FrameThrower · Actors · Michael Nouri
Michael Nouri
4 films · 346 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1983–2022
Born 9 December 1945 · Washington, D.C., USA
Michael David Nouri is an American television and film actor. He may be best known for his role as Nick Hurley, in the 1983 film Flashdance.
He's known for his recurring roles on soap operas as Caleb Cortlandt/Cooney on All My Children, Elliott Hampton on The Young and the Restless, and Steve Kaslo on Search for Tomorrow.
He's also known for his recurring roles on TV series as Jeremy Stonehouse on Devils, Bob Schwartz on Yellowstone, Eli David (father of Ziva David) on NCIS, Thanassis on The Slap, Phil Grey on Damages, Dr. Neil Roberts on The O.C., and Kip Zakaris on the sitcom Love & War, Det.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 346 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1983–2022
- Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award1987
How their films are shot
Measured across 346 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Michael takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 55% of their frames are night, 53% low key — the look of the work Michael takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 346 frames from Michael Nouri's 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.