| Nicholas Black | |
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| Name: | Nicholas Black |
| Affiliation: | IMF |
| Profession: | Drama Professor |
| Expertise: | Disguise Impersonation Voice mimicry Acting Languages |
| Played by: | Thaao Penghlis |
| Seasons: | 1-2 |
| First episode: | "The Killer" |
| Last episode: | "The Sands of Seth" |
| “ | Nicholas Black excels in disguise, languages and acting. When Nicholas isn't working for us, he's teaching drama at an Eastern university. | ” |
–Excerpt from Nicholas's dossier | ||
Nicholas fills the "master of disguise" role on the IMF team as did former members Rollin Hand and The Great Paris. (It is possible that he was a protégé OF Rollin Hand although this is not stated in the series.)
With the help of technological expert Grant Collier, he makes use of sophisticated 3D imaging technology (in whose initial development, and in the programming of whose control computer, he is believed to have assisted) that can quickly synthesize realistic latex masks based on photographs of an individual.
Given time, he can also mimic his target's voice, body language and mannerisms, allowing him to impersonate, to an astonishingly convincing degree, any other person whose height and build are similar to his own.
After being brainwashed in the episode "Assassin" it is shown that his disguises can even fool his teammates.