'' as Dominic Patton
* 2002 : ''Time of Fear'' : Jack Barone
* 2002 ''Time of Fear'' as Jack Barone
* 2002 : ''[[Dancing at the Harvest Moon]]'' (TV)
* 2002 ''[[Dancing at the Harvest Moon]]'' (TV)
* 2003 : ''[[Firefight (2003 film)|Firefight]]'' : George
* 2003 ''[[Firefight (2003 film)|Firefight]]'' as George
* 2003 : ''Lightning: Bolts of Destruction'' (TV) : General Fields
* 2003 ''Lightning: Bolts of Destruction'' (TV) as General Fields
* 2004 : ''[[Brave New Girl (film)|Brave New Girl]]'' (TV) : Ditz's Father
* 2004 ''[[Brave New Girl (film)|Brave New Girl]]'' (TV) as Ditz's Father
* 2004 : ''[[The Messiah: Prophecy Fulfilled]]'' : Yehudah
* 2004 ''The Messiah: Prophecy Fulfilled'' as Yehudah
* 2004 : ''Lives of the Saints'' (TV) : Mario Innocente
* 2004 ''Lives of the Saints'' (TV) as Mario Innocente
* 2005 : ''[[Dreaming on Christmas]]'' : Sid
* 2005 ''Dreaming on Christmas'' as Sid
* 2005 : ''[[Today You Die]]'' : Agent Saunders
* 2005 ''[[Today You Die]]'' as FBI Agent Saunders
* 2005 : ''Betting On Love'' (TV) : Arnie Tannenbaum
* 2005 ''Betting On Love'' (TV) as Arnie Tannenbaum
* 2005 : ''[[In the Mix (film)|In the Mix]]'' : Salvatore
* 2005 ''[[In the Mix (film)|In the Mix]]'' as Salvatore
* 2006 : ''[[Night of Terror (2006 film)|Night of Terror]]'' (TV) : Richard Grant
* 2006 ''Night of Terror'' (TV) as Richard Grant
* 2007 : ''[[Vanessa (film)|Vanessa]]'' : Mr. Bennet
* 2007 ''Vanessa'' as Mr. Bennet
* 2008 : ''The Wrong Mr. Johnson'' : Jim Johnson
* 2008 ''The Wrong Mr. Johnson'' as Jim Johnson
* 2008 : ''[[Contract Killers (film)|Contract Killers]]'' : Witkoff
* 2008 ''[[Contract Killers (film)|Contract Killers]]'' as Witkoff
* 2009 : ''Deadtime Stories 2'' : Swan
* 2009 ''Deadtime Stories 2'' as Swan
* 2009 : ''[[Rise of the Gargoyles]]'' : Father Gable
* 2009 ''[[Rise of the Gargoyles]]'' as Father Gable
* 2009 : ''[[ZOS: Zone of Separation]]'' : Dragan Michailov
* 2009 ''[[ZOS: Zone of Separation]]'' as Dragan Michailov
* 2009 : ''Death Warrior'' : Ivan
* 2009 ''Death Warrior'' as Ivan
* 2009 : ''[[Lost Soul (2009 film)|Lost Soul]]'' : Dr. Charles Crowther
* 2009 ''Lost Soul'' as Dr. Charles Crowther
* 2009 : ''Napoleonic'' : Adam Trufant
* 2009 ''Napoleonic'' as Adam Trufant
* 2009 : ''[[Violent Blue]]'' : Pietro
* 2009 ''[[Violent Blue]]'' as Pietro
* 2009 : ''The Last Gamble'' : Nick
* 2009 ''The Last Gamble'' as Nick
* 2009 : ''Bruco'' : Dead Father, Mario
* 2009 ''Bruco'' as Mario, Dead Father
* 2010 : ''Napoleonic'' (short): Adam Trufant
* 2010 ''Napoleonic'' (short) as Adam Trufant
* 2013 : ''[[Real Gangsters]]'': Vincent 'Jimmie' Lo Giacamo, also producer
* 2013 ''Real Gangsters'' as Vincent "Jimmie" Lo Giacamo, also producer
* 2014 : ''[[The Big Fat Stone]]'': Mickey Goldstein
* 2014 ''The Big Fat Stone'' as Mickey Goldstein
* 2016 : ''Born Dead''
* 2016 ''Born Dead''
* 2017 : ''[[Adam's Testament]]'': The Stranger
* 2017 ''[[Adam's Testament]]'' as The Stranger
* 2017: ''[[Misfortune]]'': Roman
* 2017 ''Misfortune'' as Roman
* 2018: ''[[Road to the Lemon Grove]]'': Guido
* 2018 ''[[Road to the Lemon Grove]]'' as Guido
{{div col end}}
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==Awards==
==Awards==
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* [[Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role]], 1982, for role in film ''[[Ticket to Heaven]]''
* [[Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role]], 1982, for role in film ''[[Ticket to Heaven]]''
* Best Actor, [[Houston Film Festival]], 1982, for role in film ''Ticket to Heaven''
* Best Actor, [[Houston Film Festival]], 1982, for role in film ''Ticket to Heaven''<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Canada Weekly |title=News |date=October 6, 1982 |volume=10 |issue=37 |page=6 |publisher=Government of Canada Department of External Affairs, Public Affairs Branch}}</ref>
* Best Actor, [[Taormina Film Festival]], 1982, for role in film ''Ticket to Heaven''
* Best Actor, [[Taormina Film Festival]], 1982, for role in film ''Ticket to Heaven''
* Best Actor, Academy of Family Films and Family Television, for role in film ''Ticket to Heaven''
* Best Actor, Academy of Family Films and Family Television, for role in film ''Ticket to Heaven''
* Best Actor, Houston Film Festival, 1986, for role in film ''[[Heartbreakers (1984 film)|Heartbreakers]]''
* Best Actor, Houston Film Festival, 1986, for role in film ''[[Heartbreakers (1984 film)|Heartbreakers]]''
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* Lifetime Achievement Award, Toronto Italian Film Festival, June 2005
* [[National Film Review]], 1985's Best Ten Pictures, ''[[Maria Chapdelaine (1983 film)|Maria Chapdelaine]]''
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* Lifetime Achievement Award, [[Toronto Italian Film Festival]], June 2005


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Nick Mancuso
Mancuso in 2018 in Paris
Born
Nicodemo Antonio Massimo Mancuso

(1948-05-29) May 29, 1948 (age 76)
Mammola, Calabria, Italy
Occupation(s)Actor, director, artist, playwright, poet
Spouse(s)
Lady Patricia Pelham-Clinton-Hope
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​
(m. 1981; div. 1983)​

Barbara Williams
(m. 1987; div. 1993)
Nadia Capone
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(m. 1998)​
Children1

Nicodemo Antonio Massimo Mancuso (born May 29, 1948) is an Italian-Canadian actor, artist, playwright, and director. Beginning his career as a stage actor, he had his breakthrough role in the 1981 drama Ticket to Heaven, for which he won the Genie Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor. He has over 155 film and television credits, including voicing Billy in the slasher film Black Christmas (1974), starring as Ray on the NBC series Stingray (1985–1987), and playing antichrist Franco Macalousso in the Apocalypse film series (1998–2001).

Early life and education

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Mancuso was born May 29, 1948, in Mammola, Calabria, Italy. His family emigrated to Canada in 1956 via Naples, when he was eight years old.[1] He grew up in Ontario and began acting in high school. On graduation, he studied psychology at the University of Toronto, but left to pursue acting full time.

Career

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Mancuso began his professional career by performing in theatres across Canada such as the Vancouver Playhouse, Neptune Theatre, Centaur Theatre and Halifax's Pier One experimental theatre, where he was also an associate artistic director for one season. He went on to perform in various independent theatre companies including the Toronto Free Theatre, Canadian Stage Company, Factory Theatre, and the Theatre Passe Muraille.[2] He had his first voice screen role debut with an uncredited role in the 1974 slasher film Black Christmas, as the voice of the stalking murderer Billy. He spent a season in 1976 at the Stratford Festival, with leading roles in The Merchant of Venice, Antony and Cleopatra, and A Midsummer Night's Dream, and landed his first screen appearance in a supporting role in Allan Eastman's debut film, A Sweeter Song.[3]

In 1979, his American stage debut working directly with Tennessee Williams, starring in Tiger Tail and The Night of the Iguana in Atlanta. During this time, he came to the attention of producers at Columbia Pictures. Martin Ransohoff and Arthur Hiller were instrumental in getting Mancuso for the lead in the horror-thriller Nightwing, directed by Hiller and co-starring David Warner. Ransohoff and Hiller hoped Nightwing would be a hit and be a breakthrough role for Mancuso, but it failed at the box office.

In the early 1980s, Mancuso had his breakthrough role in Ticket to Heaven in which he played the part of a David Kappel, a non-observant Jewish teacher in Toronto. His girlfriend leaves him and he visits San Francisco to find his footing and see an old friend. He is lured into spending a weekend at a camp that is actually the recruiting and indoctrination center for a religious cult.[4] The film was voted one of the top 10 films of 1981 by the National Board of Review,[5] and earned Mancuso the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role.[6] The success of the film and Mancuso's performance put him in the running to play Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Mancuso played the titular role on the NBC series Stingray, which ran two seasons between 1985 and 1987.[7] He played the antichrist Franco Macalousso in Apocalypse, a series of direct-to-video films produced by Cloud Ten Pictures. Among the other roles Mancuso has taken on there was the role of Holden Downes in Captured. In this sometime violent film, he plays a real estate tycoon on the edge. He comes across some thieves who are out to rob him and takes his anger out on them.[8] Instead, he turns the tables on them and making them the victims.[9] He has also appeared in numerous independent and short films.

Personal life

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In 1981, Mancuso married Lady Patricia Pelham-Clinton-Hope (born 1949), a daughter of Henry Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 9th Duke of Newcastle; they divorced in 1983.[10] He later married his second wife, Canadian actress Barbara Williams before divorcing. In 1998, he married his third wife Toronto-born actress Nadia Capone. The two have one child together.[7]

As of July 2019, Mancuso resides in Toronto, and was running a six-week acting workshop there.[11] He has also published a book of poetry titled Mediterranean Man[12] and created a number of abstract paintings.[13] He is fluent in English and Italian, and speaks conversational French.

He underwent quadruple bypass surgery in 2011. A longtime vegetarian and proponent of homeopathy, Mancuso joined a class-action lawsuit against the government of Canada in 2012 over its ban of previously available herbs and vitamins that were offered by naturopaths and health food suppliers.[7]

Filmography

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Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Nick Mancuso Biography". Film Reference. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  2. ^ Townend, Paul (July 26, 2011). "Nick Mancuso". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  3. ^ Abbot, Stacey (2001). "Nick Mancuso". In Rist, Peter Harry (ed.). Guide to the Cinema(s) of Canada. Westport, Ct.; London: Greenwood Press. pp. 135–136. ISBN 0313299315. Retrieved 8 September 2019. His first on-screen appearance.
  4. ^ Machlowitz, David S. (March 1982). "Lawyer on the Aisle". ABA Journal. 68: 364. ISSN 0747-0088.
  5. ^ "National Board of Review 1981". mubi.com.
  6. ^ Wise, Wyndham (2001). Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. University of Toronto Press. p. 264. ISBN 9780802083982.
  7. ^ a b c Charles, John. "Nick Mancuso Biography". TCM.com. Turner Classic Movies.
  8. ^ "Captured". Weird Wild Realm. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  9. ^ Captured (1998) at Rotten Tomatoes Edit this at Wikidata
  10. ^ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (Debrett's Peerage Limited, 2008), p. 1,055
  11. ^ "The Nick Mancuso Acting Academy". www.nickmancusoactingacademy.com. Archived from the original on 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
  12. ^ Mancuso, Nick (2006). Mediterranean Men. ISBN 155071242X.
  13. ^ Mancuso, 2019 Artmajeur Online Art Gallery / Nick. "Nick Mancuso". www.artmajeur.com. Retrieved 2019-07-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ "News". Canada Weekly. 10 (37). Government of Canada Department of External Affairs, Public Affairs Branch: 6. October 6, 1982.
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