Actor of The Week: Craig T. Nelson

Craig Theodore Nelson (lahir 4 April 1944) adalah aktor Amerika. Ia dikenal karena perannya sebagai Hayden Fox dalam serial televisi Coach (yang ia memenangkan Emmy), Deputi Ward Wilson dalam film 1980 Stir Crazy, Steven Freeling dalam film Poltergeist 1982, sipir di My Name is Earl, dan Mr. Incredible dalam film The Incredibles 2004 dan sekuel 2018-nya. Dia juga membintangi sebagai Zeek Braverman dalam serial televisi Parenthood.

Nelson dilahirkan sebagai Craig Theodore Nelson di Spokane, Washington, pada 4 April 1944. Dia adalah putra Vera Margaret (née Spindler; 1906–1971), seorang penari, dan Armand Gilbert Nelson (1900–1964), seorang pengusaha.

Nelson bersekolah di Sekolah Tinggi Lewis dan Clark, di mana ia bermain beberapa olahraga, termasuk sepak bola, bisbol, dan bola basket. 

Setelah sekolah menengah, Nelson belajar di Universitas Washington Pusat. Setelah gagal dari Central Washington University, Nelson pergi ke Yakima Valley College dan terinspirasi untuk belajar akting oleh guru drama, Mr. Brady. Dari Yakima, ia melanjutkan belajar drama di Universitas Arizona dengan beasiswa. 

Pada tahun 1969, Nelson putus sekolah dan pindah ke Hollywood untuk mengejar karier akting. Ketika pertama kali pindah ke California, ia mengambil pekerjaan sebagai penjaga keamanan di sebuah pabrik sabun sampai menemukan pekerjaan sebagai penulis komedi.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971	The Return of Count Yorga	Sgt. O'Connor
1974	Flesh Gordon	The Monster (voice)	Uncredited
1979	...And Justice for All	Frank Bowers
1980	Stir Crazy	Deputy Ward Wilson
1980	The Formula	Geologist #2
1980	Where the Buffalo Roam	Cop on Stand
1980	Private Benjamin	Capt. William Woodbridge
1982	Poltergeist	Steven Freeling
1983	Man, Woman and Child	Bernie Ackerman
1983	Silkwood	Winston
1983	All the Right Moves	Nickerson
1983	The Osterman Weekend	Bernard Osterman
1984	The Killing Fields	Major Reeves
1986	Poltergeist II: The Other Side	Steven Freeling
1987	Rachel River	Marlyn Huutula
1988	Action Jackson	Peter Dellaplane
1988	Me and Him	Peter Aramis
1989	Born on the Fourth of July	Marine Officer
1989	Red Riding Hood	Sir Godfrey / Percival
1989	Turner & Hooch	Chief Howard Hyde
1989	Troop Beverly Hills	Fred Nefler
1996	Ghosts of Mississippi	Ed Peters
1996	I'm Not Rappaport	The Cowboy
1997	The Devil's Advocate	Alexander Cullen
1997	Wag the Dog	Senator John Neal	Uncredited
2000	The Skulls	Litten Mandrake
2001	All Over Again	Cole Twain
2004	The Incredibles	Bob Parr / Mr. Incredible (voice)
2005	The Family Stone	Kelly Stone
2007	Blades of Glory	Coach
2009	The Proposal	Joe Paxton
2010	The Company Men	James Salinger
2011	Soul Surfer	Dr. Robinsky
2015	Get Hard	Martin Barrow
2016	Gold	Kenny Wells
2018	Book Club	Bruce
2018	Incredibles 2	Bob Parr / Mr. Incredible (voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1973	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	Charlie the mechanic	Episode: "Mary Richards and the Incredible Plant Lady"
1978	Charlie's Angels	Stone	Episode: "Angels on the Run"
1978	Wonder Woman	Sam	Episode: "The Deadly Sting"
1979	How the West Was Won	Tugger	Episode: "The Rustler"
1979	Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker	Driver	Television movie
1980	The Promise of Love	Major Landau	Television movie
1980	The White Shadow	Father Phil	Episode: "A Christmas Story"
1981	Inmates: A Love Story	Daniels	Television movie
1981	WKRP in Cincinnati	Charlie Bathgate	Episode: "Out to Lunch"
1981	Murder in Texas	Jack Ramsey	Television movie
1981–1982	Private Benjamin	Capt. Braddock / Col. Hogan	recurring role; 3 episodes
1982	Paper Dolls	Michael Caswell	Television movie
1982	Chicago Story	Kenneth A. Dutton	13 episodes
1984–1985	Call to Glory	Col. Raynor Sarnac	23 episodes
1986	Alex: The Life of a Child	Frank Deford	Television movie
1986	The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story	Senator Edward Kennedy	Television movie
1989	Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story	Major Bill Harcourt	Television movie
1989–1997	Coach	Coach Hayden Fox	series regular; 198 episodes
1990	Drug Wars: The Camarena Story	Harley Steinmetz	Television miniseries
1990	Extreme Close-Up	Philip	Television movie
1991	The Josephine Baker Story	Walter Winchell	Television movie
1993	The Switch	Russ Fine	Television movie
1993	The Fire Next Time	Drew Morgan	Television miniseries
1994	Ride with the Wind	Frank Shelby	Television movie
1994	Probable Cause	Lieutenant Louis Whitmire	Television movie
1994	The Lies Boys Tell	Larry	Television movie
1996	If These Walls Could Talk	Jim Harris	Television movie ("1996" segment)
1998	Creature	Dr. Simon Chase	Television miniseries
1999	To Serve and Protect	Tom Carr	Television miniseries
2000	The Huntress	Ralph Thorson	Episode: "Pilot"
2000	Dirty Pictures	Simon Leis	Television movie
2000–2004	The District	Chief Jack Mannion	series regular; 89 episodes
2002	The Agency	Chief Jack Mannion	Episode: "Doublecrossover"
2007	My Name Is Earl	Warden Jerry Hazelwood	4 episodes
2008–2009	CSI: NY	Robert Dunbrook	3 episodes
2009	Monk	Judge Ethan Rickover	2 episodes
2010–2015	Parenthood	Ezekiel "Zeke" Braverman	series regular; 91 episodes
2013	Hawaii Five-0	Tyler Cain	Episode: "He welo 'oihana"
2015	Grace and Frankie	Guy	5 episodes
2017	Raised by Wolves	Paul "Grampy" Kosinski	Television movie