Taylor Nichols
Cecil Taylor Nichols is an American actor, known for his roles in several films by Whit Stillman including major roles in Metropolitan and Barcelona, as well as his roles in the regular casts of the television series Modern Family and PEN15.
Career
Nichols is perhaps best known for his roles in the Whit Stillman films Metropolitan, Barcelona, The Last Days of Disco, and Damsels in Distress. His characters in the first three of these films were insecure, stuttering sidekicks to those of the more outgoing Chris Eigeman. Nichols and Eigeman also played minor roles in the independent film The Next Step, released in 1997, of which Nichols was an associate producer.Nichols has also appeared in the films Boiler Room, Congo, The American President, The Big Easy, and Jurassic Park III, as well as episodes of the TV series Murder, She Wrote, NewsRadio, Chicago Hope, ER, Man of the People, Judging Amy, The Mind of the Married Man, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, 24, Criminal Minds, The Mentalist, Bones, and Double Rush. In 2007 Nichols appeared in the film The Air I Breathe. He can also be seen in the 2018 film Chappaquiddick.
From 2019 to 2021, Nichols was a member of the regular cast in all three seasons of PEN15 on Hulu.
Personal life
Nichols was born in East Lansing, Michigan and is a graduate of the University of Michigan. He has been married since 1995 to Margarita de Eguilior, a Spanish woman he met during the production of Barcelona. They have two daughters, Alexandra, who was born January 21, 1999, and Lee, born January 30, 2002.Nichols is an avid bicyclist and advocate. He co-hosts a podcast, Bike Talk, which describes itself as " radio show dedicated to the idea that we need to prioritize transportation by bikes."
Filmography
- Metropolitan as Charlie Black
- Man of the People as Richard Lawrence
- Barcelona as Ted Boynton
- Dirty Money as Herb
- Headless Body in Topless Bar as Danny
- Congo as Jeffrey Weems
- Serpent's Lair as Paul Douglas
- The American President as Stu
- Best Wishes Mason Chadwick as Mason Chadwick
- Murder, She Wrote as Various
- The Larry Sanders Show as Robbie
- Wings as Russell Greaney
- NewsRadio as Glenn
- The Next Step as Peter
- Cadillac as Todd
- Born Bad as Agent Rickman
- ER as Mr. Adams
- The Last Days of Disco as Charlie / Ted Boynton
- Mixed Blessings as Rob
- Gideon as Dr. Richard Willows
- The Sex Monster as Billy
- Serious Business as Bradford
- Judging Amy as Dr. Tracy Carroll
- Running Mates as Dave
- Boiler Room as Harry Reynard
- Mercury in Retrograde as Alex
- Jurassic Park III as Mark
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Kevin Greer aka "The Blue Painted Killer"
- Grey's Anatomy as Rick Humphrey
- Age of Kali as Tom Watson
- The Air I Breathe as Sorrow's FatherCriminal Minds as William Reid
- Friday Night Lights as Kevin
- Case 219 as Richard Ewing
- Black Mail as Lee Burrows
- Damsels in Distress as Professor Black
- Hide Away as The Boss
- Freeloaders as Kyle
- Godzilla as Military Analyst
- Bipolar as Donald Poole
- Bestseller as Agent Hayes
- 40 Nights as Joseph
- Chappaquiddick as Ted Sorensen
- 1BR as Jerry
- PEN15 as Curtis Cone
- The Walking Dead as Jeremiah
- Perry Mason as Elder Seidel
- Roar as Stan
- Babylon as Wealthy Man