Jeffrey Nordling

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Jeffrey Nordling
Born
Jeffrey Richard Nordling

(1962-03-11) March 11, 1962 (age 59)
Ridgewood, New Jersey, U.S.
EducationWheaton College (BA)
Southern Methodist University (MFA)
OccupationActor
Years active1988–present
Notable work
Spouse(s)Francia Dimase
Children3

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.

Early life and education[]

Nordling 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.[citation needed]

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.[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.[3]

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.[4][5]

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[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
1988 Working Girl Tim Rourke
1992 Ruby Hank
1994 Holy Matrimony Link
1994 Quiz Show John Van Doren
1994 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
2006 Home of the Brave Cary
2008 Hole in the Paper Sky Prof. Cory Short
2008 Surfer, Dude Eddie Zarno
2009 Love Hurts Curtis
2010 Tron: Legacy Richard Mackey
2014 Beautiful Girl J.B.
2016 Sully Barry Leonard

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
1988 Beauty and the Beast Tyler Episode: "The Alchemist"
1988 Shooter Matt Thompson / Grunwald Unsold TV pilot
1989 American Playhouse Roy Howard Episode: "Ask Me Again"
1989 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"
1991 Brooklyn Bridge Gil Hodges 2 episodes
1991 Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis Tasker Television film
1992 Black Death Dr. Jake Prescott
1992 Citizen Cohn G. David Schine
1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Tahna Los Episode: "Past Prologue"
1993 Journey to the Center of the Earth Chris Turner Television film
1993 Time Trax Carl Manheim Episode: "Face of Death"
1993 And the Band Played On Gaëtan Dugas Television film
1993 Murder, She Wrote Bruce Hastings Episode: "Dead to Rights"
1994 Murder, She Wrote Richard Hawkes Episode: "To Kill a Legend"
1994 Dangerous Heart Lee Television film
1994 Baby Brokers John
1994 Someone She Knows Greg Philips
1995 The Shamrock Conspiracy Frank
1995 A Stranger in Town Larry
1995 Chicago Hope Mr. Schepps Episode: "Songs from the Cuckoo Birds"
1995 Trail of Tears Michael Television film
1995 Touched by an Angel Jackson Spears Episode: "The Big Bang"
1996 Harrison: Cry of the City Frank Television film
1996 Roseanne Joe Matthews Episode: "Morning Becomes Obnoxious"
1996 Remembrance Col. Brad Fullerton Television film
1996 Apollo 11 Neil Armstrong
1997 Soul Mates Dennis
1997 The Sleepwalker Killing Det. Lloyd Boyko
1997 True Women Dr. Peter Woods
1997 Veronica's Closet Tom Episode: "Veronica's First Date"
1997 Melrose Place Eric Baines Recurring role
1997 Almost Perfect Jack Chenault 2 episodes
1998 Sex and the City Capote Duncan Episode: "Sex and the City"
1998 Arliss Joe Lansing Episode: "Behind Every Great Client..."
1998 Saint Maybe Danny Bedloe Television film
1999 Blue Moon Billy Medieros
1999 Pirates of Silicon Valley Mike Markkula
1999 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"
2002 Providence Dr. David Baylor Recurring role
2003 The Flannerys Barrett Flannery Television film
2003 War Stories Ian Rhys
2003 The Lone Ranger James Landry
2003 Still Standing Matt Russell Episode: "Still Sisters"
2003 Crossing Jordan Tom Crane "Episode: Cruel & Unusual"
2003 The Lyon's Den Special Agent Colton Mead Episode: "The Fifth"
2004 Beverly Hills S.U.V. Jeff Aronson Television film
2004 Cold Case Roy Minard Episode: "Hubris"
2004 Nip/Tuck Roger Episode: "Kimber Henry"
2004 Searching for David's Heart Bill Deeton Television film
2005 Life As We Know It Mike 2 episodes
2005 Listen Up! Dr. Swerling Episode: "Colon-oopscopy"
2005 Judging Amy Prof. Kurt Tomko Episode: "Too Little, Too Late"
2005 All Grown Up! Big Red / Crazy Australian (voice) Episode: "Dude, Where's My Horse?: Parts 1 & 2"
2005 The Closer Hart Phillips Episode: "Good Housekeeping"
2005 Killer Instinct The Professor Episode: "Pilot"
2005 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Mark Thayer Episode: "Secrets & Flies"
2005 Bones David Ross Episode: "The Man on Death Row"
2005 Close to Home Coach Matt Whiting Episode: "Baseball Murder"
2006 Flight 93 Tom Burnett Television film
2006 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 Recurring role
2009 Mrs. Washington Goes to Smith Prof. Terry O'Neill Television film
2009–2010 Desperate Housewives Nick Bolen Supporting role
2010 The Quickening Gabe Television film
2011 Normal Mark Maddux
2011 In Plain Sight Kurt Gaffney Episode: "Kumar vs Kumar"
2011 The Protector Lt. Jack Brennan 2 episodes
2011 CSI: NY Sen. Kirk Matthews
2011–2012 Body of Proof Todd Fleming Recurring role
2012 This American Housewife Stanford Swift Episode: "Pilot"
2012 Happily Divorced Matthew Episode: "Peter Comes Out, Again"
2012 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
2014 Cloud 9 Sebastian Swift
2014 Killer Women Sen. Jake Colton Guest role
2014 Rake Bruce Mangan Main role
2014 Castle Marcus Lark Episode: "The Time of Our Lives"
2014 Criminal Minds Jack Westbrook Episode: "The Boys of Sudworth Place"
2015 Cain Enabled S.G. 2 episodes
2015 Hawaii Five-0 Josh Bennett Episode: "A Make Kaua"
2015 Motive Deputy Chief Earl Halford 2 episodes
2017 Big Little Lies Gordon Klein 14 episoes
2017–2018 Nashville Brad Maitland 19 episodes
2017 I'm Dying Up Here Eli Gershmann 7 episodes
2017 Salvation Daniel 3 episodes
2017, 2019 The Gifted Daniel 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
2019 The Summer People Robert Television film
2020 High Fidelity Tim Parker Episode: "Uptown"
2020 Better Things Donny Episode: "She's Fifty"
2021 Walker Stan Morrison 4 episodes

Video games[]

Year Title Role
2016 Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Ethan

References[]

  1. ^ Jeffrey Nordling Bio
  2. ^ 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."
  3. ^ FOX Broadcasting Company 24 Minisite. http://www.fox.com/24/characters/#bio:larry-moss Archived 2008-04-04 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Desperate" Books Nordling, Mirchoff, Hollywood Reporter, July 10, 2009.
  5. ^ "Desperate Housewives" Welcomes the Bolens Archived 2009-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, TV Guide Magazine, August 5, 2009.

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