Toby Nichols

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Tobias "Toby" Nichols (born November 30, 2001 ) is an American child actor . He gained international fame especially in 2015 through his role as Lucas Simons in Chasing Ghosts alongside Tim Meadows , W. Earl Brown and Robyn Lively .

Life

Toby Nichols was born as the youngest of six children to Bridget and Ross Nichols and, in addition to his three sisters, also has two brothers (Zach and Seth Nichols) who have also worked in the film and television sector. He began his training as an actor in 2012, when he also had his first role in a well-known production. So he made an insignificant brief appearance in the Christmas film The Angel Next Door . In the same year he was also a photo double for Max Charles in the pilot of the never-released TNT series Scent of the Missing . The following year, he appeared alongside his mother and brother Seth in an episode of Project Z: History of the Zombie Apocalypse . In 2013 he was also the main character in Joseph “Joey” Harmon's short film Shoe Tying 101 and had a guest appearance in Gary Fleder's Homefront , in which his mother was seen in a small, unimportant role. After another appearance in the advertising film Shelter from the Storm , a Public Service Announcement (PSA) by Foster Care Wisconsin , it was used in the ninth episode of the third season of American Horror Story that same year . There he played a 14-year-old version of the short-term supporting character Hank Foxx , played by Josh Hamilton . For this engagement he was nominated in the following year at the Young Artist Awards 2014 in the category “Best guest actor in a television series - between eleven and 13 years”, but could not stand against Joshua Carlon in this category , who won the award for his work in Sam & Cat won, prevail.

After brief guest appearances in the films 22 Jump Street and Dead Still came Nichols in the same year in Chris Ganucheaus short film True Heroes that when in 2014 since 2012 held annually Film Festival Louisiana Movie Prize to 50,000 US dollars doped Grand Prize won, for Commitment. Here he was seen in the lead role and was nominated for a Festival Prize in the category Best Actor at the Louisiana Science Fiction Film and Costume Festival of 2014 , but could not win this award either. In the same year Toby Nichols, who had been trained regularly at Debby Gaudet's Young Screen Actors since 2012 and also gained experience under casting director Harriet Greenspan , actor and talent scout Braden Lynch , and casting directors Cheryl Faye , Ty Harman and Joey Paul Jensen , was in one Commercial for the tortilla chip brand Doritos , as well as in the feature film by the two author brothers Daniel and Matthew Libman . In 2013 he was cast for the film Chasing Ghosts , which was then shot in 2014 and finally released on April 21, 2015. In addition to actors such as Tim Meadows , W. Earl Brown and Robyn Lively, he played the leading role of Lucas Simons in the film and celebrated his first major breakthrough in the film business. In that year he was also used in numerous other film and television productions, including a guest appearance in the first episode of the second season of Salem , in which he played a chicken thief. In 2018 the fantasy horror film "The Dark" was released, in which Nichols played a blind boy who is one of the two main characters.

He was also seen in films such as Zombie Shark or Trumbo , a biographical drama in the lead role with Bryan Cranston as screenwriter and novelist Dalton Trumbo ; he was also the spokesperson for Ruby Strangelove Young Witch . Further releases of productions in which Toby Nichols has participated are planned for 2016. There are recurring roles as TR Macon in six episodes of Underground or as Sam in the thriller Desolation , which is currently (as of October 26, 2015) in post-production .

Filmography

Film appearances (also short appearances)
Series appearances (also guest and short appearances)

nomination

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/toby-nichols.html
  2. ↑ Zach Nichols in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  3. ↑ Seth Nichols in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  4. ↑ TNT Passes On Pilot 'Scent Of The Missing' , accessed October 26, 2015
  5. ↑ Shoe Tying 101 (short film) on Youtube (English), accessed on October 26, 2015
  6. ↑ Shelter from the Storm - Foster Care PSA on Youtube (English), accessed on October 26, 2015
  7. ↑ a b 35th Annual Young Artist Awards , accessed on October 26, 2015
  8. ↑ 'True Heroes' wins LAFP , accessed October 26, 2015
  9. ↑ Doritos 'Confidence' 2014 on Youtube (English), accessed on October 26, 2015
  10. ↑ Toby Nichols - The Dark. In: Starry Constellation Magazine. November 2, 2018. Retrieved November 13, 2019 (American English).


personal data
SURNAME Nichols, Toby
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nichols, Tobias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American child actor
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 2001