Craig Richard Nelson
Craig Richard Nelson is an American theater, film and television actor.Life and career
Nelson was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and grew up as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Mormon. He studied acting at the University of Utah and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. After graduation, he was cast in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Two Gentlemen of Verona.
A casting director saw him in that show and cast him in the Oscar-winning film The Paper Chase, as a mean-spirited law student. This led to a long career in film and television, including three Robert Altman films, A Wedding, 3 Women, and Quintet and a role in the coming-of-age comedy My Bodyguard, as well as a reoccurring role as drama teacher Mr. Spacek on the 1980s television show Square Pegs.Filmography
Film
- The Paper Chase – Willis Bell
- 3 Women – Dr. Maas
- A Wedding – Reedley Roots
- Quintet – Redstone
- My Bodyguard – Griffith
- A Small Circle of Friends – Harry Norris
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids – Professor Fredrickson
- Another You – Walt
Television
- Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers – Mason Woodruff
- Fernwood 2 Night – Dr. Richard Osgood
- Maude – Guest Star
- The Grass is Always Greener over the Septic Tank – Hal Watson
- Barney Miller - Arnold Moraz
- Carol Burnett & Company – Regular
- Square Pegs – Mr. Spacek
- The Golden Girls – Mr. Thurber
- L.A. Law – U.S. Attorney Donald Kelly
- ' – Krag
- Alien Nation – Attorney
- Get a Life – Hastings
- Home Improvement – Bjorn
- ' - Dr. Thatcher
- Murder, She Wrote - Rob Hazlitt
- – Vaskan arbiter
