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About Me — James Patrick Nelson
...you can call me Jamie...
I’m an outgoing, exuberant, big-hearted, passionate, queer actor, writer, filmmaker, poet, storyteller, loving life in New York City.
First and foremost, I’m an actor. I recently starred in three Off-Broadway world premieres — one a NYT Critic’s Pick. I performed at the Mark Taper Forum in the Los Angeles transfer of Broadway’s Slave Play, the most Tony-nominated production in history. I starred in the world premiere of Immortal Longings, the final play by Terrence McNally, the same year he won the Lifetime Achievement Tony Award. I starred in two regional transfers of Bedlam’s Off-Broadway hit Sense and Sensibility, in a Broadway try-out at the American Repertory Theatre and a twice-extended production at the Folger Theatre where we won several Helen Hayes Awards. I stepped into Bedlam’s Pygmalion Off-Broadway, and joined the sold-out production in Boston. I recently appeared in Harrison David Rivers’ adaptation of A Christmas Carol at the Geva Theatre. I began my Off-Broadway career in productions of Shakespeare and Chekhov opposite Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Bebe Neuwirth, Christina Ricci, and Ethan Hawke. And I’ve written about my year-long repertory national tour with the American Shakespeare Center, which has become the subject of my new solo play Late Onset.
