Nick Van Owen is a well-traveled and experienced documentarian, photo journalist and environmentalist, who travels with Malcolm and Eddie to Isla Sorna to rescue Sarah Harding. He did not appear in the novel. With the help of Sarah, Nick was able to free all the dinosaurs that the InGen hunters have caught, destroying most of their equipment. Ironically, later the same night he was forced to team up with the InGen hunters after his team's own equipment was destroyed by the mother and father Tyrannosaurs. He disabled Tembo's rifle before heading to an old InGen radio station to call for help. This course of action would ultimately be the cause of the tranquilized T-Rex being brought to San Diego. After getting through the Velociraptor nesting site, Nick went ahead of the others to call for help at the station. He then escaped the Island along with Malcolm, Sarah, and Kelly. He did not take part in the San Diego incident. He is rumored to return for Jurassic Park IV.