Dateline Hollywood: Nick Stahl, Missing

Nick Stahl, star of the fantastic but short lived HBO show, “Carnival“; “Sin City“, and probably best known for “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines“, has been reported missing.

On Monday Stahl’s wife, Rose Stahl, filed a missing person’s report stating that she had not seen the 32 year-old actor since May 9^th and fears that he may be lost amongst the lost souls of the Skid Row area of Los Angeles -where she [Rose Stahl] says he has been frequenting- and may be addicted to drugs.

Back in February of this year [2012] Stahl’s wife filed papers in LA County Court "expressing serious concerns that Nick may be using drugs”, and she fears drugs are intrinsically related to his disappearance. However, at the moment the 32 year old actor's representative declined to comment on the situation. Stahl has two movies currently in post-production and he is due to star in “Away From Here“, alongside Alicia Witt and “American Dream“, to be directed by Janusz Kaminsky, known for his work on Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan.

Stahl and his wife have been married for the past three years and have a daughter. The two, however, have been estranged for the past few months, and [Rose] Stahl filed for full custody of their two-year-old daughter, Marlo Murphy Stahl. [Rose] Stahl had also requested that Nick only be granted visitations with these restrictions: all visits must be monitored by a professional visitation monitor; he [Nick] must pay for the monitor, and he must submit to a drug test proving he hadn’t used drugs or alcohol within 24 hours of the visitation and the results must be provided to [Rose] Stahl at least six hours prior the visit. [Rose] Stahl had also requested child support do to the fact that she does not have a job and Nick reportedly made $500,000 last year [2011].

Nick confidently declared at the age of 4 that acting would be his future after his mother, Donna, took him to a see child‘s play. Soon after commercials and community plays followed, and two television movies were also released in the early 90s. Stahl would not get the breakthrough he needed until 1993’s “The Man Without a Face” where he starred along side Mel Gibson. For the past decade Nick [Stahl] has been best known for more edgier indie films.

Stahl, as of late, has had legal problems. This year Stahl was arrested for not paying the full amount of a cab bill. Where after arriving at his destination, Stahl told the driver he didn't have the money to pay. The driver then flagged down a police officer and Stahl was arrested and forced to put up $500 in bail before being released.

Some believe that this part of the “curse” of the John Connor role for the Terminator series. Thomas Dekker, who played Connor in the TV series "The Sarah Connor Chronicles" was arrested for DUI in 2009, and Edward Furlong, who was Connor in "T-2," was also arrested for DUI and was served with a restraining order by his ex-wife. Furlong has been reported to have a drug and alcohol problem as well.