Lance E. Nichols (born July 13, 1955) is an American actor from New Orleans, Louisiana, best known for playing dentist Larry Williams on Treme. A graduate of McDonogh 35 High School and the University of New Orleans, he is also known for his roles in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and House of Cards and is a frequent presence in films that were made in the city. In 2012 he appeared as a character similar to his Treme character, and also named "Larry", in a commercial for Chase Bank that also featured Drew Brees and his family and was aired during the broadcast of Super Bowl XLVI.
| Movie | Coalescence | Professor | 2026 |
| Movie | Hard Matter | Cameron | 2026 |
| Movie | Starbright | Richard | 2025-12-05 |
| Movie | Wellwood | Sheriff Bradley | 2025-03-24 |
| Movie | The Geechee Witch: A Boo Hag Story | Dwaine Robbins | 2024-02-02 |
| Movie | Unsung Hero | Art Meriweather | 2024-04-26 |
| Movie | The Burial | Judge Graves | 2023-10-06 |
| Movie | American Outlaws | Willy Spencer | 2023-09-15 |
| Movie | Mysterious Circumstance: The Death of Meriwether Lewis | John Pernia | 2022-09-09 |
| Movie | The Contrast | Mr. Van Rough | 2022-01-18 |
| Movie | Palmer | Sibs | 2021-01-28 |
| Movie | Heart of Champions | President Jack Harris | 2021-09-16 |
| Movie | Christmas on the Range | Gus | 2019-10-19 |
| Movie | Above Suspicion | Agent Baumgarten | 2019-06-20 |
| Movie | Semper Fi | Balfour | 2019-10-04 |
| Movie | Black Water | Buchanan | 2018-05-18 |
| Movie | Mara | McCarthy | 2018-08-22 |
| Movie | The Domestics | Winston | 2018-06-28 |
| Movie | Assassination Nation | FBI Agent Richard Vernon | 2018-09-21 |
| Movie | Camera Obscura | Lt. Vincent | 2017-06-09 |
| Movie | Navy Seals vs. Zombies | Senator Abrams | 2016-03-18 |
| Movie | Here Comes Rusty | Keith | 2016-04-03 |
| Movie | Believe | Mayor Harris | 2016-12-02 |
| Movie | The Perfect Weapon | Politician | 2016-09-09 |
| Movie | Before I Wake | Detective | 2016-04-07 |
| Movie | The Livingston Gardener | Warden Bishop Wells | 2015-05-15 |
| Movie | A Sort of Homecoming | Hal | 2015-03-14 |
| Movie | June | Dr. Wynstrom | 2015-08-01 |
| Movie | Fantastic Four | DC Senior Official (Area 57) | 2015-08-05 |
| Movie | Heist | Captain Michaels | 2015-11-13 |
| Movie | Woodlawn | Junior | 2015-10-15 |
| Movie | Shark Lake | Lewis Galloway | 2015-10-02 |
| Movie | Elsa & Fred | Maitre D' | 2014-03-07 |
| Movie | Moms' Night Out | Ronald | 2014-03-25 |
| Movie | American Heist | Auto Shop Boss | 2014-09-11 |
| Movie | 13 Sins | Police Captain | 2014-04-11 |
| Movie | Left Behind | Pastor Bruce Barnes | 2014-10-03 |
| Movie | The Town that Dreaded Sundown | Arkansas Mayor | 2014-10-16 |
| Movie | Straight A's | Dr. Carr | 2013-01-16 |
| Movie | Susie's Hope | 2013-01-01 | |
| Movie | The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia | Pastor Wells | 2013-02-01 |
| Movie | Beautiful Creatures | Mayor Snow | 2013-02-13 |
| Movie | Homefront | Senior DEA Agent | 2013-11-12 |
| Movie | Fractured | Doctor Edwards | 2013-04-14 |
| Movie | Contraband | CBP Agent | 2012-01-12 |
| Movie | Jeff, Who Lives at Home | Elderly Man / Phone (voice) | 2012-03-16 |
| Movie | The Campaign | Denning Mayor (uncredited) | 2012-08-09 |
| Movie | National Lampoon's Another Dirty Movie | Buck | 2012-04-25 |
| Movie | Hell and Mr Fudge | Arnold | 2012-07-07 |
| Movie | Stash House | Priest | 2012-05-11 |
| Movie | The Mortician | Auggie | 2011-02-15 |
| Movie | National Lampoon's Snatched | Spud | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | Samuel Bleak | Lester | 2011-03-05 |
| Movie | Swamp Shark | Simon | 2011-06-25 |
| Movie | Storm War | Senator Aldrich | 2011-11-26 |
| Movie | October Baby | Dr. Stewart | 2011-10-30 |
| Series | American Horror Story | Detective Sanchez | 2011-10-05 |
| Movie | Creature | Old Man | 2011-09-09 |
| Movie | Hurricane Season | Pastor at Rec Center | 2010-02-09 |
| Movie | The Last Song | Pastor Harris | 2010-03-31 |
| Movie | Welcome to the Rileys | Hamilton 'Ham' Watkins | 2010-10-29 |
| Movie | Knucklehead | Milton's Dad | 2010-10-22 |
| Movie | Mirrors 2 | Detective Huston | 2010-10-18 |
| Movie | The Chameleon | FBI Doctor (as Lance Nichols) | 2010-06-23 |
| Movie | Night of the Demons | Seargent Dawson | 2009-08-30 |
| Movie | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans | Jeremiah Goodhusband | 2009-09-11 |
| Movie | Racing for Time | Keith Simons | 2008-02-16 |
| Movie | A Good Man Is Hard to Find | Deacon Smith | 2008-05-03 |
| Movie | Living Proof | Dr. Brown | 2008-10-18 |
| Movie | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Preacher | 2008-12-25 |
| Movie | American Violet | Mr. Moss | 2008-08-28 |
| Movie | Oil Storm | Frank Milner | 2005-06-04 |
| Movie | Snow Wonder | Boudreaux | 2005-11-20 |
| Movie | The Brooke Ellison Story | Play Off Official | 2004-10-25 |
| Movie | Runaway Jury | Agent Shield | 2003-01-16 |
| Series | Firestarter: Rekindled | Medical Examiner | 2002-03-10 |
| Movie | Frailty | FBI Agent #4 | 2002-04-12 |
| Movie | K-PAX | David Patel | 2001-10-26 |
| Movie | How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale | Principal Jones | 2000-06-20 |
| Movie | Something to Sing About | Councilman | 2000-06-10 |
| Movie | Snake Eyes | Cop #3 | 1998-08-07 |
| Movie | Home Invasion | Dr. Royce | 1997-01-13 |
| Movie | As Good As Dead | Police Officer | 1995-05-10 |
| Series | Martin | Unknown | 1992-08-27 |
| Movie | Side Out | Taxi Driver | 1990-03-30 |
| Series | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Producer | 1990-09-10 |
| Movie | Project X | Hamer | 1987-04-17 |