Ian Michael Nelson (born 1994/95) is an American actor. He played the teen version of werewolf Derek Hale in the television series '' Teen Wolf'', Eric Palmer in the drama film '' The Judge'', and Andy in the

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series '' There's...Johnny!''.

Personal life

Nelson is the son of Mark and Janie Nelson, and the youngest of four children. Nelson attended Forsyth Country Day School in

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. He studied screenwriting at the University of Southern California. Nelson is Jewish.

Career

Nelson first became interested in the performing arts by auditioning for a school musical to impress a girl. He performed in several local shows, including

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Amahl and the Night Visitors ''Amahl and the Night Visitors'' is an opera in one act by Gian Carlo Menotti with an original English libretto by the composer.Menotti, Gian-Carlo: ''Amahl and the Night Visitors (piano-vocal score)'', G. Schirmer, Inc., 1997. It was commission ...

''. In addition to acting and singing, he is a dancer, and featured in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on three occasions. To further hone his craft, Nelson studied at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and the

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performing arts school. He also trained under Burgess Jenkins at Jenkins' Actors Group school. His first film role was a non-speaking part as the unnamed tribute from District 3 in '' The Hunger Games'' in 2012. That was followed by '' Alone yet Not Alone'' the following year. The movie, filmed in Virginia and Tennessee, was filmed prior to ''The Hunger Games''. Throughout 2013 and 2014, Nelson appeared in ''

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'', '' The Judge'', and '' The Best of Me''. In 2015, he starred in '' The Boy Next Door'' as Kevin, the son of

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and John Corbett. Nelson described the experience as a "great role", stating he really enjoyed the collaboration with director Rob Cohen. Nelson's first foray into television was in the role of a teen were-wolf Derek Hale in '' Teen Wolf''. He appeared as the teenaged version of Tyler Hoechlin's character in three episodes throughout the third and fourth seasons. He went on to appear in '' Criminal Minds'' and '' Comedy Bang! Bang!'', before earning a recurring role as Parker in '' The Deleted'', which aired in 2016. Nelson stars as Andy on '' There's...Johnny!'', a show depicting the backstage workings of '' The Tonight Show'' during

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in November 2017. He is starring in the upcoming drama film ''

Paper Spiders ''Paper Spiders'' is a 2020 American drama film directed by Inon Shampanier, written by Natalie and Inon Shampanier, and starring Lili Taylor and Stefania LaVie Owen. It tells the story of a high school girl struggling to help her mother, whose pa ...

'' opposite

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and Lili Taylor.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theater

* ''

'' – Amahl * '' 13'' – Archie Walker * '' West Side Story'' – Baby John * ''

Oliver! ''Oliver!'' is a coming-of-age stage musical, with book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the 1838 novel '' Oliver Twist'' by Charles Dickens. It premiered at the Wimbledon Theatre, southwest London in 1960 before op ...

'' – Artful Dodger * '' The Secret Garden'' – Colin Craven * ''

You're a Good Man Charlie Brown ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' is a 1967 musical with music and lyrics by Clark Gesner and (in a 1999 revision) Andrew Lippa. It is based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his comic strip ''Peanuts''. The musical ...

'' – Linus van Pelt * ''

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' (often colloquially known as ''Joseph'') is a sung-through musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the character of Joseph from the Bible's Book of Genesis. Thi ...

'' – Joseph

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nelson, Ian 1995 births Living people Male actors from North Carolina American male film actors American male television actors 21st-century American male actors Jewish American male actors University of Southern California alumni 21st-century American Jews