Nick moved to Hollywood immediately after graduating from high school, and spent the next six months trying to break into the business. He soon landed a small role as a purse-stealing punk in the TV movie "Full Circle." Shortly after, he was cast as Kevin "Trek" Sanders, a child prodigy conceived at a "Star Trek" convention, in the syndicated series "Team Knight Rider." He also appeared in "Silk Stalkings," "Lazarus Man" and the feature film "The Perfect Game."

Nick currently resides in Los Angeles and is a fan of the 'X-Files.' He has a very wild sense of humor and keeps everyone laughing. He is learning to play the guitar, with pointers from costar and his TV dad, William Sadler.

From the WB Roswell Press packet; thanks to MistyMue.

The Character of Kyle Valenti

In the first season Kyle Valenti evolved from a good-ole-boy high school jock to someone with a major grudge against Max for taking his girlfriend Liz away from him. Kyle mixed genuine concern for Liz with an obsessive possessiveness of her. He also exhibited a calculated cruelty in his treatment of Max as his way of getting back at Liz. In many ways, he is his father’s son, methodical and relentless in his desire to "get" Max. Even when Kyle dated other girls, it seemed only aimed at trying to make Liz jealous.

Underneath that insolent air is a hurt young man bewildered by the changes in the person that he cares about. Kyle is popular and athletic, but he also seems to bear the scars of his parents’ broken marriage. Kyle is not a bad guy. In "Leaving Normal", he stood up to his friends and apologized to Liz for them beating up Max without his knowledge or consent. He is bitter over losing Liz to Max and suspicious of the aliens. During the first season he emerged as a threatening and taunting presence in the lives of the other characters.

Kyle really shines in "Blind Date" when he and Max get drunk over their mutual girlfriend Liz dating somebody from a radio contest. They work together in a friendly, if competitive, guy way to try to win Liz back, and Kyle shows off just how funny he can be. He has a quick and sarcastic wit and under the athletic letters there seems to be intelligence and a good heart. Of all the teens in Roswell, he seems to be the most normal and 'regular' boy.

Kyle grows slowly as a character. In "Toy House", he hurt his leg playing basketball and had some time to reflect and made an attempt to apologize to Liz and renew their friendship. Max thinks Liz and Kyle are getting back together and that just adds to his stress. Kyle was not seen very much at the end of first season, but in "Destiny" he takes one of his father's guns and gives it to Agent Pierce, thinking Pierce is one of the good guys. In the confusion that followed, Kyle ends up getting shot and mortally wounded by his father. Max heals Kyle and saves him, earning Sheriff Valenti's undying gratitude. Kyle is not quite so grateful, thinking it is Max's fault he got shot in the first place.

In the second season, Kyle returns from a summer at football camp. He has been studying Buddhism, because he is so unsettled by his near-death experience and the general strangeness of his family becoming involved with aliens. He is a little afraid of Tess, who comes to live with his family, but is also intrigued by her and attracted to her. It is difficult for the two Valenti men to adjust to having a woman in the house again.

Kyle has really grown as a person and is less of a wiseguy this season. He helps Liz break off with Max by pretending to sleep with her -- but nothing really happens, except he and Liz talk and laugh and become a little better friends. He is still not thrilled with the aliens in town, with his father's growing involvement with them, and he is still angry with Max for taking Liz away from him and stealing his father's attention. But Kyle, like his father, is basically a good person and will most likely do the right thing.

Kyle has been changed by his experiences, and he is still trying to figure things out. Also hinted at in the new season is that Kyle (and Liz) have been literally changed by being healed by Max, and somehow now have alien attributes. What those are and how they affect them remains to be seen. Kyle is an uneasy ally with the four aliens at best.

Character sketch by Jerry D.; updated by MyrnaLynne.

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