Mark Nelson
Quick Facts
Biography
Mark Nelson is an American actor, director and teacher. He appeared on Broadway in The Invention of Love, 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 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 for which he received a Lortel nomination. Other roles include Shylock in The Merchant of Venice at The Shakespeare Theater, 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 by Doug Wright (Carbonell Award) and Underneath the Lintel by Glen Berger (Connecticut Critics Award). His TV work includes roles on "Unforgettable", “Law & Order” and “Spin City.” He teaches acting at Princeton University and at New York's HB Studio. He has directed at Manhattan Theatre Club, Drama Dept., McCarter Theatre, George Street Playhouse, 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.
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" |