Jack Nance
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Nance, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Dec 21, 1943 In Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 43
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Fools 1970-12-23
- Latest Project:
- Movie I Know Catherine, The Log Lady 2025
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | I Know Catherine, The Log Lady | Self (archive footage) | 2025 |
| Movie | Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces | Pete Martell | 2014-07-16 |
| Movie | Sinema | Henry Spencer | 2014-07-26 |
| Movie | I Don't Know Jack | Self | 2002-04-05 |
| Movie | The Short Films of David Lynch | Pete | 2002-06-01 |
| Movie | Eraserhead Stories | Self / Henry Spencer (archive footage) | 2001-09-06 |
| Movie | Lost Highway | Phil | 1997-01-15 |
| Movie | Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch | Self | 1997-10-14 |
| Movie | The Secret Agent Club | Doctor | 1996-08-16 |
| Movie | Assault on Dome 4 | Mellow, Dome 4 Oldtimer | 1996-10-08 |
| Movie | Little Witches | Father Michae | 1996-12-23 |
| Movie | The Demolitionist | Father McKenzie | 1995-03-09 |
| Movie | Across the Moon | Old Cowboy | 1995-03-28 |
| Movie | Voodoo | Lewis | 1995-11-28 |
| Movie | Another Midnight Run | Reilly | 1994-02-05 |
| Movie | Love and a .45 | Justice Thurman | 1994-11-23 |
| Movie | Meatballs 4: To the Rescue | Neil Peterson | 1992-03-06 |
| Movie | Whore | Man Who Helps Liz | 1991-06-21 |
| Movie | Motorama | Motel Clerk | 1991-09-10 |
| Series | Twin Peaks | Pete Martell | 1990-04-08 |
| Movie | Wild at Heart | 00 Spool | 1990-08-17 |
| Movie | Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch | Self | 1990-10-19 |
| Movie | The Hot Spot | Julian Ward | 1990-10-12 |
| Movie | David Lynch: Don't Look at Me | Self | 1989-01-01 |
| Movie | Twin Peaks | Pete Martell | 1989-09-03 |
| Movie | Colors | Officer Samuels | 1988-04-15 |
| Movie | No Frank in Lumberton | Self | 1988-01-19 |
| Movie | The Blob | Doctor | 1988-08-05 |
| Movie | Tricks of the Trade | Al | 1988-12-06 |
| Movie | The French as Seen by… | (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman") | 1988-10-26 |
| Movie | The Cowboy and the Frenchman | Pete | 1988-10-26 |
| Movie | Barfly | Detective | 1987-09-02 |
| Series | Crime Story | Unknown | 1986-09-19 |
| Movie | Blue Velvet | Paul | 1986-09-19 |
| Movie | Ghoulies | Wolfgang | 1985-01-18 |
| Movie | Dune | Nefud | 1984-12-14 |
| Movie | City Heat | Aram Strossell | 1984-12-07 |
| Movie | Johnny Dangerously | Priest | 1984-12-21 |
| Movie | Hammett | Gary Salt | 1982-06-09 |
| Movie | Breaker! Breaker! | Burton | 1977-04-01 |
| Movie | Eraserhead | Henry Spencer | 1977-09-28 |
| Movie | Jump | Ace | 1971-01-01 |
| Movie | Fools | Hippie | 1970-12-23 |