Mark Nelson (actor)
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Mark Nelson | |
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| Born | September 26, 1955 U.S. |
| Occupations | Actor, director, teacher |
Mark Nelson (born September 26, 1955) is an American actor, director and teacher.
Nelson grew up in Westwood, New Jersey, in a Jewish family.[1][2] Nelson graduated from the Horace Mann School[3] before attending Princeton University, graduating in 1977.[4] He later studied acting with Uta Hagen.
Nelson made his feature film debut in the slasher film Friday the 13th (1980).[5] He appeared on Broadway in Angels in America, The Invention of Love,[6] 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[7] 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[8] for which he received a Lortel nomination.
Other roles include Shylock in The Merchant of Venice at The Shakespeare Theater,[9] 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[10] by Doug Wright (Carbonell Award) and Underneath the Lintel[11] by Glen Berger (Connecticut Critics Award).
His TV work includes roles on Unforgettable, Law & Order and Spin City. He teaches acting at Princeton University[12], Circle in the Square Theatre School, and at New York City's HB Studio.[13] He has directed at Manhattan Theatre Club, Drama Dept.,[14] McCarter Theatre, George Street Playhouse,[15] and Chautauqua Theatre Company, and is a frequent guest director at the Juilliard School.
In 2013 he received a Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship.[16]