Nicholas Alan Searcy (born March 7, 1959[3]) 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.

Small parts in Days of Thunder (1990), and The Prince of Tides (1991) led to the role of the malicious husband Frank in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) and the helpful deputy sheriff in Nell (1994).

He had a recurring role as Brett on Thunder Alley, was a series regular on American Gothic and guest starred on Murder One and Nash Bridges with Don Johnson.

[9] Since then, he has appeared in films such as Cast Away (2000), One Hour Photo (2002), Runaway Jury (2003), The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2005), The Ugly Truth (2009), Greater (2016), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) and The Shape of Water (2017).

[13] Searcy was also noted for his criticism of Donald Trump in 2016, and reported that friends were angry at him for jokes he made about the presidential candidate at the time.