Nicholas Lea Filmography

Category 7: The End of the World

Actors: Gina Gershon, Cameron Daddo, Shannen Doherty, Randy Quaid, James Brolin, Swoosie Kurtz

Synopsis: A series of devastating storms are leveling major cities across the globe, and it's up to discredited scientist Faith Clavell (Shannon Doherty), dedicated storm chaser Tommy Tornado (Randy Quaid), and the FEMA head Judith Carr (Gina Gerson) to journey into the eye of the storm and find out just Read More

Deadly Isolation

Synopsis: Grieving over the death of her "perfect" husband Ron, Susan Mandaway (Sherilyn Fenn) exiles herself to the couple's summer home in Maine. Her self-imposed solitude is interrupted by the arrival of an affable fellow who introduces himself as Jeff Watkins (Nicholas Lea), and who claims to be an old Read More

Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda: The Torment, The Release

Threshold

Actors: Nicholas Lea, Jamie Luner, Steve Bacic, Teryl Rothery, David Lipper

Synopsis: Evidently inspired by the 1958 theatrical feature It! The Terror From Beyond Space (which, of course, was also the basis for the 1979 thriller Alien), this made-for-cable melodrama begins as the crew of the space shuttle Oklahoma returns to earth after a routine mission. Unbeknownst to Read More

Moving Malcolm

Actors: Elizabeth Berkley, Benjamin Ratner, John Neville, Jay Brazeau, Babs Chula

Synopsis: A writer who was dumped at the alter attempts to impress his flaky ex-fiancee by helping her father movie in this dialogue-driven comedy from Canadian writer/director/actor Benjamin Ratner. Gene Maxwell (Ratner) was preparing to exchange his wedding vows when his fiancée Liz (Elizabeth Berkley) Read More

NYPD Blue: Meat Me in the Park

Actors: Henry Simmons

Synopsis: Connie McDowell (Charlotte Ross) arrests her scummy brother-in-law, Frank (Nicholas Lea), on a charge of spousal abuse. The abduction of a five-year-old girl leads to a suspicious ice-cream vendor -- and an unexpected defense of the often homophobic Andy Sipowicz (Dennis Franz) by gay cop John Read More

NYPD Blue: One in the Nuts

Actors: Henry Simmons

Synopsis: A stolen-goods fence is fatally shot in the groin by an elusive gunman. The investigation of this killing leads to the victim's girlfriend and one of his disgruntled customers -- and, inevitably, to another murder. Elsewhere, Connie (Charlotte Ross) suspects that her sister Michelle (Katherine La Nasa Read More

NYPD Blue: Death by Cycle

Actors: Henry Simmons

Synopsis: The 15th precinct investigates the death of a young boy, who was murdered for his bicycle. Eventually a suspect is arrested, only to embarrass the cops by escaping out of the interview-room window. Meanwhile, Frank Colohan (Nicholas Lea), the abusive brother-in-law of detective Connie McDowell (Charlotte Ross Read More

Ignition

Actors: Colm Feore, Nicholas Lea, Barbara Eve Harris, Bill Pullman, Lena Olin, Peter Kent

Synopsis: The political thriller B-movie Ignition was released straight to video in the U.S. Bull Pullman stars as Conor Gallagher, a former military helicopter pilot who was discharged due to his violent rage. He is assigned to protect Federal Judge Faith Mattis (Lena Olin) after a mail bomb goes off in Read More

Lunch With Charles

Actors: Sean Lau, Nicholas Lea, Theresa Lee

Synopsis: Tong (Sean Lau) is a struggling Hong Kong musician who half-heartedly sells real estate in his spare time. Tong is married, but for the past three years, his wife, April (Theresa Lee), has been living in Canada, where she works as a publicist for a music management firm in Vancouver and waits for Read More

The Impossible Elephant

Actors: Mark Rendall, Nicholas Lea, Mia Sara

Synopsis: In this comic fantasy for the family, Daniel (Mark Rendall) is a young boy who is having more than his share of problems -- his mother has died, he's having a hard time with bullies at school, and he wants a pet but his father, Steven (Nicholas Lea), isn't so sure it's a good idea. One night Read More

Vertical Limit

Actors: Chris O'Donnell, Bill Paxton, Robin Tunney, Scott Glenn, Izabella Scorupco, Temuera Morrison, Stuart Wilson

Synopsis: Family differences and personal grudges add drama to an already tense situation as the lives of a team of mountain climbers hang in the balance in this action drama. Peter Garrett (Chris O'Donnell) and his sister Annie (Robin Tunney) are the children of Royce Garrett (Stuart Wilson), an avid Read More

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Actors: Nicholas Lea, Holt McCallany, Kari Wuhrer, Jason Priestley

Synopsis: Fun-loving movie producer Dustin (Nicholas Lea) wakes up on a beach near Los Angeles after a champagne-flavored night on the town with a woman he met that night. But she's further down the shore, and as the spooky stranger who awakens Dustin points out, she's dead. Very dead. The stranger, Minnow Read More

Once a Thief: Brother Against Brother

Actors: Ivan Sergei, Sandrine Holt, Nicholas Lea

Synopsis: Originally shown on The Movie Channel, Once a Thief: Family Business is a re-edited compilation of two episodes of the Once a Thief TV series: "Family Reunion" and "Endgame." ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Once a Thief: Family Business

Actors: Ivan Sergei, Sandrine Holt, Nicholas Lea, Vicky Pratt

Synopsis: Originally shown on The Movie Channel, Once a Thief: Family Business is a re-edited compilation of two episodes of the Once a Thief TV series: "That Old Gang of Mine" and "The Last Temptation of Vic" ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Once a Thief [TV Series]

Actors: Sandrine Holt, Ivan Sergei, Nicholas Lea, Jennifer Dale, Howard G. H. Dell

Synopsis: This Canadian action-adventure series debuted in its home country as a two-hour pilot on September 29, 1996, before settling into its weekly, 60-minute time slot on September 15, 1997. The action fluctuated between Vancouver and Hong Kong, focusing on a pair of daring and sexy professional Read More

Once a Thief

Actors: Sandrine Holt, Ivan Sergei, Nicholas Lea, Michael Wong, Jennifer Dale

Synopsis: This two-hour pilot for the Canadian TV series is inspired by John Woo's 1991 Hong Kong film of the same title, but the story has been altered extensively. Mac (Ivan Sergei) and Li Ann (Sandrine Holt) are the foster children of a powerful crime boss. With their foster father's biological son Read More

Raffle

Actors: Nicholas Lea, Bobby Dawson, Jennifer Clement

Synopsis: How much would a man pay to go out with the prettiest woman on Earth? Two guys think they have a pretty good idea in this comedy. David Lake (Nicholas Lea) and Frank Palmer (Bobby Dawson) are two less-than-scrupulous entrepreneurs who are looking for a way to make a fortune the fast and easy way. Read More

Bad Company

Actors: Ellen Barkin, Susan Wooldridge, Laurence Fishburne, Jonny Lee Miller, Frank Langella, Ken Stott, Mark Drewry, Michael Beach, Angus Deayton, David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: Laurence Fishburne and Ellen Barkin star in this complex tale of former C.I.A. agents who now specialize in freelance espionage. As the film opens, Nelson Crowe (Fishburne) is being interviewed for a position with the Grimes Organization, which focuses on industrial espionage. He is hired by Read More

Highlander: The Fighter

Actors: Adrian Paul, Stan Kirsch, Jim Byrnes, Philip Akin, Cali Timmins

Synopsis: Duncan's old pal, pixyish ex-prizefighter Tommy Sullivan (Bruce Weitz), has turned manager, handling an up-and-coming young boxer. As before, Duncan (Adrian Paul) finds Sully amusing, especially when the little man tries to express his love for a cute waitress. It is, however, anything but amusing Read More

The Commish: Season 03

Synopsis: The two-part "Suffer the Children," all about the investigation of a runaway's death, opens the third season of The Commish. With his wife, Rachel (Theresa Saldana), pursuing a new career in Buffalo, Tony Scali (Michael Chiklis), police commissioner of Eastbridge, NY, considers quitting his job Read More

The Commish: Season 02

Synopsis: Season two of The Commish finds unorthodox, freewheeling Tony Scali (Michael Chiklis) still securely installed as police commissioner in the suburban New York community of Eastbridge. There have, however, been some changes within Tony's circle of associates: Chief of Detectives Paulie Pentangeli Read More

The Commish [TV Series]

Synopsis: Based on the life and career of Tony Schembri, police chief of Rye, NY, the weekly, hour-long ABC crime series The Commish starred Michael Chiklis as Tony Scali, police commissioner of the fictional New York community of Eastbridge. Although dedicated to his job and extremely tough on Read More

The Commish: Season 01

Synopsis: Quite a lot of difficult cases cross the desk of Eastbridge, NY, police commissioner Tony Scali (Michael Chiklis) during season one of The Commish. Scali and his associates must tackle everything from rapists to child molesters to white supremacists -- and on a lighter note, the men in the Read More

Xtro 2: The Second Encounter

Actors: Jan-Michael Vincent, Paul Koslo, Tara Buckman, Jano Frandsen, Nicholas Lea

Synopsis: When an experiment to send three volunteers to another dimension fails, only one comatose survivor is brought back. However, when the scientists discover that the volunteer carried a deadly creature back with her, they must struggle to destroy the creature before it destroys them. ~ Iotis Read More

American Boyfriends

Actors: Margaret Langrick, John Wildman, Jason Blicker, Michelle Bardeaux

Synopsis: This semisweet backwards glance at 1960s impulsiveness stars Margaret Langrick as a Canadian college freshman. She undergoes a bit of a culture shock when her white-bread values are challenged by her new hippie friend Liisa Repo-Martell. With a trio of her new and old chums, Langrick heads to Read More