Eric Nelsen (born June 26, 1991) is an American actor and producer. He is known for his work as an actor in the Paramount+ western series 1883.[1] On stage, Nelsen portrayed Brett Sampson in the original Broadway production of 13,[2] and he starred in The Good Mother[3] (produced by The New Group). He has appeared in over 30 television series, including as a series regular in the Hulu revival of All My Children, a recurring role in The Affair on Showtime, The Blacklist,[4] Girls,[5] The Following,[6] NCIS,[7] Blue Bloods,[8] and iCarly.[9] Nelson appeared in the Universal Pictures film A Walk Among the Tombstones[10] opposite Academy Award nominee Liam Neeson, and in Coming Through the Rye[11] opposite Academy Award winner Chris Cooper.
Eric Nelsen | |
|---|---|
| Born | Eric Michael Nelsen June 26, 1991 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor; producer |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Spouse | Sainty Reid (m. 2013) |
| Children | 2 |
In 2018, Nelsen most recently won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series[12] for his work on the Amazon web series The Bay. As a producer, Nelsen has won three Daytime Emmys for The Bay and a Tony Award for the Broadway play The Inheritance. He produced the indie feature Wakefield starring Bryan Cranston and Jennifer Garner.
At age 23, Nelsen became the youngest producer in history to win an Emmy Award.
Personal life
editNelsen is a native of West Palm Beach, Florida.[13] He moved to New York City with his family at the age of 13. Eric married actress Sainty Reid (now Nelsen) in Fort Worth, Texas on November 29, 2013, and his wife gave birth to their daughter Molly Morgan Nelsen on October 1, 2019, in Los Angeles, California.[14]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Cottonmouth | Billy Dunn | |
| 2019 | The Last Whistle | Greg Reid | |
| 2018 | Nightmare Cinema | Fred / The Welder | Starring alongside Mickey Rourke |
| 2016 | Happy Baby | Theo | |
| 2015 | Coming Through the Rye | Ted Tyler | Starring alongside Chris Cooper |
| 2014 | A Walk Among the Tombstones | Howie | Starring alongside Liam Neeson |
| 2013 | Epic | Additional voices | Starring alongside Christoph Waltz |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Sensing Murder | Donald Neufeld Jr. | Episode: "Random Killer" |
| Guiding Light | Kevin Ross Marler | Episode 14,890 | |
| 2007 | iCarly | Zeke | Episode: "iDream of Dance" |
| 2008 | Law & Order | Brandon Doherty | Episode: "Betrayal" |
| 2009 | The Battery's Down | Bat Mitzvah Guest | Episode: "Bad Bad News" |
| 2010 | Zeke and Luther | Bob | Episode: "Ball of Trash" |
| The Good Wife | Mark | Episode: "Taking Control" | |
| Big Time Rush | Windmill | Episode: "Big Time Mansion" | |
| 2010–2017 | The Bay | Daniel Garrett | |
| 2011 | Blue Bloods | Alex Kasper | Episode: "Innocence" |
| 2012 | NYC 22 | Hazzard | 3 episodes |
| 2013 | All My Children[15] | AJ Chandler | 32 episodes |
| 2015 | Girls | Lewis | Episode: "Female Author" |
| The Following | Justin Windsor | Episode: "Reunion" | |
| The Blacklist | David Kenyon | Episode: "The Kenyon Family (No. 71)" | |
| NCIS | Sean Quinn | Episode: "Blood Brothers" | |
| 2018 | The Affair | Bram | 2 episodes |
| 2021–2022 | 1883 | Ennis | 5 episodes |
Broadway
edit| Year | Show[16] | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 13 | Brett Sampson | Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre 2008 – January 4, 2009 |
| 2019 | The Inheritance | Co-producer | Ethel Barrymore Theatre 2019 – 2020 |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Award | Nominated Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Daytime Emmy Award | The Bay | Outstanding New Approaches Drama Series | Won | [17] |
| 2017 | Daytime Emmy Award | The Bay | Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series | Won | [18] |
| 2018 | Daytime Emmy Award | The Bay | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series | Won | [19] |
| Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series | Won | [20] | |||
| 2020 | Tony Award | The Inheritance | Best Play | Won | [21] |
| Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Play | Won | [22] | ||
| Drama League Award | Outstanding Production of a Play | Won | [23] | ||
| Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding New Broadway Play | Won | [24] | ||
| GLAAD Media Award | Outstanding Broadway Production | Won | [25] |
References
edit- ^ "IMDB". IMDb. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ^ "13, Jason Robert Brown's Pop Musical About Coming of Age, Opens on Broadway". Retrieved October 5, 2008.
- ^ "After a Date, Accusations Everywhere". The New York Times. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
- ^ "IMDB". IMDb. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
- ^ "IMDB". IMDb. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
- ^ "IMDB". IMDb. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
- ^ "IMDB". IMDb. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
- ^ "IMDB". IMDb. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
- ^ "IMDB". IMDb. Retrieved September 16, 2007.
- ^ "IMDB". IMDb. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
- ^ "IMDB". IMDb. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
- ^ "Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards: 'Bold And The Beautiful', 'Sesame Street' Top Winners". Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ^ Frias, Carlos. "'AMC at home on OWN Local actor gets his big break", The Palm Beach Post, July 14, 2013. Accessed July 14, 2013. "You can say Eric Nelsen came to star in the soap opera All My Children two years too late or exactly at the right time. The soap had aired on ABC for 41 years until it was cancelled in late 2011. But it found new life as a web series on Hulu.com this year — just as Nelsen, 22, who grew up in West Palm Beach as a Bak Middle School of the Arts student, became a series regular."
- ^ "All My Children alum Eric Nelsen lands his dream role: new dad". Soap Central. 26 March 2019. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE! Eric Nelsen Cast as AJ Chandler on All My Children". 25 February 2013. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
- ^ Eric Nelsen at the Internet Broadway Database
- ^ Mulcahy, Jr., Kevin (April 25, 2015). "Variety".
- ^ Mulcahy, Jr., Kevin (January 10, 2011). "National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 4, 2021. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
- ^ "Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards: 'Bold And The Beautiful', 'Sesame Street' Top Winners". Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ^ "Daytime Emmy Awards Complete Winners List: Days Of Our Lives, The Talk, GMA Among Honorees" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 12, 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
- ^ Libbey, Peter (October 15, 2020). "Full List of the 2020 Tony Award Nominees". The New York Times.
- ^ News Desk, BWW (April 21, 2020). "Broadway World".
- ^ Drama League Awards, 86th Annual (2020). "Drama League".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ CLEMENT, OLIVIA (May 11, 2020). "Moulin Rouge! Leads 2020 Outer Critics Circle Award Honorees".
- ^ "The Nominees for the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards". January 8, 2020.
External links
edit- Eric Nelsen at IMDb
- Eric Nelsen at the Internet Broadway Database