An American actor born in New York City, Kirk Baltz is indelibly associated with one harrowing scene. He played the tortured captive cop Marvin Nash in Quentin Tarantino's 'Reservoir Dogs' (1992), the target of the film's notorious ear sequence. He has since worked steadily in film and television character roles and as an acting teacher. A committed, intense performer, he made an outsized impression in a single iconic role and built a durable career of supporting screen work around it. Read more