Jeffrey Nordling

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Jeffrey Nordling
Born Jeffrey Richard Nordling
(1962-03-11) March 11, 1962 (age 62)
Ridgewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Years active 1988–present
Spouse(s) Francia Dimase (m. 2024)
Children Eloise Nordling (daughter)
Miranda Nordling (daughter)
Iris Nordling (daughter)
Dylan Nordling (son)
Skyler Nordling (daughter)

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, and Nick Bolen in Desperate Housewives as well as various films.

Personal life

Nordling was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and grew up in Washington Township. After moving to Saddle River, New Jersey, Nordling attended Ramsey High School, graduating in 1980.[1] After high school, Nordling attended Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. He graduated with a degree in art in 1984.

Career

One 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.

He played Sela Ward's ex-husband, Jake Manning, on the TV drama Once and Again from 1999-2002. He starred as Brent Barrow alongside Courteney Cox in the series Dirt on the FX cable network in 2007-08. He most recently appeared as FBI agent Larry Moss in the seventh season of 24.[2] 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.[3][4] Nordling also 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

Year Film Role Notes
1988 Working Girl Tim Rourke
1993 Murder, She Wrote Bruce Hastings S09E18
1994 Holy Matrimony Link
1996 Apollo 11 Neil Armstrong TV movie
1996 D3 The Mighty Ducks Ted Orion
1997 True Women Dr. Peter Woods
1997 Veronica's Closet Tom 1 episode
1997 Melrose Place Eric Baines 9 episodes
1998 Sex and the City Capote Duncan
1999 Pirates of Silicon Valley Mike Markkula
1999 Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying Elliot
2000 Wilderness Love Jesse Stanton a.k.a. Personally Yours
2000–2005 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Mark Thayer 2 episodes
2003 The Lone Ranger James Landry
2004 Cold Case Roy Minard
2007–2008 Dirt Brent Barrow 16 episodes
2008 The Mentalist Price Randolph
2008 Hole in the Paper Sky Professor Cory Short
2008 Surfer, Dude Eddie Zarno
2009 24 Larry Moss 19 episodes
2009–2010 Desperate Housewives Nick Bolen 16 episodes
2010 Tron: Legacy Richard Mackey, CEO
2011–2012 Body of Proof Todd Fleming 8 episodes
2011 CSI: NY Senator Kirk Matthews
2012 American Housewife Stanford TV pilot
2012 Malibu Country Bobby Gallaghar
2012 Arrow Frank Bertinelli
2014 Cloud 9 Sebastian Swift TV movie
2014 Castle Marcus Lark 1 episode
2014 Criminal Minds Jack Westbrook 1 episode

References

  1. Rohan, Virginia. "Bergen County native’s ‘Dirt’ character reaps what he sows", 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."
  2. FOX Broadcasting Company 24 Minisite. http://www.fox.com/24/characters/#bio:larry-moss
  3. "Desperate" Books Nordling, Mirchoff, Hollywood Reporter, July 10, 2009
  4. "Desperate Housewives" Welcomes the Bolens, TV Guide Magazine, August 5, 2009

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