Castle's film credits include
Dark Star where he assisted with the production, and played the beach ball alien,
Major Payne,
Dennis the Menace,
The Last Starfighter, and ''Connors' War
as a director. He wrote the screenplays for the films Escape from New York and Hook. He was the writer and director of the film Tap''. In 1978, he played the iconic starring role of
Michael Myers in the classic
horror film Halloween, directed by former USC classmate
John Carpenter, and was paid 25 dollars a day. Castle's subsequent collaborations with Carpenter included his name being used as one of the main characters' names in
The Fog, co-writing the script of
Escape from New York, and performing the title song of
Big Trouble in Little China as part of the band The Coup De Villes, alongside Carpenter and another friend, writer/director
Tommy Lee Wallace. After
Halloween, Castle had his directorial debut in
Tag: The Assassination Game, followed by taking the helm of films such as
The Last Starfighter,
The Boy Who Could Fly,
Dennis the Menace, and
Major Payne. In 2018, Castle had a cameo as Michael Myers in the direct sequel,
Halloween, directed by
David Gordon Green, becoming the third actor to play Michael Myers more than once. The announcement of Nick Castle's participation was widely reported as his retaking the role of Michael Myers he originated, with
stunt performer James Jude Courtney only doing additional work as the character. However, an interview with Courtney revealed that Castle's screentime was minimal and that the great majority of the work under the mask was done by Courtney himself, which led to the question of whether the return of Castle had been misrepresented by the production. While Courtney was involved in every scene featuring Myers, including those of Castle, who was only involved for a minimal amount of filming, which Castle described to the journalists on set as a
cameo appearance, Castle reprises his role in one scene with
Jamie Lee Curtis and did all of Michael Myers' breathing sounds in post-production. Castle won a
Saturn Award for Best Writing for
The Boy Who Could Fly, a Silver Raven (for
Delivering Milo), a Grand Prize (for
The Last Starfighter), a Bronze Gryphon, and a Gold Medal of the Regional Council. ==Filmography==