Nick Tate
Acting
Born June 18, 1942, Sydney, Australia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nicholas John Tate (born June 18, 1942) is an Australian actor best known for his role as Eagle pilot Alan Carter in both seasons of the 1970s science fiction television series Space: 1999. His parents were the actors John Tate and Neva Carr Glyn. His maternal grandparents were also actors, originally from Great Britain, who performed in Vaudeville. His father also had a connection to the works of Space:1999 creator Gerry Anderson, being a secondary voice actor in Thunderbirds. Tate's big break came with the Australian television series My Brother Jack, followed later by a production of the musical The Canterbury Tales where he played "Nicholas the Gallant" for eighteen months on stage and on tour throughout the country. This was followed by the TV series Dynasty (not related to the later American series of the same name), where he joined his father John Tate for the first time on camera; the two playing father and son roles. Following his work in Space: 1999, he broke through in film with an award-winning role in the movie The Devil's Playground. He continued to work in film and has continued to have many supporting roles in a number of important theatrical films, including The Year My Voice Broke, Richard Attenborough's Cry Freedom, Return from the River Kwai, A Cry in the Dark, and Hook. Nick Tate has also made guest appearances on numerous hit TV series, such as The X-Files, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Murder, She Wrote, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (in the sixth season episode "Honor Among Thieves"), Farscape and in the Lost episode "Tabula Rasa". Tate appeared in the TRIP (Tony Rudlin Ingrid Pitt Productions) production of Duty Free (Don't Bother To Dress), by Emmerdale writer, Neville Siggs, which ran in London's West End for 3 months after a successful National Tour. He is also well known for his voiceover work in theatrical trailers for such films as Jurassic Park and Mission: Impossible, as well as work in commercials, including Guinness beer spots airing beginning in fall 2006. Tate and four other well known voice artists (Don LaFontaine, John Leader, Mark Elliot, and Al Chalk) parodied their unique voiceover styles en route to an awards show in a 1997 short film, 5 Men and a Limo. In 2000, he provided the voice for the Australian tycoonist Ozzie Mandrill in the game Escape from Monkey Island. Nick Tate returned to the musical stage, where he played the leading role of Captain E.J. Smith in the Australian premiere of the musical Titanic, which opened on October 25, 2006. A career interview with Tate was published in Talkin' Trek and Other Stories by Anthony Wynn. Nick Tate resides in both Australia and Los Angeles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nick Tate, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
- 2026Space: 1999 4K Double Bill - Breakaway and The Metamorph — Alan Carter
- 2025Prisoners in Space — Alan Carter
- The Strange Chores — Helsing (voice)
- 2018Gerry Anderson's Firestorm — NASA Chief (Voice)
- 2018Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski — Ben Hecht Narration (voice)
- 2014Lupin the 3rd — Thomas Dawson
- The Blacklist — Arthur Kilgannon
- 2013The Great Gatsby — Taxi Driver
- 2012Hsue-shen Tsien — Kimball
- 2011Killer Elite — Commander B
- SLiDE — Eugene
- Pretty Little Liars — Louis Palmer
- East of Everything — Gerry Watkins
- 2007The Gene Generation — Doctor
- Lost — Ray Mullen
- 2002Seconds to Spare — Commander Haggarty
- 2002The Junction Boys — Smokey Harper
- Farscape — R. Wilson Munroe
- The Lost World — Dr. Wiliam Gull
- 1996Bed of Roses — Bayard
- FX: The Series — Dingo Tyler
- The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest — Darcy (voice), Pirate (voice)
- Water Rats — Snr Sgt Ray Bock
- JAG — Judge, Jimmy Blackhorse
- Party of Five — Professor
- Diagnosis: Murder — Capt. Kennedy
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman — Martin 'Avishominis' Chesterfield
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Liam Bilby
- The X-Files — Dr. Eugene Openshaw
- Lady Boss
- 1992The President's Child — Lipton
- 1992The Public Eye — Henry Haddock Jr.
- Civil Wars — Jason Gould
- 1991Hook — Noodler
- 1991Steel and Lace — Duncan
- Dolphin Cove
- Open House — Roger McSwain
- 1989Police State — Tony Fitzgerald
- 1989Return from the River Kwai — Lt. Commander Hunt
- Dear John — Brian Courtney
- 1988Evil Angels — Charlwood
- The Alien Years — North
- The True Believers — Les Hayden
- 1987Cry Freedom — Pilot
- 1987Dangerfreaks
- 1987Olive — Tony
- 1987Rob Roy
- Star Trek: The Next Generation — Dirgo
- 1987The Year My Voice Broke — Sergeant Pierce
- 1986Ivanhoe — Sir Cedric (voice)
- Matlock — Bob
- The Flying Doctors — Nigel Haughton
- 1985The Empty Beach — Brian Henneberry
- Murder, She Wrote — Insp. Stillwell, Tim Jarvis
- Night Court — John Taylor
- 1984The Coolangatta Gold — Joe Lucas
- Scales of Justice — Attorney-General
- 1982Cosmic Princess — Captain Alan Carter
- 1982Journey Through the Black Sun — Captain Alan Carter
- West End Tales — Sport
- 1980Alien Attack — Captain Alan Carter
- 1980Number on End — Steve Jackson
- Danger UXB — Lt. Chris Craik
- 1979Licensed to Love and Kill — Jensen Fury
- 1978Destination Moonbase-Alpha — Captain Alan Carter
- Spearhead — Tim Hoffman
- 1977Summerfield — Simon Robinson
- 1977The Devil's Playground — Brother Victor
- 1977The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It — 1st Australian
- 1975Space: 1999 — Captain Alan Carter
- Space: 1999 — Alan Carter
- The Day After Tomorrow — Captain Harry Masters
- 1975The Day After Tomorrow: Into Infinity — Capt. Harry Masters
- Crown Court — Dr. Stephen Saul
- Dynasty
- Play for Today — Steve Jackson
- 1969Battle of Britain — RAF Pilot (uncredited)
- 1969The Oblong Box — Young Man in Tavern (uncredited)
- 1968Submarine X-1 — Leading Seaman X-1
- 1966A Man for All Seasons — Master at Arms (uncredited)
- My Brother Jack — Davey
- Detective
- Sherlock Holmes — James McCarthy
- The Wednesday Play — Private Trevor James
- Dixon of Dock Green — Don Ross
Appearances as themselves (4)
- 2025Space: 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit — Self
- 2025The Eagle Obsession — Self
- 19975 Men and a Limo — Himself
- 1973The Carmakers — Self