Lance E. Nichols

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Lance E. Nichols (born July 13, 1955) is an American actor best known for playing dentist Larry Williams on Treme.

Early life and education

A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Nichols graduated from McDonogh 35 College Preparatory Charter High School and the University of New Orleans.Dave Walker, [http://www.nola.com/treme-hbo/index.ssf/2011/05/lance_e_nichols_and_davi_jay_p.html "Lance E. Nichols and Davi Jay provide support on 'Treme'"], Times-Picayune, May 8, 2011.

Career

Nichols is also known for his roles in The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonMike Scott, [http://blog.nola.com/mikescott/2008/12/local_actors_lend_authenticity.html "Local actors lend authenticity to locally filmed 'Benjamin Button'"], Times-Picayune, December 26, 2008. and House of Cards and is a frequent presence in films that were made in the city. In 2012 he appeared as a character similar to his Treme character, and also named "Larry", in a commercial for Chase Bank that also featured Drew Brees and his family and was aired during the broadcast of Super Bowl XLVI.Dave Walker, [http://www.nola.com/tv/index.ssf/2012/02/super_bowl_commercials_countdo.html "Super Bowl commercials countdown: Who's No. 1?"], Times-Picayune, February 6, 2012.[http://www.theind.com/lifestyle/indextra/87-indextra/9842-brees-fam-featured-in-new-ad " Brees, fam featured in new ad"], TheIND.com, February 3, 2012. From 2015 to 2019, he's starred in the martial arts drama series Into the Badlands, as a supporting character named The River King.

Filmography

= Film =

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!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

1987

|Project X

|Hamer

|

1987

|Cold Steel

|Other Cop

|

1990

|Side Out

|Taxi Driver

|

1991

|Convicts

|Sherman Edwards

|

1995

|Serial Killer

|Doctor

|

1998

|Snake Eyes

|Cop #3

|

2001

|K-PAX

|David Patel

|

2001

|Frailty

|FBI Agent #4

|

2003

|Runaway Jury

|Agent Shield

|

2008

|A Good Man Is Hard to Find

|Deacon Smith

|

2008

|American Violet

|Mr. Moss

|

2008

|The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

|Preacher

|

2009

|I Love You Phillip Morris

|Houston Judge

|

2009

|Night of the Demons

|Seargent Dawson

|

2009

|Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

|Jeremiah Goodhusband

|

2009

|Hurricane Season

|Pastor

|

2010

|Welcome to the Rileys

|Hamilton "Ham" Watkins

|

2010

|The Last Song

|Pastor Harris

|

2010

|The Chameleon

|FBI Doctor

|

2010

|Mirrors 2

|Detective Huston

|

2010

|Knucklehead

|Milton's Dad

|

2010

|The Jack of Spades

|Fred, The Jeweler

|

2011

|The Mechanic

|Henry

|

2011

|Where I Begin

|Patrick

|

2011

|The Mortician

|Augie, The Shopkeeper

|

2011

|Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown

|Official Agent

|

2011

|Flood Streets

|Cedric

|

2011

|Dark Blue

|Lieutenant Harris

|

2011

|Green Lantern

|Cop

|

2011

|Brawler

|Lieutenant McSweeney

|

2011

|Inside Out

|Taxman #3

|

2011

|Creature

|Old Man

|

2011

|Jeff, Who Lives at Home

|Elderly Man / Phone (O.S.)

|

2011

|October Baby

|Dr. Stewart

|

2011

|Storm War

|Senator Aldrich

|

2011

|Snatched

|Spud

|

2012

|Contraband

|CBP Agent

|

2012

|Another Dirty Movie

|Buck

|

2012

|Stash House

|Priest

|

2012

|Fish Story: The Curse of Mocatawbi Pond

|Wormy Angler

|

2012

|Hell and Mr. Fudge

|Arnold

|

2012

|The Campaign

|Denning Mayor

|Uncredited

2013

|Straight A's

|Dr. Carr

|

2013

|Beautiful Creatures

|Mayor Snow

|

2013

|The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia

|Pastor Wells

|

2013

|Samuel Bleak

|Lester

|

2013

|Susie's Hope

|Judge Randolph

|

2013

|Fractured

|Dr. Edwards

|

2013

|Homefront

|Senior DEA Agent Ronnie

|

2014

|Elsa & Fred

|Maitre D'

|

2014

|13 Sins

|Police Captain

|

2014

|Moms' Night Out

|Ronald

|

2014

|American Heist

|Auto Shop Boss

|

2014

|The Town That Dreaded Sundown

|Arkansas Mayor Holdridge

|

2014

|Left Behind

|Pastor Bruce Barnes

|

2015

|A Sort of Homecoming

|Hal

|

2015

|The Livingston Gardener

|Warden Bishop Wells

|

2015

|June

|Dr. Wynstrom

|

2015

|I Am Potential

|Charles

|

2015

|Fantastic Four

|DC Senior Official (Area 57)

|

2015

|Shark Lake

|Sheriff Lewis Galloway

|

2015

|Navy Seals vs. Zombies

|Senator Abrams

|

2015

|Woodlawn

|Junior

|

2015

|Heist

|Captain Michaels

|

2016

|Here Comes Rusty

|Keith

|

2016

|Before I Wake

|Detective

|

2016

|Race to Win

|Dr. Sanders

|

2016

|The Perfect Weapon

|Politician

|

2016

|Believe

|Mayor Harris

|

2017

|Camera Obscura

|Lieutenant Vincent

|

2017

|County Line

|"Doc" Bronson

|

2018

|Assassination Nation

|FBI Agent Richard Vernon

|

2018

|Black Water

|Buchanan

|

2018

|The Domestics

|Winston

|

2018

|All Styles

|Yonas

|

2018

|Mara

|McCarthy

|

2019

|Bayou Tales

|Hammel

|

2019

|Above Suspicion

|Agent Baumgarten

|

2019

|Christmas on the Range

|Gus

|

2019

|Semper Fi

|Balfour

|

2020

|Body Cam

|Pastor Thomas Jackson

|

2021

|Palmer

|Sibs

|

2021

|Heart of Champions

|President Harris

|

2021

|Dark Well

|FBI Agent Rogers

|

2022

|The Contrast

|Mr. Van Rough

|

2022

|Bruh-Bruh

|Pastor Jeremiah McKnight

|

2023

|American Outlaws

|Willy Spencer

|

2023

|The Burial

|Judge Graves

|

= Television =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

1983

|Gimme a Break!

|Vampire

|Episode: "The Return of the Doo-Wop Girls"

1985

|The Twilight Zone

|Cabbie

|Episode: "Dead Woman's Shoes"

1986

|Amazing Stories

|Guard #2

|Episode: "You Gotta Believe Me"

1987

|Cheers

|Bailiff

|Episode: "Chambers vs. Malone"

1988

|L.A. Law

|Clerk

|Episode: "Belle of the Bald"

1989

|Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal

|Hollis Strother

|Television film

1989

|The Hogan Family

|Orderly

|Episode: "Slapshot"

1990

|Alien Nation

|Delivery Man

|Episode: "Gimme, Gimme"

1990

|Murder, She Wrote

|Policeman

|Episode: "Trials and Tribulations"

1990

|The Great Los Angeles Earthquake

|Paramedic

|Television film

1990

|Gabriel's Fire

|Sergeant Glad

|Episode: "The Wind Rancher"

1992

|Matlock

|Reporter / Stu

| rowspan="2" |2 episodes

1992, 1994

|Renegade

|Security Guard / Deputy

1993

|Tainted Blood

|Social Worker

| rowspan="2" |Television film

1994

|Accidental Meeting

|Ad Agency Guy

1994

|Sisters

|Officer Sadowski

|Episode: "Paradise Lost"

1995

|As Good as Dead

|Police Officer

|Television film

1995

|Martin

|Pa Duke

|Episode: "Cole on Ice"

1995

|The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

|Producer

|Episode: "There's the Rub: Part 2"

1995

|Step by Step

|Mr. Dickens

|Episode: "The Fight Before Christmas"

1996

|Picket Fences

|Protester #2

|Episode: "Dante's Inferno"

1996

|3rd Rock from the Sun

|Security Salesman

|Episode: "Assault with a Deadly Dick"

1996

|Minor Adjustments

|Mr. Chase

|Episode: "A Christmas Story"

1996

|Diagnosis: Murder

|Car Jacker

|2 episodes

1996

|NewsRadio

|George

|Episode: "Daydream"

1997

|Home Invasion

|Dr. Royce

|Television film

1997

|Tracey Takes On...

|Manager

|Episode: "Mothers"

1997

|Everybody Loves Raymond

|Mack

|Episode: "Neighbors"

1997

|A Match Made in Heaven

|Mort Paulson

|Television film

1997

|Mad About You

|Dr. Eckstein

|2 episodes

1997

|The Jamie Foxx Show

|Lamonte Lassacier

|Episode: "Do the Write Thing"

1997

|Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher

|Mr. Morrison

|Episode: "Dr. Love"

1997

|The Steve Harvey Show

|Man In Chicken Suit

|Episode: "I'm Not a Chauvinist, Piggy"

1997

|Smart Guy

|Larry

|Episode: "T.J. versus the Machine"

1998

|Last Rites

|FBI Agent #2

|Television film

1998, 2000

|NYPD Blue

|Bus Driver / Coley

|2 episodes

1999

|Any Day Now

|Man

|Episode: "A Parent's Job"

1999, 2000

|Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

|Officer Shields

|2 episodes

2000

|100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd

|Mark

|Episode: "False Hero"

2000

|The Practice

|Evidence Room Officer

|Episode: "Death Penalties"

2000

|Something to Sing About

|Councilman

| rowspan="2" |Television film

2000

|How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale

|Principal Jones

2001

|18 Wheels of Justice

|Doctor

|Episode: "The Game"

2001

|The Drew Carey Show

|Warren

|Episode: "Eat Drink Drew Woman"

2002

|The Invisible Man

|The Mayor

|Episode: "Mere Mortals"

2002

|Touched by an Angel

|Minister Russell

|Episode: "Ship-in-a-Bottle"

2002

|Firestarter: Rekindled

|Medical Examiner

|2 episodes

2002

|The Shield

|Gene

|Episode: "Pay in Pain"

2002

|The Parkers

|Guy #1

|Episode: "The Dates from Hell"

2003

|Buffy the Vampire Slayer

|Middle-Aged Man

|Episode: "Touched"

2003

|The West Wing

|Jay

|Episode: "Twenty Five"

2004

|The Brooke Ellison Story

|Play Off Official

| rowspan="2" |Television film

2005

|Oil Storm

|Frank Milner

2005

|Half & Half

|Guard

|Episode: "The Big How to Do & Undo It Episode"

2005

|Snow Wonder

|Boudreaux

|Television film

2005

|Desperate Housewives

|Minister

|Episode: "The Sun Won't Set"

2005

|Charmed

|Joe

|Episode: "Hulkus Pocus"

2006

|In Justice

|Wise Man #1

|Episode: "Cost of Freedom"

2006

|ER

|Detective Barnes

|2 episodes

2006

|The Loop

|Air Marshall #1

|Episode: "Jack Air"

2006

|Standoff

|Henry Bremner

|Episode: "Heroine"

2007

|Girl, Positive

|Dr. Crane

|Television film

2007

|Big Shots

|Boardmember #2

|Episode: "Pilot"

2008

|Racing for Time

|Keith Simons

| rowspan="3" |Television film

2008

|Living Proof

|Dr. Brown

2010

|The Wronged Man

|Judge Pifer

2010–2013

|Treme

|Larry Williams

|29 episodes

2011

|Swamp Shark

|Simon

|Television film

2011

|Memphis Beat

|Hank Miller

|Episode: "Lost"

2011

|Hound Dogs

|Big Club G.M.

|Television film

2013

|American Horror Story: Coven

|Detective Sanchez

|Episode: "Boy Parts"

2013, 2016

|House of Cards

|Gene Clancy

|2 episodes

2015

|NCIS: New Orleans

|Detective Mack Garrity

|Episode: "The List"

2015–2018

|Into the Badlands

|River King

|4 episodes

2016

|Arceneaux: Melpomene's Song

|Lonnie Arceneaux

| rowspan="3" |Television film

2017

|Shepherd

|Father Joseph

2017

|Family of Lies

|Detective Whitaker

2017, 2019

|The Chosen

|Sol

|2 episodes

2018

|The Purge

|Otis

|Episode: "Take What's Yours"

2018

|BFA New Orleans

|Dean Benjamin Morgan

|Television film

2019–2021

|Queen of the South

|Lucien

|4 episodes

2020

|First Christmas

|Eugene

| rowspan="2" |Television film

2021

|Maternally Yours

|Joseph Roberts

References

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