Jeffrey Richard Nordling (born March 11, 1962) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Jake Manning in Once and Again, Larry Moss in 24, Nick Bolen in Desperate Housewives, and Gordon Klein in Big Little Lies, as well as various films.
Jeffrey Nordling | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jeffrey Richard Nordling March 11, 1962 Ridgewood, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Education | Ramsey High School |
| Alma mater | Wheaton College (BA) Southern Methodist University (MFA) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Notable work | |
| Spouse | Francia Dimase |
| Children | 3 |
Early life and education
editNordling was born March 11, 1962, in Ridgewood, New Jersey, to Robert George Nordling and Lois Nordling (née Dickson).[1] He grew up in Washington Township. After moving to Saddle River, New Jersey, Nordling attended Ramsey High School, graduating in 1980.[2] After high school, Nordling attended Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in art in 1984. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1987 from the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas.[3] Nordling is a Swedish surname.
Career
editOne of his major roles was playing Ted Orion, an NHL pro turned hockey coach in D3: The Mighty Ducks. The 1997 TV movie Soul Mates, starring Nordling and Kim Raver, is shown by market researchers at Television Preview as a "new" pilot. He played Gaëtan Dugas in And the Band Played On, the HBO production of Randy Shilts' chronicle of the evolving AIDS epidemic, and Capote Duncan in Sex and the City. In 1999 he portrayed original Apple investor Mike Markkula in the TNT movie Pirates of Silicon Valley.[citation needed]
He played Sela Ward's ex-husband, Jake Manning, on the TV drama Once and Again from 1999 to 2002. He starred as Brent Barrow alongside Courteney Cox in the series Dirt on the FX cable network in 2007–08. He has also appeared as FBI agent Larry Moss in the seventh season of 24.[4]
During the 2009–10 season of Desperate Housewives, Nordling played Nick Bolen, a regular and the on-screen husband of Drea de Matteo, but the roles of the Bolens were discontinued after the one season.[5][6]
Nordling starred as 9/11 hero Tom Burnett in Flight 93. In 2011, he began a recurring role on the medical/crime drama Body of Proof, playing Todd Fleming, the ex-husband of Dana Delany's character, which he played until the show's cancellation.
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Working Girl | Tim Rourke | |
| 1992 | Ruby | Hank | |
| 1994 | Holy Matrimony | Link | |
| Quiz Show | John Van Doren | ||
| Love Affair | Lou | ||
| 1996 | D3: The Mighty Ducks | Coach Ted Orion | |
| 1998 | Polish Wedding | Father Don | |
| 1999 | Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying | Elliot | |
| 2006 | Flicka | Rick Koop | |
| Home of the Brave | Cary | ||
| 2008 | Hole in the Paper Sky | Prof. Cory | Short |
| Surfer, Dude | Eddie Zarno | ||
| 2009 | Love Hurts | Curtis | |
| 2010 | Tron: Legacy | Richard Mackey | |
| 2014 | Beautiful Girl | J.B. | |
| 2016 | Sully | Barry Leonard | |
| 2023 | The Locksmith | Ian Zwick |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Beauty and the Beast | Tyler | Episode: "The Alchemist" |
| Shooter | Matt Thompson / Grunwald | Unsold TV pilot | |
| 1989 | American Playhouse | Roy Howard | Episode: "Ask Me Again" |
| Alien Nation | Ted Healy | Episode: "Chains of Love" | |
| 1990 | The Outsiders | Dean Viola | Episode: "Maybe Baby" |
| 1991 | The Young Riders | Frank Pike | Episode: "The Exchange" |
| Brooklyn Bridge | Gil Hodges | 2 episodes | |
| Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis | Tasker | Television film | |
| 1992 | Black Death | Dr. Jake Prescott | |
| Citizen Cohn | G. David Schine | ||
| 1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Tahna Los | Episode: "Past Prologue" |
| Journey to the Center of the Earth | Chris Turner | Television film | |
| Time Trax | Carl Manheim | Episode: "Face of Death" | |
| And the Band Played On | Gaëtan Dugas | Television film | |
| Murder, She Wrote | Bruce Hastings | Episode: "Dead to Rights" | |
| 1994 | Murder, She Wrote | Richard Hawkes | Episode: "To Kill a Legend" |
| Dangerous Heart | Lee | Television film | |
| Baby Brokers | John | ||
| Someone She Knows | Greg Philips | ||
| 1995 | The Shamrock Conspiracy | Frank | |
| A Stranger in Town | Larry | ||
| Chicago Hope | Mr. Schepps | Episode: "Songs from the Cuckoo Birds" | |
| Trail of Tears | Michael | Television film | |
| Touched by an Angel | Jackson Spears | Episode: "The Big Bang" | |
| 1996 | Harrison: Cry of the City | Frank | Television film |
| Roseanne | Joe Matthews | Episode: "Morning Becomes Obnoxious" | |
| Remembrance | Col. Brad Fullerton | Television film | |
| Apollo 11 | Neil Armstrong | ||
| 1997 | Soul Mates | Dennis | |
| The Sleepwalker Killing | Det. Lloyd Boyko | ||
| True Women | Dr. Peter Woods | ||
| Veronica's Closet | Tom | Episode: "Veronica's First Date" | |
| Melrose Place | Eric Baines | Recurring role | |
| Almost Perfect | Jack Chenault | 2 episodes | |
| 1998 | Sex and the City | Capote Duncan | Episode: "Sex and the City" |
| Arliss | Joe Lansing | Episode: "Behind Every Great Client..." | |
| Saint Maybe | Danny Bedloe | Television film | |
| 1999 | Blue Moon | Billy Medieros | |
| 1999 | Pirates of Silicon Valley | Mike Markkula | |
| Chicken Soup for the Soul | Tom | Episode: "A Salesman's First Sale" | |
| 1999–2002 | Once and Again | Jake Manning | Main role |
| 2000 | Personally Yours | Jesse Stanton | Television film |
| 2001 | Just Ask My Children | Scott Kniffen | |
| 2002 | State of Grace | Dell Adams | Episode: "Take Good Care of My Baby" |
| Providence | Dr. David Baylor | Recurring role | |
| 2003 | The Flannerys | Barrett Flannery | Television film |
| War Stories | Ian Rhys | ||
| The Lone Ranger | James Landry | ||
| Still Standing | Matt Russell | Episode: "Still Sisters" | |
| Crossing Jordan | Tom Crane | "Episode: Cruel & Unusual" | |
| The Lyon's Den | Special Agent Colton Mead | Episode: "The Fifth" | |
| 2004 | Beverly Hills S.U.V. | Jeff Aronson | Television film |
| Cold Case | Roy Minard | Episode: "Hubris" | |
| Nip/Tuck | Roger | Episode: "Kimber Henry" | |
| Searching for David's Heart | Bill Deeton | Television film | |
| 2005 | Life As We Know It | Mike | 2 episodes |
| Listen Up | Dr. Swerling | Episode: "Colon-oopscopy" | |
| Judging Amy | Prof. Kurt Tomko | Episode: "Too Little, Too Late" | |
| All Grown Up! | Big Red / Crazy Australian (voice) | Episode: "Dude, Where's My Horse?: Parts 1 & 2" | |
| The Closer | Hart Phillips | Episode: "Good Housekeeping" | |
| Killer Instinct | The Professor | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Mark Thayer | Episode: "Secrets & Flies" | |
| Bones | David Ross | Episode: "The Man on Death Row" | |
| Close to Home | Coach Matt Whiting | Episode: "Baseball Murder" | |
| 2006 | Flight 93 | Tom Burnett | Television film |
| Justice | OC DA Richard Lane | Episode: "Behind the Orange Curtain" | |
| 2007 | Shark | FBI Special Agent Oliver Hayes | Episode: "Student Body" |
| 2007–2008 | Dirt | Brent Barrow | Recurring role |
| 2008 | The Mentalist | Price Randolph | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2009 | 24 | Larry Moss | Regular role |
| Mrs. Washington Goes to Smith | Prof. Terry O'Neill | Television film | |
| 2009–2010 | Desperate Housewives | Nick Bolen | Recurring role |
| 2010 | The Quickening | Gabe | Television film |
| 2011 | Normal | Mark Maddux | |
| In Plain Sight | Kurt Gaffney | Episode: "Kumar vs Kumar" | |
| The Protector | Lt. Jack Brennan | 2 episodes | |
| CSI: NY | Sen. Kirk Matthews | ||
| 2011–2012 | Body of Proof | Todd Fleming | Recurring role |
| 2012 | This American Housewife | Stanford Swift | Episode: "Pilot" |
| Happily Divorced | Matthew | Episode: "Peter Comes Out, Again" | |
| Malibu Country | Bobby | 2 episiodes | |
| 2012–2014 | Arrow | Frank Bertinelli | 3 episodes |
| 2013 | Necessary Roughness | Glenn Purlman | Episode: "There's the Door" |
| 2014 | Sea of Fire | Rev. Bobby McAllister | Television film |
| Cloud 9 | Sebastian Swift | ||
| Killer Women | Sen. Jake Colton | Guest role | |
| Rake | Bruce Mangan | Main role | |
| Castle | Marcus Lark | Episode: "The Time of Our Lives" | |
| Criminal Minds | Jack Westbrook | Episode: "The Boys of Sudworth Place" | |
| 2015 | Cain Enabled | S.G. | 2 episodes |
| Hawaii Five-0 | Josh Bennett | Episode: "A Make Kaua" | |
| Motive | Deputy Chief Earl Halford | 2 episodes | |
| 2017–2018 | Nashville | Brad Maitland | 19 episodes |
| 2017 | Big Little Lies | Gordon Klein | 14 episodes |
| I'm Dying Up Here | Eli Gershmann | 7 episodes | |
| Salvation | Daniel | 3 episodes | |
| 2017 & 2019 | The Gifted | Daniel Reynolds | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | The Man in the High Castle | Dr. Daniel Ryan | 5 episodes |
| 2018–2019 | Suits | Eric Kaldor | 4 episodes |
| 2019 | Proven Innocent | Rick Zahn | 5 episodes |
| The Summer People | Robert | Television film | |
| 2020 | High Fidelity | Tim Parker | Episode: "Uptown" |
| Better Things | Donny | Episode: "She's Fifty" | |
| 2021 | Walker | Stan Morrison | 4 episodes |
| 2022 | This Is Us | Eric | Episode: "One Giant Leap" |
| Law & Order | Jordan Reed | Episode: "Free Speech" | |
| 2022 | Five Days at Memorial | Richard T. Simmons, Jr. | 3 episodes |
| 2022–2024 | So Help Me Todd | Gus Easton | Recurring role |
| 2024 | American Sports Story | Huntley Johnson |
Video games
edit| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare | Ethan |
References
edit- ^ Jeffrey Nordling Bio Archived February 18, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Rohan, Virginia. "Bergen County native’s ‘Dirt’ character reaps what he sows" Archived 2007-12-25 at the Wayback Machine, The Record (Bergen County), January 1, 2007. Accessed September 22, 2007. "Nordling was born 3,000 miles from the craziness, at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, and grew up mostly in Washington Township (in the only house on the town's Times Square). When he was 15, the family moved to Saddle River, and Nordling transferred to Ramsey High School, where he became a soccer star."
- ^ Jeffrey Nordling at Antaeus Theatre Company Archived November 16, 2022, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ FOX Broadcasting Company 24 Minisite. http://www.fox.com/24/characters/#bio:larry-moss Archived 2008-04-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Desperate" Books Nordling, Mirchoff Archived July 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Hollywood Reporter, July 10, 2009.
- ^ "Desperate Housewives" Welcomes the Bolens Archived 2009-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, TV Guide Magazine, August 5, 2009.