Actor Nathan Head

Nathan Head is known for his horror film roles, including Father James in Dracula: Rise of the Vampire, an action-packed homage to classic Hammer horror, and Trinculo Moreau, the killer clown in Theatre of Fear, which reached No. 19 in Asda’s DVD chart. His portrayal of Trinculo has also seen him featured on lists of notable movie horror clowns, alongside iconic characters such as Pennywise from Stephen King’s It and Art the Clown from the Terrifier franchise. An avid paranormal enthusiast, he has also hosted the documentary series Apparitions, which premiered on Prime Video in 2020, followed by a second season on Tubi in 2023. The series spawned the true-crime spin-off Cold Blood: Cold Case, which aired on Beacon TV and Fawesome TV.

Nathan Head trained at Actors Centre North in Manchester, then known as Northern Actors Centre, and later attended workshops while working in independent film and fringe theatre. Following an early minor appearance in the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who in 2007, he starred in Battered Egos at Salford Arts Theatre the following year. This led to his casting as antagonist Raymond Korkinsky in Mark Macready and the Archangel Murders, a horror film screened at the 63rd Festival de Cannes in 2010 as part of Cannes Court Métrage. In 2010, Nathan began a brief collaboration with scare entertainment company AtmosFEAR! Entertainment Group, playing Gauntley the Butler in its immersive FEARooms video and portraying the mummy Khamundi in promotional material for its Terror Tomb attraction at Scare Kingdom Scream Park in Blackburn. In 2013, he took a starring role in Exorcist Chronicles, which was released on Time Warner Cable, and later that year appeared on BBC Merseyside to discuss his work in horror. In the years that followed, he continued to appear in genre productions, playing Officer Heinrich Berger in The Toymaker, released on Netflix and reaching No. 3 in HMV, No. 20 in Tesco and No. 39 in Morrisons’ Best Sellers chart following its physical media release. He also played pathologist Colin Green in 88 Films’ Hellriser, which was nominated for Best Thriller at the 2018 National Film Awards. Around the same time, he featured in a memorable comic relief scene as film director Dominic in Sony Pictures’ Jurassic Predator, which reached No. 2 in HMV’s Premiere chart. Nathan is regularly invited to appear as a guest or speaker at conventions and horror festivals across the United Kingdom, reflecting his continued involvement in the horror community. An interesting piece of film trivia is that he has appeared in five films featuring “of the Dead” in their titles: Virus of the Dead, Harvest of the Dead II, King of the Dead, Book of the Dead: the Eschatrilogy and the spoof Attack of the Flatulating Dead.

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