Photo: U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zachary Bell / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Nick Searcy is the kind of character actor I always recognize before I can place the name. His Art Mullen on Justified is the role that sticks with me, a performance grounded enough that it anchored a whole show without ever showing off. I also appreciate that he stepped behind the camera, directing the Gosnell film, which tells me he wanted more control over the stories he was telling. A North Carolina native trained at Chapel Hill, he reads to me as a working actor in the best sense, someone who built a long, dependable career on craft rather than celebrity.
Overview
Nicholas Alan Searcy (born March 7, 1959) is an American character actor best known for portraying Chief Deputy United States Marshal Art Mullen on FX's Justified. He also had a major role in the Tom Hanks–produced miniseries From the Earth to the Moon as Deke Slayton, and directed Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer, a film released on October 12, 2018.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Nick Searcy
- Name (Japanese)
- ニック・サーシー
- Reading
- にっく・さーしー
- Born
- March 7, 1959 (age 67)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Boar
- Origin
- Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film director / film actor / stage actor / television actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.