---
name: "Nick Castle"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nick-castle"
fi1m_id: "nick-castle"
imdb_id: "nm0145309"
tmdb_id: 14692
wikidata_id: "Q936000"
roles: ["Writer","Director"]
born: "21 September 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T22:20:30.666219+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Nick Castle

## Identity

Nick Castle

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nick-castle
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nick-castle
- **IMDb ID:** nm0145309
- **TMDB ID:** 14692
- **Wikidata ID:** Q936000
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Castle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936000, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0145309/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14692

Writer and director. Born 21 September 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Director
- **Born:** 21 September 1947, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1974–1993
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [John Carpenter](https://film.one/person/john-carpenter.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 88 (1), 1980s 76 (1), 1990s 56 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Castle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936000, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0145309/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14692

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Escape from New York*](https://film.one/film/escape-from-new-york.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Nick Castle is an American actor, screenwriter and film director. He played the Alien in John Carpenter's *Dark Star* (1974) and co-wrote the screenplay for *Escape from New York* (1981) with Carpenter. He is also known for playing Michael Myers, credited as The Shape, in *Halloween* (1978) and reprising the role in later entries in the franchise.

Castle studied film at the University of Southern California. He later directed films including *The Last Starfighter* (1984), *Dennis the Menace* (1993) and *Major Payne* (1995). He wrote the screenplay for *August Rush* (2007).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2)

- *Escape from New York* (1981), Fi1m 76, as Pianist — [page](https://film.one/film/escape-from-new-york.md)
- *Halloween* (1978), Fi1m 88, as The Shape — [page](https://film.one/film/halloween.md)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *Hook* (1991), Fi1m 56, Screenstory, Author — [page](https://film.one/film/hook.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Halloween Ends* (2022), as Flasher
- *Halloween Kills* (2021), as The Shape
- *Halloween* (2018), as The Shape
- *You Can't Kill the Bogeyman* (2012), Actor
- *August Rush* (2007), Screenplay, Story
- *Connors' War* (2006), Director
- *The Seat Filler* (2004), Director
- *'Twas the Night* (2001), Director
- *Delivering Milo* (2001), Director
- *Family Guy* (1999), series, as Nick Castle (voice) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md)
- *Escape from L.A.* (1996), Characters
- *Mr. Wrong* (1996), Director
- *Major Payne* (1995), Director
- *Dennis the Menace* (1993), Director
- *Hook* (1991), Author, Screenstory — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/hook.md)
- *Shangri-La Plaza* (1990), Executive Producer, Director, Writer, Original Music Composer
- *Tap* (1989), Director, Writer
- *The Boy Who Could Fly* (1986), as The Coupe de Villes · Director, Writer
- *Amazing Stories* (1985), series, Director
- *The Last Starfighter* (1984), Director
- *Tag: The Assassination Game* (1982), Director, Writer
- *Escape from New York* (1981), as Pianist · Screenplay — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/escape-from-new-york.md)
- *Pray TV* (1980), Writer, Original Music Composer
- *Skatetown, U.S.A.* (1979), Story, Screenplay
- *Halloween* (1978), as The Shape — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/halloween.md)
- *Dark Star* (1974), as Alien · Assistant Camera
- *The Resurrection of Broncho Billy* (1970), Writer, Director of Photography
- *More Than Rivals*, Director
- *Escape from New York*, Original Film Writer

## Gallery

- ![Nick Castle at Nightmare Weekend Richmond in 2024](https://film.one/media/person/398102/gallery-3c9a9cbf4ce7.jpg) Nick Castle at Nightmare Weekend Richmond in 2024 — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Nick_Castle_Photo_Op_Nightmare_Weekend_Richmond_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Nick_Castle_Photo_Op_Nightmare_Weekend_Richmond_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nick Castle at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2024](https://film.one/media/person/398102/gallery-cfb4795b11de.jpg) Nick Castle at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2024 — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Nick_Castle_%2853896147863%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Nick Castle](https://film.one/media/person/398102/gallery-63139161c9c9.jpg) Nick Castle — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Nick_Castle_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Raleigh_2024.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Nick Castle at GalaxyCon Columbus in 2024](https://film.one/media/person/398102/gallery-594a21b5920a.jpg) Nick Castle at GalaxyCon Columbus in 2024 — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Nick_Castle_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Columbus_2024.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Nick Castle at GalaxyCon Columbus in 2024](https://film.one/media/person/398102/gallery-372eaffcb6c8.jpg) Nick Castle at GalaxyCon Columbus in 2024 — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Nick_Castle_%2854213830159%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Nick Castle at Animate x Nightmare Weekend Des Moines in 2024](https://film.one/media/person/398102/gallery-24a6f223ab4f.jpg) Nick Castle at Animate x Nightmare Weekend Des Moines in 2024 — John Manard for Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Nick_Castle_%2854089036158%29.jpg/1280px-Nick_Castle_%2854089036158%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/nick-castle