---
name: "Nick Towne"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nick-towne"
fi1m_id: "nick-towne"
imdb_id: "nm1870313"
tmdb_id: 76531
wikidata_id: "Q17131055"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-21T20:59:02.871253+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 Towne

## Identity

Nick Towne

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nick-towne
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nick-towne
- **IMDb ID:** nm1870313
- **TMDB ID:** 76531
- **Wikidata ID:** Q17131055
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Towne, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17131055, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1870313/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76531

Writer. Born 1 January 1901.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901
- **Active:** 2004–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 2 writing
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 86 (2), 2020s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Towne, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17131055, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1870313/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76531

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Deadwood*](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md) (91), [*The Penguin*](https://film.one/tv/the-penguin.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Nick Towne is an American television writer and producer. He began his career as a writer's assistant on the HBO series *Deadwood* (2004–2006) and co-wrote the episode "Amateur Night" with Zack Whedon.

Towne has written episodes for *Preacher* (2016), *Manhunt* (2017–2020), on which he also served as story editor, and *The Penguin* (2024), for which he was also a producer. He received Writers Guild of America Award nominations for his work on *Deadwood* and is the nephew of screenwriter Robert Towne.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (1)

- *Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog* (2008), Fi1m 81, as Bad Horse Chorus #1 — [page](https://film.one/tv/dr-horribles-sing-along-blog.md)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *The Penguin* (2024), Fi1m 78, Writer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-penguin.md)
- *Deadwood* (2004), Fi1m 91, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *The Penguin* (2024), series, Producer, Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-penguin.md)
- *Manhunt* (2017), series, Writer, Co-Producer, Story Editor
- *Preacher* (2016), series, Writer
- *The Invention of Lying* (2009), as Roulette Dealer
- *Commentary! The Musical* (2008), Actor
- *Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog* (2008), series, as Bad Horse Chorus #1 — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/dr-horribles-sing-along-blog.md)
- *Deadwood* (2004), series, Writer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md)

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