Nick Loren
Encyclopedia
Nick Loren is an American
actor
, singer-songwriter
, producer
, and professional stunt double
. He has been the professional stunt double
for John Travolta
and an accredited
actor
in over 17 films including: From Paris with Love
, Old Dogs
, Wild Hogs
, Hairspray
, A Love Song for Bobby Long
, Be Cool
, Swordfish
, and Face/Off
. Nick has been featured on Entertainment Tonight
, The Insider
, The Hollywood Reporter
, AdAge.com, O Magazine, Dateline NBC
, Eye On LA, as well as many morning shows and magazines.
while working as a stand-in
on the set of Face/Off
. Loren put his music on hold to work with Travolta. In 1997, Nick had a small role
in the movie
The General's Daughter
. In late 2007 Loren decided to go back to music
, launching his debut solo album
titled Forever Be Cool in June 2008. The release party was hosted by television personality Mark Steines
of Entertainment Tonight
and attended by Travolta, Nikki Blonsky, Luiz Guzman, Chubby Checker
, and director Tony Scott
. His album reached number 6 on the Top 40 AC chart in January 2009.
While filming From Paris with Love
in Paris
, France
in December 2008, Loren suffered a severe broken ankle
after a stunt
went wrong and he fell three stories out of a window. This led Loren to evaluate his profession as a stuntman
and he redirected his career
towards hosting and producing film
and television
. One of Lorens first producing endeavors was Dog-On Television, a DVD for stay at home dogs. The DVD
has been featured in O Magazine, on Dateline
NBC's
Pet Nation, Entertainment Tonight
and The Insider
. Along with producing Nick has gone on to become a television personality for the magazine
style talk show titled First Coast Living.
Since 2009, Loren has been traveling the country teaching workshops to children and young adults on how to handle being in the entertainment
business
. Loren was a single dad to his 5 year old son before he married television production manager Denise Loren September 9, 2000. They now have two children together.
United States
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actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, singer-songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, and professional stunt double
Stunt double
A stunt double is a type of body double, specifically a skilled replacement used for dangerous film or video sequences, in movies and television , and for other sophisticated stunts...
. He has been the professional stunt double
Stunt double
A stunt double is a type of body double, specifically a skilled replacement used for dangerous film or video sequences, in movies and television , and for other sophisticated stunts...
for John Travolta
John Travolta
John Joseph Travolta is an American actor, dancer and singer. Travolta first became known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series Welcome Back, Kotter and starring in the box office successes Saturday Night Fever and Grease...
and an accredited
Accreditation
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actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
in over 17 films including: From Paris with Love
From Paris with Love (film)
From Paris with Love is a 2010 action film starring John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers and directed by Pierre Morel. The screenplay was co-written by Luc Besson. The film was released in the United States on February 5, 2010.-Plot:...
, Old Dogs
Old Dogs
Old Dogs was an American country music supergroup composed of singers Waylon Jennings, Mel Tillis, Bobby Bare, and Jerry Reed. Signed in 1998 to Atlantic Records, Old Dogs recorded a self-titled studio album for the label that year. The album's content was written primarily by author, poet, and...
, Wild Hogs
Wild Hogs
Wild Hogs is a 2007 comedy film directed by Walt Becker and starring Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, and William H. Macy. It was released nationwide in the United States and Canada on March 2, 2007, though preview film screenings were held in select areas on February 24, 2007.-Plot:Doug...
, Hairspray
Hairspray (2007 film)
Hairspray is a 2007 musical film produced by Kolaja Productions and distributed by New Line Cinema. It was released in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom on July 20, 2007. The film is an adaptation of the 2002 Broadway musical of the same name, which in turn was based on John...
, A Love Song for Bobby Long
A Love Song for Bobby Long
A Love Song for Bobby Long is a 2004 American drama film written and directed by Shainee Gabel. The screenplay is based on the novel Off Magazine Street by Ronald Everett Capps.-Plot:...
, Be Cool
Be Cool
Be Cool is a 2005 crime-comedy film adapted from Elmore Leonard's 1999 novel of the same name and the sequel to Leonard's 1990 novel Get Shorty about mobster Chili Palmer's entrance into the film industry.The film adaptation of Be Cool began production in 2003. It was directed by F...
, Swordfish
Swordfish
Swordfish , also known as broadbill in some countries, are large, highly migratory, predatory fish characterized by a long, flat bill. They are a popular sport fish of the billfish category, though elusive. Swordfish are elongated, round-bodied, and lose all teeth and scales by adulthood...
, and Face/Off
Face/Off
Face/Off is a 1997 action thriller film directed by John Woo, starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage. The two both play an FBI agent and a terrorist, sworn enemies who assume the physical appearance of one another....
. Nick has been featured on Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...
, The Insider
The Insider (TV series)
The Insider is an American tabloid television news program covering events and celebrities. It debuted on September 13, 2004 as a spinoff of Entertainment Tonight and started as a popular segment that took viewers "behind closed doors" and gave them "inside" information...
, The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter
Formerly a daily trade magazine, The Hollywood Reporter re-launched in late 2010 as a unique hybrid publication serving the entertainment industry and a consumer audience...
, AdAge.com, O Magazine, Dateline NBC
Dateline NBC
Dateline NBC, or Dateline, is a U.S. weekly television newsmagazine broadcast by NBC. It previously was NBC's flagship news magazine, but now focuses on true crime stories. It airs Friday at 9 p.m. EST and after football season on Sunday at 7 p.m. EST.-History:Dateline is historically notable for...
, Eye On LA, as well as many morning shows and magazines.
Career
In February 1996 Loren met actor John TravoltaJohn Travolta
John Joseph Travolta is an American actor, dancer and singer. Travolta first became known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series Welcome Back, Kotter and starring in the box office successes Saturday Night Fever and Grease...
while working as a stand-in
Body double
A body double is a general term for someone who substitutes for the credited actor of a character in any recorded visual medium, in shots where the character's body is shown but the face is either not visible or shown indistinctly, or in shots where the image of the credited actor's face is joined,...
on the set of Face/Off
Face/Off
Face/Off is a 1997 action thriller film directed by John Woo, starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage. The two both play an FBI agent and a terrorist, sworn enemies who assume the physical appearance of one another....
. Loren put his music on hold to work with Travolta. In 1997, Nick had a small role
Role
A role or a social role is a set of connected behaviours, rights and obligations as conceptualised by actors in a social situation. It is an expected or free or continuously changing behaviour and may have a given individual social status or social position...
in the movie
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
The General's Daughter
The General's Daughter
The General's Daughter is a 1999 murder mystery film starring John Travolta. The plot concerns the mysterious death of the daughter of a prominent general. The movie is based on the novel by the same name written in 1992 by Nelson DeMille, and was directed by Simon West...
. In late 2007 Loren decided to go back to music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
, launching his debut solo album
Solo album
A solo album, in popular music, is an album headlined by a current or former member of a band. A solo album may feature simply one person performing all instruments, but typically features the work of other collaborators; rather, it may be made with different collaborators than the artist is...
titled Forever Be Cool in June 2008. The release party was hosted by television personality Mark Steines
Mark Steines
Mark Anthony Steines is an American broadcast journalist and host of the syndicated gossip and entertainment round-up program Entertainment Tonight since 2004. He joined the show on August 24, 1995.-Personal life:...
of Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...
and attended by Travolta, Nikki Blonsky, Luiz Guzman, Chubby Checker
Chubby Checker
Chubby Checker is an American singer-songwriter. He is widely known for popularizing the twist dance style, with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard's R&B hit "The Twist"...
, and director Tony Scott
Tony Scott
Anthony D. L. "Tony" Scott is an English film director. His films include Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop II, The Last Boy Scout, True Romance, Crimson Tide, Enemy of the State, Spy Game, Man on Fire, Déjà Vu, The Taking of Pelham 123, and Unstoppable...
. His album reached number 6 on the Top 40 AC chart in January 2009.
While filming From Paris with Love
From Paris with Love (film)
From Paris with Love is a 2010 action film starring John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers and directed by Pierre Morel. The screenplay was co-written by Luc Besson. The film was released in the United States on February 5, 2010.-Plot:...
in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in December 2008, Loren suffered a severe broken ankle
Ankle
The ankle joint is formed where the foot and the leg meet. The ankle, or talocrural joint, is a synovial hinge joint that connects the distal ends of the tibia and fibula in the lower limb with the proximal end of the talus bone in the foot...
after a stunt
Stunt
A stunt is an unusual and difficult physical feat, or any act requiring a special skill, performed for artistic purposes in TV, theatre, or cinema...
went wrong and he fell three stories out of a window. This led Loren to evaluate his profession as a stuntman
Stuntman
A stuntman or stunt performer is someone who performs dangerous stunts.Stuntman may also refer to:*The Stunt Man, a 1980 film starring Peter O'Toole*Stuntman , a 2002 video game**Stuntman: Ignition, its sequel...
and he redirected his career
Career
Career is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as a person's "course or progress through life ". It is usually considered to pertain to remunerative work ....
towards hosting and producing film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
. One of Lorens first producing endeavors was Dog-On Television, a DVD for stay at home dogs. The DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
has been featured in O Magazine, on Dateline
Dateline
A dateline is a brief piece of text included in news articles that describes where and when the story occurred, or was written or filed, though the date is often omitted. In the case of articles reprinted from wire services, the distributing organization is also included...
NBC's
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
Pet Nation, Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...
and The Insider
The Insider (TV series)
The Insider is an American tabloid television news program covering events and celebrities. It debuted on September 13, 2004 as a spinoff of Entertainment Tonight and started as a popular segment that took viewers "behind closed doors" and gave them "inside" information...
. Along with producing Nick has gone on to become a television personality for the magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
style talk show titled First Coast Living.
Since 2009, Loren has been traveling the country teaching workshops to children and young adults on how to handle being in the entertainment
Entertainment
Entertainment consists of any activity which provides a diversion or permits people to amuse themselves in their leisure time. Entertainment is generally passive, such as watching opera or a movie. Active forms of amusement, such as sports, are more often considered to be recreation...
business
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
. Loren was a single dad to his 5 year old son before he married television production manager Denise Loren September 9, 2000. They now have two children together.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 to present | First Coast Living | Himself - Host | Daily Magazine Style Show |
| Rock of Ages (2012) | Warner Brothers Executive | Actor | |
| 2010 | From Paris With Love | Chief of Security | Actor & Stunt Double to John Travolta |
| 2009 | Old Dogs | Guido - Singing Waiter #2 | |
| 2009 | The Taking of Pelham 123 | Tunnel Commander | Actor & Stunt Double to John Travolta |
| 2008 | Entertainment Tonight | Himself | Episode dated June 9, 2008 |
| 2007 | Hairspray | Cop Nick | |
| 2007 | Wild Hogs | Chili Pepper | Actor & Stunt Double to John Travolta |
| 2006 | Lonely Hearts | Detective January | Actor & Stunt Double to John Travolta |
| 2005 | Be Cool | Assistant Director | |
| 2004 | Ladder 49 | Man at bar | |
| 2004 | A Love Song for Bobby Long | Merchant | |
| 2004 | LA Twister | New Owner | |
| 2004 | The Punisher | Agent Moss | |
| 2004 | Dog-On Television | Executive Producer | (video) Executive Producer & Editor |
| 2003 | Basic | Helicopter Pilot | |
| 2001 | Domestic Disturbance | Cop | |
| 2001 | Swordfish | Dark Suit | |
| 2000 | Lucky Numbers | Father | |
| 2000 | Bar Hopping | Composer | film Composer |
| 1997 | General's Daughter | Colonel Nick |
External links
- http://www.imdb.me/nickloren/
- http://www.firstcoastliving.net/