Mark Nelson

Lecturer in Theater in the Lewis Center for the Arts

Mark Nelson is an actor and director. He recently completed a year's tour with The Bridge Project, Sam Mendes' classical rep company, performing in New York, London, Madrid and Epidaurus, Greece. He has directed plays at Manhattan Theatre Club, Drama Dept., McCarter Theatre, George Street Playhouse, and Chautauqua Theatre Company, and is a frequent guest director at the Juilliard School. On Broadway he acted in Tom Stoppard's The Invention of Love  (Lincoln Center), Arthur Miller's After the Fall and Chekhov's Three Sisters (Roundabout Theatre), 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, he received the Obie, Drama League, Carbonell and San Francisco Critics Awards. Other favorite roles include 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 by Doug Wright (Carbonell Award) and Underneath the Lintel by Glen Berger (Connecticut Critics Award). His TV work includes recurring roles on “Law & Order” and “Spin City.” Mark is a graduate of Princeton, and studied acting with Uta Hagen at HB Studio.