Biography
Nicholas Vince is a British actor, writer and filmmaker born in May 1958 in West Germany. He trained at Mountview Theatre Academy and, shortly after graduating, met Clive Barker while modelling for him. Barker later cast him as the Chattering Cenobite in Hellraiser (1987) and the Chatterer Cenobite in Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988).
Vince subsequently played Kinski in Barker’s Nightbreed (1990) and appeared in later films including Book of Monsters (2018). He has written short stories and comics set in the Hellraiser and Nightbreed universes, and published collections such as What Monsters Do. He has received several horror awards, including the London Horror Society Award for Outstanding Contribution to UK Independent Horror and a Lifetime of Torment Award at Texas Frightmare. Since 2016 he has been patron of the London Horror Festival.
