Mark Nelson (actor)

Mark Nelson
Born (1955-09-26) September 26, 1955
U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor, director, teacher

Mark Nelson (born September 26, 1955) is an American actor, director and teacher.

Biography

Nelson grew up in Westwood, New Jersey, in a Jewish family.[1][2] Nelson graduated from the Horace Mann School[3] before attending Princeton University, graduating in 1977.[4] He later studied acting with Uta Hagen.

Nelson made his feature film debut in the slasher film Friday the 13th (1980).[5] He appeared on Broadway in Angels in America, The Invention of Love,[6] After the Fall and Three Sisters at Roundabout Theatre Company, and the original casts of A Few Good Men, Rumors, Biloxi Blues and Amadeus. For his performance as Einstein in Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile[7] he received the Obie, Drama League, Carbonell and San Francisco Critics Awards. He played Herr Schultz in the 2016 national tour of Cabaret and acted off-Broadway in My Name is Asher Lev[8] for which he received a Lortel nomination.

Other roles include Shylock in The Merchant of Venice at The Shakespeare Theater,[9] Uncle Vanya (in Bartlett Sher's production at the Intiman Theatre), Matt in Talley's Folly (Berkshire Theatre Festival), Bluntschli in Arms and the Man (Long Wharf Theatre) and two solo pieces: I Am My Own Wife[10] by Doug Wright (Carbonell Award) and Underneath the Lintel[11] by Glen Berger (Connecticut Critics Award).

His TV work includes roles on Unforgettable, Law & Order and Spin City. He teaches acting at Princeton University[12] and at New York City's HB Studio.[13] He has directed at Manhattan Theatre Club, Drama Dept.,[14] McCarter Theatre, George Street Playhouse,[15] and Chautauqua Theatre Company, and is a frequent guest director at the Juilliard School.

In 2013 he received a Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship.[16]

Filmography

Film and television roles
Year Title Role Notes
1980 Friday the 13th Ned Rubenstein Feature film
1981 The Chosen Fighting Student Feature film
1985 Remington Steele Lino Episode: "Gourmet Steele"
1989 Bloodhounds of Broadway Sam the Skate Feature film
1991 Thirtysomething Leonard Katz Episode: "Melissa and Men"
1993 The Seventh Coin Librarian Feature film
1996 Law & Order Stein Episode: "Custody"
1996 The First Wives Club Eric Loest Feature film
1997 Liberty! The American Revolution Loyalist Episode: "Are We to Be a Nation? (1783-1788)"
1998 Suddenly Susan Paul Episode: "Not in This Life"
1998–2000 Spin City Therapist Recurring role (4 episodes)
1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Robert Stevens Episode: "Payback"
1999 Now and Again Doctor Episode: "A Girl's Life"
2000 Law & Order Julius Reinhard Episode: "High & Low"
2002 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Mancuso Episode: "Badge"
2002 Ed Sid Pennington Episode: "Neighbors"
2004 Law & Order Dr. Stuart Barton Episode: "Cut"
2007 American Experience Nathaniel Pendleton Episode: "Alexander Hamilton"
2010 Law & Order Symposium Organizer Episode: "Brazil"
2013 Unforgettable Dr. Eugene Lustig Episode: "Memory Kings"
2014 The Rewrite Josh Feature film
2014 The Good Wife Principal Adam Englehardt Episode: "The Trial"

References

  1. ^ Torok, Ryan (July 27, 2016). "Jewish actor Mark Nelson relishes chance to be part of 'Cabaret'". Jewish Journal. Archived from the original on June 15, 2025.
  2. ^ Kennedy, Marina (January 12, 2015). "BWW Interviews: Mark Nelson in VANYA AND SONYA AND MASHA AND SPIKE at Paper Mill Playhouse". BroadwayWorld. Archived from the original on June 15, 2025.
  3. ^ "Television Experience is "Unforgettable" for Three Horace Mann School Alumni". Horace Mann School. August 16, 2013. Archived from the original on June 15, 2025.
  4. ^ Thean, Tara (April 24, 2013). "Tiger of the Week: Mark Nelson '77". Princeton Alumni Weekly. Archived from the original on June 15, 2025.
  5. ^ "Mark Nelson – Filmography". AllMovie. Archived from the original on June 15, 2025.
  6. ^ Brantley, Ben (30 March 2001). "THEATER REVIEW; Housman's Hell, Stoppard's Style". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 16 May 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Picasso at the Lapin Agile". 23 October 1995. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  8. ^ Brown, Scott. "Theater Reviews: The Great God Pan and My Name is Asher Lev". Vulture. Archived from the original on 2020-12-02. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  9. ^ Peter Marks (2011-06-29). "Mark Nelson is lone highlight in contrived 'Merchant of Venice' at Shakespeare". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409. Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
  10. ^ "Plain Dealer Review of 2005 'I Am My Own Wife," at the Cleveland Play House". 27 February 2009. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  11. ^ "Underneath the Lintel". 22 May 2006. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Faculty & Guest Artists". Archived from the original on 2013-12-11. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
  13. ^ "Mark Nelson, HB Studio NYC, Acting Teacher, former student of Uta Hagen". Archived from the original on 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
  14. ^ "Theater Reviews". The New York Times. 20 March 2014. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  15. ^ "Theater Reviews". The New York Times. 20 March 2014. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  16. ^ "2009-2013 Alumni - Ten Chimneys Foundation". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
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