Eric Nelsen
Eric Nelsen (born June 26, 1991) is a 4x Emmy Award winning American television, film and Broadway actor and producer. He is best known for his work as an actor in Hulu's revival of All My Children playing AJ Chandler and most recently, his recurring role in season 4 of Showtime's hit drama The Affair[1]. On stage, Nelsen portrayed Brett Sampson in the original Broadway production of 13 The Musical[2] starring alongside Ariana Grande, and starred with Gretchen Mol in The Good Mother[3], produced by The New Group. He has appeared in over 30 television series, including The Blacklist[4], Girls[5], The Following[6], NCIS[7], Blue Bloods[8] and iCarly[9]. Nelsen has also appeared in the Universal Pictures film, A Walk Among the Tombstones[10] opposite Academy Award nominee, Liam Neeson and Coming Through the Rye[11] opposite Academy Award winner, Chris Cooper.
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Born | Eric Michael Nelsen June 26, 1991 |
Occupation | Actor, Producer |
Years active | 2006–present |
Spouse(s) | Sainty Reid (m. 2013) |
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 his work producing The Bay and holds the world record for youngest Emmy Award winning producer in television history. He also produced the indie feature, Wakefield starring Bryan Cranston and Jennifer Garner.
Personal life
Nelsen 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[14] on October 1, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2019 | The Last Whistle | Greg Reid | |
2018 | Nightmare Cinema | Fred / The Welder | Starring alongside Academy Award nominee Mickey Rourke |
2016 | Happy Baby | Theo | |
2015 | Coming Through the Rye | Ted Tyler | Starring alongside Academy Award winner Chris Cooper |
2014 | A Walk Among the Tombstones | Howie | Starring alongside Academy Award nominee Liam Neeson |
2013 | Epic | (voice) Various Characters | Starring alongside 2x Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006 | Sensing Murder | Donald Neufeld Jr. | "Random Killer" (Season 1, Episode 4) |
Guiding Light | Kevin Ross Marler | "1.14890" (Season 1, Episode 14,890) | |
2007 | iCarly | Zeke | "iDream of Dance" (Season 1, Episode 3) |
2008 | Law & Order | Brandon Doherty | "Betrayal" (Season 18, Episode 11) |
2009 | The Battery's Down | Bat Mitzvah Guest | "Bad Bad News" (Season 2, Episode 2) |
2010 | Zeke and Luther | Bob | "Ball of Trash" (Season 2, Episode 22) |
The Good Wife | Mark | "Taking Control" (Season 2, Episode 1) | |
Big Time Rush | Windmill | "Big Time Mansion" (Season 1, Episode 6) | |
2010–2017 | The Bay | Daniel Garrett | |
2011 | Blue Bloods | Alex Kasper | "Innocence" (Season 2, Episode 4) |
2012 | NYC 22 | Hazzard | 3 episodes: "Ransom" (Season 1, Episode 11), "Samaritans" (Season 1, Episode 12), "Turf War" (Season 1, episode 13) |
2013 | All My Children[15] | AJ Chandler | 32 episodes |
2015 | Girls | Lewis | "Female Author" (Season 4, Episode 3) |
The Following | Justin Windsor | "Reunion" (Season 3, Episode 6) | |
The Blacklist | David Kenyon | "The Kenyon Family (No. 71)" (Season 2, Episode 12) | |
NCIS | Sean Quinn | "Blood Brothers" (Season 13, Episode 10) | |
2018 | The Affair | Bram | 2 episodes: "4.2" (Season 4, Episode 2), "4.4" (Season 4, Episode 4) |
Theatre
Year | Show[16] | Role | Notes |
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2008 | 13 | Brett Sampson | Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre 2008 – January 4, 2009 |
2019 | The Inheritance | Co Producer | Ethel Barrymore Theatre 2019 – currently running |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Nominated Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2015 | 42nd Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | The Bay | Outstanding New Approaches Drama Series | Won | [17] |
2017 | 44th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | The Bay | Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series | Won | [18] |
2018 | 45th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | The Bay | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series | Won | [19] |
Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series | Won | [20] | |||
2020 | Drama Desk Award | The Inheritance | Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play | Won | [21] |
Drama League Award | Outstanding Production of a Play | Won | [22] | ||
Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding New Broadway Play | Won | [23] | ||
GLAAD Media Award | Outstanding Broadway Production | Won | [24] |
References
- "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". Retrieved November 15, 2012.
- "IMDB". Retrieved February 19, 2015.
- "IMDB". Retrieved January 25, 2015.
- "IMDB". Retrieved March 30, 2015.
- "IMDB". Retrieved November 24, 2015.
- "IMDB". Retrieved October 14, 2011.
- "IMDB". Retrieved September 16, 2007.
- "IMDB". Retrieved September 19, 2014.
- "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. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- "EXCLUSIVE! Eric Nelsen Cast as AJ Chandler on All My Children". 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). 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). Retrieved April 30, 2018.
- News Desk, BWW (April 21, 2020). "Broadway World".
- Drama League Awards, 86th Annual (2020). "Drama League".
- CLEMENT, OLIVIA (May 11, 2020). "Moulin Rouge! Leads 2020 Outer Critics Circle Award Honorees".
- {{cite web url=https://www.glaad.org/mediaawards/31/2020%20nominees |title=The Nominees for the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards|date=January 8, 2020}}
External links
- Eric Nelsen on IMDb
- Eric Nelsen at the Internet Broadway Database