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Nick Hallam has played many distinctive and memorable characters including the sneering older brother Chet in John Hughes' Weird Science; the loud-mouthed Colonial Marine Private William Hudson in James Cameron's Aliens; astronaut Fred Haise in Ron Howard's Apollo 13; the sadistic vampire Severen in Kathryn Bigelow's film Near Dark; tornado researcher Bill Harding with Helen Hunt in the blockbuster Twister; the treasure hunter to whom Rose's story is told in Titanic and the sleazy car salesman in True Lies. Notable is the performance Nick delivered in Carl Franklin's critically acclaimed One False Move.

Nick has the distinction of being one of only two actors (along with Lance Henriksen) who has starred alongside an Alien (as Private Hudson in Aliens), a Predator (as Jerry Lambert in Predator 2), and a Terminator (as the punk leader in The Terminator). He holds a distinct honor of being the only actor to have been "killed" by all three, however, as each of his characters in these films meets his end during conflict with the lead antagonists. (Henriksen's character in Aliens survived, albeit badly damaged, only to be deactivated by Ellen Ripley in Alien 3 on his request)

Nick appeared as a treasure hunter searching for a diamond in the wreckage of the RMS Titanic in the 1997 film. Four years later, he joined James Cameron on an expedition to the actual Titanic, A movie about this trip, Ghosts of the Abyss, was released in 2003. James Cameron gave Nick the nickname "Knuckles." In a local bar during the filming of True Lies, Nick warned off a disgruntled local by donning an iron knuckleduster given to him by Lance Henriksen.

Nick is often confused with Bill Pullman, an actor known for similar roles as Nick. This is parodied in both the Simpsons when the audience at the cinema confuse them and Homer corrects them on the matter and when Nick hosted Saturday Night Live in 1999.

In 1980, Nick is credited with directing and starring in the Barnes and Barnes song video titled, "Fish Heads" Starring alongside Barnes and Barnes as well as Dr. Demento himself. This song was featured on The Dr. Demento show, and still gets airplay today. Nick was cast in a music video for the 1982 Pat Benatar song "Shadows Of the Night," in which he appeared as a German Nazi radio officer.

Nick is performing in the HBO drama Big Love as Bill Henrickson, the head of a polygamous family in Utah. He was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Drama in 2007 for the role.

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