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, [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]

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Filmography

Film and television roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
1980 Friday the 13th Ned RubensteinFeature film
1981 The Chosen Fighting StudentFeature film
1985 Remington Steele LinoEpisode: "Gourmet Steele"
1989 Bloodhounds of Broadway Sam the SkateFeature film
1991 Thirtysomething Leonard KatzEpisode: "Melissa and Men"
1993 The Seventh Coin LibrarianFeature film
1996 Law & Order SteinEpisode: "Custody"
1996 The First Wives Club Eric LoestFeature film
1997 Liberty! The American Revolution LoyalistEpisode: "Are We to Be a Nation? (1783-1788)"
1998 Suddenly Susan PaulEpisode: "Not in This Life"
1998–2000 Spin City TherapistRecurring role (4 episodes)
1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Robert StevensEpisode: "Payback"
1999 Now and Again DoctorEpisode: "A Girl's Life"
2000 Law & Order Julius ReinhardEpisode: "High & Low"
2002 Law & Order: Criminal Intent MancusoEpisode: "Badge"
2002 Ed Sid PenningtonEpisode: "Neighbors"
2004 Law & Order Dr. Stuart BartonEpisode: "Cut"
2007 American Experience Nathaniel PendletonEpisode: "Alexander Hamilton"
2010 Law & Order Symposium OrganizerEpisode: "Brazil"
2013 Unforgettable Dr. Eugene LustigEpisode: "Memory Kings"
2014 The Rewrite JoshFeature film
2014 The Good Wife Principal Adam EnglehardtEpisode: "The Trial"

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