Cecil Taylor Nichols is an American

United States

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 actor

Actor

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 best known for roles in the Whit Stillman

Whit Stillman

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 films Metropolitan

Metropolitan (film)

Metropolitan is the first film by director and screenwriter Whit Stillman. It received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay.-Synopsis:...

, Barcelona

Barcelona (film)

Barcelona is a 1994 comedy film written and directed by Whit Stillman and set in Barcelona, Spain. The movie stars Taylor Nichols, Chris Eigeman and Mira Sorvino.-Plot:...

, and The Last Days of Disco

The Last Days of Disco

The Last Days of Disco is a 1998 sardonic comedy-drama film written and directed by Whit Stillman and loosely based on his travels and experiences in various nightclubs in Manhattan, including Studio 54. The film concerns a group of Ivy League and Hampshire graduates falling in and out of love in...

. His characters in these films were insecure, stuttering sidekicks to those of the more outgoing Chris Eigeman

Chris Eigeman

Chris Eigeman is an American actor best known for roles in the Whit Stillman films Metropolitan, Barcelona, and The Last Days of Disco....

. Nichols and Eigeman also played minor roles in the independent film The Next Step, released in 1997, of which Nichols was an associate producer.

Career

Nichols has also appeared in the films Congo

Congo (film)

Congo is a 1995 action adventure film, based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. It was directed by Frank Marshall and stars Laura Linney, Dylan Walsh, Tim Curry, Ernie Hudson, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Grant Heslov, and Joe Don Baker. The film was released on June 9, 1995 by...

, The American President, The Big Easy, and Jurassic Park III

Jurassic Park III

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, as well as episodes of the TV series Murder She Wrote, Chicago Hope

Chicago Hope

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, Judging Amy

Judging Amy

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, The Mind of the Married Man

The Mind of the Married Man

The Mind of the Married Man is a television series that ran on the HBO network for two seasons consisting of twenty episodes between September 2001 and November 2002. The story attempts to focus on the challenges of modern-day married life from a male perspective.The show drew mixed reviews from...

and Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds

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. In 2007 Nichols appeared in the film The Air I Breathe

The Air I Breathe

The Air I Breathe is the 2008 directorial film debut of Korean-American filmmaker Jieho Lee, who co-wrote the script with Bob DeRosa. It stars Kevin Bacon, Julie Delpy, Brendan Fraser, Andy Garcia, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Emile Hirsch, and Forest Whitaker...

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Personal life

Nichols has been married to Margarita de Eguilior, a Spanish woman he met during the production of Barcelona, since 1995. They have two daughters, Alexandra, who was born on January 21, 1999, and Lee, born on January 10, 2002.

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