Mark Nelson (actor)

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Mark Nelson (born September 26, 1955) is an American actor, director and teacher. He appeared on Broadway in Angels in America, The Invention of Love,

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 City's HB Studio.[8] He has directed at Manhattan Theatre Club, Drama Dept.,[9] McCarter Theatre, George Street Playhouse,[10] 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.[11]

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. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Picasso at the Lapin Agile". 23 October 1995. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Underneath the Lintel". 22 May 2006. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Faculty & Guest Artists". Archived from the original on 2013-12-11. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
  8. ^ "Mark Nelson, HB Studio NYC, Acting Teacher, former student of Uta Hagen". Archived from the original on 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
  9. ^ "Theater Reviews". The New York Times. 20 March 2014. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Theater Reviews". The New York Times. 20 March 2014. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  11. ^ "2009-2013 Alumni - Ten Chimneys Foundation". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-01-26.

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