Corin Nemec

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Corin Nemec at Gatecon 2006

Corin Nemec (* 5. November 1971 in Little Rock , Arkansas as Joseph Nemec Charles IV ) is an American actor .

Life

Corin Nemec's stage name is derived from his nickname Corky, which his grandmother gave him in his childhood. He was born in Arkansas, moved his family - he also has an older sister - to Atlanta and later to California . His father, Joseph Nemec III , also works as a film architect in the cinema industry.

Even as a child, Nemec was interested in acting. He had his first television appearances in 1986, still as Corky Nemec, in the television series Sidekicks and Webster . 1988 followed the first role in the feature film Tucker - A man and his dream at the side of Jeff Bridges . In 1988 he played in the two-parter Steven - The Abduction and was nominated for an Emmy for his acting performance . Corin Nemec had his breakthrough in 1990 with the lead role in the television series Parker Lewis - The Cool One from School , which was produced until 1993. He was then seen in a number of feature films and numerous TV films, including Drop Zone , Operation Dumbo and the four-part Stephen King film adaptation The Stand .

Nemec has made several guest appearances on popular television series such as New York Cops - NYPD Blue , Beverly Hills, 90210 , Smallville , CSI: NY , CSI: Miami, and Supernatural . In 2002 he received one of the leading roles in the science fiction series Stargate - Kommando SG-1 , but had to leave the series after a year because the popular character of Daniel Jackson (played by Michael Shanks ) returned to the series. He also wrote the script for a Stargate episode. Since then, Nemec has made regular American low-budget films and for television such as Sea Beast and Mosquito Man .

In 2007 he played and produced the Internet series Star-Ving with David Faustino, who is known from A Terribly Nice Family . With over a million clicks, the series has set a record for web series. After that, Nemec embodied notorious American serial killers in horror films twice, namely Ted Bundy in The Case of Ted Bundy - Serial Killer ( Bundy: An American Icon ) and Richard Speck in the Chicago Massacre: Richard Speck .

For the 2013 film Poseidon Rex , Nemec was originally engaged as the lead actor. At the beginning of the shooting, however, he had a serious accident when the boat on which he was transported with the film crew collided with another boat. Nemec suffered a complicated leg injury and lost so much blood that the only way to save him was through several transfusions . Brian Krause then took on the leading role in the film .

Nemec is the father of two children. He lives in Hollywood .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Corin Nemec  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Parker Lewis" Star: Serious Boating Accident! Bild.de, January 25, 2013, accessed October 27, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Nemec, Corin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Joseph Charles Nemec IV
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH 5th November 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Little Rock , Arkansas , United States