Mark Nelson (actor) explained
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,[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 played Herr Schultz in the 2016 national tour of Cabaret and 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 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 |
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| 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 | | Robert Stevens | Episode: "Payback" |
| 1999 | Now and Again | Doctor | Episode: "A Girl's Life" |
| 2000 | Law & Order | Julius Reinhard | Episode: "High & Low" |
| 2002 | | 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" | |
Notes and References
- News: THEATER REVIEW; Housman's Hell, Stoppard's Style. The New York Times. 30 March 2001. Brantley. Ben. 19 February 2017. 16 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170516083159/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/30/movies/theater-review-housman-s-hell-stoppard-s-style.html. live.
- Web site: Picasso at the Lapin Agile. 23 October 1995. 8 December 2017. 27 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201127011552/https://variety.com/1995/legit/reviews/picasso-at-the-lapin-agile-3-1200443315/. live.
- News: Theater Reviews: The Great God Pan and My Name is Asher Lev . Vulture . Brown . Scott . 2020-02-18 . 2020-12-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201202232129/https://www.vulture.com/2012/12/theater-reviews-great-god-pan-my-name-is-asher-lev.html . live .
- News: Mark Nelson is lone highlight in contrived 'Merchant of Venice' at Shakespeare . 2011-06-29 . Peter Marks . . Washington, D.C. . 0190-8286 . 1330888409 . 2017-09-04 . 2019-03-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190327101205/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/mark-nelson-is-lone-highlight-in-contrived-merchant-of-venice-at-shakespeare/2011/06/28/AGxoFtpH_story.html . live .
- Web site: Plain Dealer Review of 2005 'I Am My Own Wife," at the Cleveland Play House. 27 February 2009. 26 January 2014. 2 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140202125525/http://blog.cleveland.com/pdextra/2009/02/plain_dealer_review_of_2005_i.html. live.
- Web site: Underneath the Lintel. 22 May 2006. 8 December 2017. 14 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200814092953/https://variety.com/2006/legit/reviews/underneath-the-lintel-1200516056/. live.
- Web site: Faculty & Guest Artists. 2014-01-26. 2013-12-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20131211145016/http://www.princeton.edu/arts/arts_at_princeton/theater/professor_bios/. live.
- Web site: Mark Nelson, HB Studio NYC, Acting Teacher, former student of Uta Hagen. 2022-07-27. 2021-04-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20210422105019/https://hbstudio.org/instructors/nelson-mark/. live.
- News: Theater Reviews. The New York Times. 20 March 2014. 19 February 2017. 27 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220727024345/https://www.nytimes.com/reviews/theater?pagewanted=print&res=9500E6D71F39F935A25752C0A96E958260. live.
- News: Theater Reviews. The New York Times. 20 March 2014. 19 February 2017. 27 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220727024351/https://www.nytimes.com/reviews/theater?pagewanted=print&res=9C0DE3D61E38F934A35751C0A96F958260. live.
- Web site: 2009-2013 Alumni - Ten Chimneys Foundation . 2014-01-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202125627/http://www.tenchimneys.org/lunt-fontanne-fellowship/revisit-2009-2013/2009-2013-alumni . 2014-02-02 .
