Jack Nance

Jack Nance

Birthday: 1943-12-21

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Biography: Marvin John Nance (December 21, 1943 – December 30, 1996), known professionally as Jack Nance and occasionally credited as John Nance, was an American actor of stage and screen, primarily starring in offbeat or avant-garde productions. He was known for his work with director David Lynch, particularly for his roles in Eraserhead, Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks.

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Eraserhead
Eraserhead

First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, a...

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Lost Highway
Lost Highway

A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, g...

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Blue Velvet
Blue Velvet

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related ...

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Tricks of the Trade
Tricks of the Trade

After her picture perfect husband is murdered in a prostitute's apartment, Beverly Hills homemaker C...

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Dune
Dune

In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice exte...

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Barfly
Barfly

Downtrodden writer Henry and distressed goddess Wanda aren't exactly husband and wife: they're wedde...

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Whore
Whore

This melodrama investigates the life of a sex worker, in a pseudo-documentary style....

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Little Witches
Little Witches

When an ancient book of spells transforms 6 naughty Catholic school girls into a sexy coven of witch...

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Meatballs 4: To the Rescue
Meatballs 4: To the Rescue

Ricky is the hottest water-ski instructor around and has just been rehired by his former employer/ca...

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The Hot Spot
The Hot Spot

Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and ...

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Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch

An in-depth look at artist/filmmaker David Lynch's movies, paintings, drawings, photographs, and var...

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Love and a .45
Love and a .45

Small-time criminal Watty Watts attempts to rob a convenience store with his drug-addict buddy, Bill...

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City Heat
City Heat

Set in Kansas City in 1933, Eastwood plays a police lieutenant known simply by his last name, Speer....

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Ghoulies
Ghoulies

A young man and his girlfriend move into the man's old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a...

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Motorama
Motorama

A ten year old boy gets tired of life with abusive parents and cashes in his piggy bank and steals a...

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Colors
Colors

A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barri...

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I Don't Know Jack
I Don't Know Jack

The life of actor Jack Nance, whose rise to prominence after starring in David Lynch's 1977 cult cla...

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Eraserhead Stories
Eraserhead Stories

David Lynch discusses the making of the film "Eraserhead."...

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Bushman
Bushman

1968: Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, and Bobby Hutton are among the recent dead. In Nigeria, th...

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Jump
Jump

A Southern stock-car driver puts his rising career in the hands of a race promoter....

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The Cowboy and the Frenchman
The Cowboy and the Frenchman

A grizzled, hard-of-hearing cowboy, Slim, and his two friends, Dusty and Pete, capture a mysterious,...

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Sinema
Sinema

A 96 minute internet video collage made during a particularly disorientating time....

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The French as Seen by…
The French as Seen by…

In 1988, Figaro magazine asked a few famous directors to direct a series of short movies to celebrat...

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Wild at Heart
Wild at Heart

Young lovers Sailor and Lula hit the road to start a new life together away from the wrath of Lula’s...

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The Secret Agent Club
The Secret Agent Club

A secret agent masquerades as a toy-seller, successfully concealing his alter ego even from his youn...

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Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch

A 1990 documentary presented by Jonathan Ross, in which he interviewed filmmaker David Lynch....

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The Blob
The Blob

In Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinou...

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Voodoo
Voodoo

Andy comes to campus in order to be close to his girlfriend Rebecca. Since he needs a place to stay ...

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The Demolitionist
The Demolitionist

A murdered police officer is brought back to life by a cold-hearted scientist to serve as "The Demol...

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Hammett
Hammett

Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. Former private detective Dashiell Hammett, a compulsive drinker with...

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Johnny Dangerously
Johnny Dangerously

An honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's sky...

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Breaker! Breaker!
Breaker! Breaker!

Truck driver searches for his brother, who has disappeared in a town run by a corrupt judge....

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Across the Moon
Across the Moon

Two young women bond while living together out in the California desert to be close to their boyfrie...

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Assault on Dome 4
Assault on Dome 4

In this science-fiction action opus, intergalactic extremist Alex Windham has seized control of Dome...

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Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks

An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic t...

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David Lynch: Don't Look at Me
David Lynch: Don't Look at Me

A documentary about American director David Lynch from the Cinéma, de notre temps series....

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No Frank in Lumberton
No Frank in Lumberton

A very surreal video shot behind the scenes during the production of Blue Velvet in Wilmington, Nort...

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Fools
Fools

A horror actor falls in love with the unhappily married young wife of an attorney....

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Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

Ninety minutes of deleted and alternate takes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, assembled by David...

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Of Things Past
Of Things Past

A young couple struggling to save their marriage after the tragic loss of their baby son moves to id...

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Old Fashioned Spankings
Old Fashioned Spankings

An irate husband, outraged that his younger wife is out carousing with “heavy metal hippies” every n...

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Black Baby
Black Baby

A black baby attempts to escape a labyrinth whilst being pursued by a gaggle of giant humanoids...

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The Short Films of David Lynch
The Short Films of David Lynch

A collection of visionary director David Lynch's short films from the first 29 years of his career i...

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Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage

Fifty-three minutes of deleted scenes and alternate takes assembled by David Lynch....

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Another Midnight Run
Another Midnight Run

Jack Walsh tries to track down two of the top con-artists around. But they know every trick in the b...

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