Mark Nelson (actor)
Mark Nelson is an American actor, director and teacher. He appeared on Broadway in The Invention of Love,[1] 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[2] he received the Obie, Drama League, Carbonell and San Francisco Critics Awards. He recently acted off-Broadway in My Name is Asher Lev[3] for which he received a Lortel nomination. Other roles include Shylock in The Merchant of Venice at The Shakespeare Theater,[4] 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[5] by Doug Wright (Carbonell Award) and Underneath the Lintel[6] by Glen Berger (Connecticut Critics Award). His TV work includes roles on "Unforgettable", “Law & Order” and “Spin City.” He teaches acting at Princeton University[7] and at New York's HB Studio. He has directed at Manhattan Theatre Club, Drama Dept.,[8] McCarter Theatre, George Street Playhouse,[9] and Chautauqua Theatre Company, and is a frequent guest director at the Juilliard School. He graduated from Princeton and then studied acting with Uta Hagen. In 2013 he received a Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship.[10]
Filmography
| Film and Television | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/30/movies/theater-review-housman-s-hell-stoppard-s-style.html
- ↑ http://variety.com/1995/legit/reviews/picasso-at-the-lapin-agile-3-1200443315/
- ↑ http://www.vulture.com/2012/12/theater-reviews-great-god-pan-my-name-is-asher-lev.html
- ↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/mark-nelson-is-lone-highlight-in-contrived-merchant-of-venice-at-shakespeare/2011/06/28/AGxoFtpH_story.html
- ↑ http://blog.cleveland.com/pdextra/2009/02/plain_dealer_review_of_2005_i.html
- ↑ http://variety.com/2006/legit/reviews/underneath-the-lintel-1200516056/
- ↑ http://www.princeton.edu/arts/arts_at_princeton/theater/professor_bios/
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?pagewanted=print&res=9500E6D71F39F935A25752C0A96E958260
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?pagewanted=print&res=9C0DE3D61E38F934A35751C0A96F958260
- ↑ http://www.tenchimneys.org/lunt-fontanne-fellowship/revisit-2009-2013/2009-2013-alumni