{{Short description|American actor and producer (born 1991)}} {{for|similarly-named people|Eric Nelson (disambiguation)}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox person | name = Eric Nelsen | image = | birth_name = | caption = Eric Nelsen | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|06|26}} | birth_place = West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. | spouse = Sainty Reid (m. 2013) | children = 2 | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|producer}} | years_active = 2006–present | awards = }} '''Eric Nelsen''' (born June 26, 1991) is an American actor and producer. He is known for his work as an actor in the Paramount+ western series ''1883''.<ref>{{cite web|title=IMDB | website=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2235173/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1|accessdate=June 24, 2018}}</ref> On stage, Nelsen portrayed Brett Sampson in the original Broadway production of ''13'',<ref>{{cite web|title=13, Jason Robert Brown's Pop Musical About Coming of Age, Opens on Broadway|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/13-jason-robert-browns-pop-musical-about-coming-of-age-opens-on-broadway-com-153925|accessdate=October 5, 2008}}</ref> and he starred in ''The Good Mother''.<ref>{{cite web|title=After a Date, Accusations Everywhere|website=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/16/theater/reviews/the-good-mother-at-the-acorn-theater.html|accessdate=November 15, 2012}}</ref> He has appeared in over numerous television series, including as a series regular in the Hulu revival of ''All My Children'', a recurring role in ''The Affair'' on ''Showtime'', ''The Blacklist'',<ref>{{cite web|title=IMDB | website=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2235173/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1|accessdate=February 19, 2015}}</ref> ''Girls'',<ref>{{cite web|title=IMDB | website=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2235173/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1|accessdate=January 25, 2015}}</ref> ''The Following'',<ref>{{cite web|title=IMDB | website=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2235173/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1|accessdate=March 30, 2015}}</ref> ''NCIS'',<ref>{{cite web|title=IMDB | website=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2235173/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1|accessdate=November 24, 2015}}</ref> ''Blue Bloods'',<ref>{{cite web|title=IMDB | website=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2235173/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1|accessdate=October 14, 2011}}</ref> and ''iCarly''.<ref>{{cite web|title=IMDB | website=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2235173/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1|accessdate=September 16, 2007}}</ref> Nelson appeared in the Universal Pictures film ''A Walk Among the Tombstones''<ref>{{cite web|title=IMDB | website=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2235173/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1|accessdate=September 19, 2014}}</ref> opposite Academy Award nominee Liam Neeson, and in ''Coming Through the Rye''<ref>{{cite web|title=IMDB | website=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2235173/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1|accessdate=October 14, 2016}}</ref> opposite Academy Award winner Chris Cooper.
In 2018, Nelsen most recently won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series<ref>{{cite web|title=Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards: 'Bold And The Beautiful', 'Sesame Street' Top Winners|url=https://deadline.com/2018/04/daytime-creative-arts-emmy-awards-winners-2018-list-1202378665/|accessdate=April 27, 2018}}</ref> for his work on the Amazon web series ''The Bay''. As a producer, Nelsen has won three Daytime Emmys for ''The Bay'' and a Tony Award for the Broadway play ''The Inheritance''. He produced the indie feature ''Wakefield'' starring Bryan Cranston and Jennifer Garner.
At age 23, Nelsen became the youngest producer in history to win an Emmy Award.
==Personal life== Nelsen is a native of West Palm Beach, Florida.<ref>Frias, Carlos. [http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/entertainment/amcat-homeon-own/nYn3b/ "'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."</ref> He moved to New York City with his family at the age of 13. Eric married actress Sainty Reid (now Nelsen) in her hometown of Fort Worth, Texas on November 29, 2013, and she gave birth to their daughter Molly Morgan Nelsen on October 1, 2019, in Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{cite web |title=All My Children alum Eric Nelsen lands his dream role: new dad |url=https://www.soapcentral.com/amc/news/2019/0328-eric_nelsen_baby.php |website=Soap Central |date=26 March 2019 |access-date=March 28, 2019|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20190405091508/https://www.soapcentral.com/amc/news/2019/0328-eric_nelsen_baby.php|archive-date=2019-04-05}}</ref> They now reside in Fort Worth.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trading L.A. for Texas: Hollywood couple thrilled to call Fort Worth home |url=https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/eric-sainty-nelsen-hollywood-fort-worth-texas-yellowstone-broadway/287-cae7b45b-9c89-41ce-aca2-60f2292e1bf5 |website=WFAA |date=22 May 2024 |access-date=March 11, 2025}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Film |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" style="width:32em;" | Notes |- | {{TableTBA}} | ''Gettysburg 1863'' | Thomas McClean | Filming<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2026/01/stephen-lang-jake-busey-civil-war-film-gettysburg-1863-1236682753/|title=Stephen Lang, Jake Busey & Bruce Boxleitner Among Cast For Civil War Drama ‘Gettysburg 1863’|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Andreas|last=Wiseman|date=January 14, 2026|access-date=January 14, 2026|archive-date=January 14, 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260114163643/https://deadline.com/2026/01/stephen-lang-jake-busey-civil-war-film-gettysburg-1863-1236682753/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | 2026 | ''The Wolf and the Lamb'' | Dr. Roy Hawkins |- | 2024 | ''Cottonmouth'' | Billy Dunn | |- | 2019 | ''The Last Whistle'' | Greg Reid | |- | 2018 | ''Nightmare Cinema'' | Fred / The Welder | Starring alongside Mickey Rourke |- | 2016 | ''Happy Baby'' |Theo | |- | 2015 | ''Coming Through the Rye'' | Ted Tyler | Starring alongside Chris Cooper |- | 2014 | ''A Walk Among the Tombstones'' | Howie | Starring alongside Liam Neeson |- | 2013 | ''Epic'' | Additional voices | Starring alongside Christoph Waltz |}
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Television |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- |rowspan="2"| 2006 | ''Sensing Murder'' | Donald Neufeld Jr. | Episode: "Random Killer" |- | ''Guiding Light'' | Kevin Ross Marler | Episode 14,890 |- | 2007 | ''iCarly'' | Zeke | Episode: "iDream of Dance" |- | 2008 | ''Law & Order'' | Brandon Doherty | Episode: "Betrayal" |- | 2009 | ''The Battery's Down'' | Bat Mitzvah Guest | Episode: "Bad Bad News" |- |rowspan="3"| 2010 | ''Zeke and Luther'' | Bob | Episode: "Ball of Trash" |- | ''The Good Wife'' | Mark | Episode: "Taking Control" |- | ''Big Time Rush'' | Windmill | Episode: "Big Time Mansion" |- |2010–2017 | ''The Bay'' | Daniel Garrett | |- | 2011 | ''Blue Bloods'' | Alex Kasper | Episode: "Innocence" |- | 2012 | ''NYC 22'' | Hazzard | 3 episodes |- | 2013 | ''All My Children''<ref>{{cite web|title=EXCLUSIVE! Eric Nelsen Cast as AJ Chandler on ''All My Children''|date=25 February 2013 |url=http://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2013/02/exclusive-eric-nelsen-cast-as-aj-chandler-on-all-my-children|accessdate=February 25, 2013}}</ref> | AJ Chandler | 32 episodes |- |rowspan="4"| 2015 | ''Girls'' | Lewis | Episode: "Female Author" |- | ''The Following'' | Justin Windsor | Episode: "Reunion" |- | ''The Blacklist'' | David Kenyon | Episode: "The Kenyon Family (No. 71)" |- | ''NCIS'' | Sean Quinn | Episode: "Blood Brothers" |- | 2018 | ''The Affair'' | Bram | 2 episodes |- | 2021–2022 |''1883'' | Ennis | 5 episodes |}
==Broadway== {|class="wikitable" ! Year ! Show<ref>{{IBDB name}}</ref> ! Role ! Notes |- | 2008 | ''13'' | Brett Sampson | Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre <br> 2008 – January 4, 2009 |- | 2019 | ''The Inheritance'' | Co-producer | Ethel Barrymore Theatre <br> 2019 – 2020 |}
==Awards and nominations== {| class=wikitable style="width:100%" ! style="background:#eedd82;"| Year ! style="background:#eedd82;"| Award ! style="background:#eedd82;"| Nominated Work ! style="background:#eedd82;"| Category ! style="background:#eedd82;"| Result ! style="background:#eedd82;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}} |- | 2015 | Daytime Emmy Award | ''The Bay'' | Outstanding New Approaches Drama Series |{{won}} | align=center|<ref name="CBS, PBS and 'The Bold and the Beautiful' Lead Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Winners">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/daytime-emmy-awards-bold-and-the-beautiful-cbs-alex-trebek-florence-henderson-1201479958/ |title=Variety|first=Kevin |last=Mulcahy, Jr. |date=April 25, 2015}}</ref> |- | 2017 | Daytime Emmy Award | ''The Bay'' | Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series |{{won}} | align=center|<ref name="The 44th Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Winners">{{cite web |url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_44th_winners_creative.pdf |title=National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |first=Kevin |last=Mulcahy, Jr. |date=January 10, 2011 |accessdate=April 28, 2017 |archive-date=October 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004192338/http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_44th_winners_creative.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" align="left"| 2018 | rowspan="2" align="left"| Daytime Emmy Award | rowspan="2"| ''The Bay'' | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series | {{won}} | align=center |<ref>{{cite web|title=Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards: 'Bold And The Beautiful', 'Sesame Street' Top Winners|url=https://deadline.com/2018/04/daytime-creative-arts-emmy-awards-winners-2018-list-1202378665/|accessdate=April 27, 2018}}</ref> |- | Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series | {{won}} | align=center |<ref>{{cite web|title=Daytime Emmy Awards Complete Winners List: Days Of Our Lives, The Talk, GMA Among Honorees|url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_45th_daytime_winners.pdf|accessdate=April 30, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141217/http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_45th_daytime_winners.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | rowspan="5" align="left" | 2020 | Tony Award | rowspan="5" | ''The Inheritance'' | rowspan="1"|Best Play |{{won}} | align=center|<ref name="Full List of the 2020 Tony Award Nominees">{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/theater/tony-nominees.html |title=Full List of the 2020 Tony Award Nominees|work=The New York Times |date= October 15, 2020|last1=Libbey |first1=Peter }}</ref> |- | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Play | {{won}} | align=center|<ref name="Breaking: 2020 Drama Desk Awards Nominations- The Full List!">{{cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-2020-Drama-Desk-Awards-Nominations--The-Full-List-20200421 |title=Broadway World|first=BWW |last=News Desk |date=April 21, 2020}}</ref> |- | Drama League Award | Outstanding Production of a Play |{{won}} | align=center|<ref name="THE 2020 DRAMA LEAGUE AWARDS NOMINEES">{{cite web |url=http://dramaleague.org/events/awards/nominees20 |title=Drama League|first=86th Annual |last=Drama League Awards |date=2020}}</ref> |- | Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding New Broadway Play |{{won}} | align=center|<ref name="2020 Outer Critics Circle Award Honorees">{{cite web |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/moulin-rouge-leads-2020-outer-critics-circle-award-honorees |title=Moulin Rouge! Leads 2020 Outer Critics Circle Award Honorees|first=OLIVIA |last=CLEMENT |date= May 11, 2020}}</ref> |- | GLAAD Media Award | Outstanding Broadway Production | {{won}} | align=center|<ref name="The Nominees for the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards">{{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}}</ref> |}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=2235173|name=Eric Nelsen}} *{{IBDB name|id=480690|name=Eric Nelsen}}
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