Sean Nelson is a Bronx, New York that got his acting break when he landed a role in the off Broadway play “Hey Little Walter.” He was 10 years old when he got the role. He went to debut in Michael Cristofer’s “The Shadow Box.” Other roles included The New York Shakespeare Festival’s “On the Open Road,” “Gramercy Park is Closed to the Public” and “Conrack.”
He made his motion picture debut in the motion picture “Fresh” with Samuel L. Jackson.
He was nominated for a Young Artist Award for best performance by a Young Actor Starring in a motion picture for the movie Fresh (1994).
He won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance (1995) and Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Recognition for Technical Acting (1995) for “Fresh”.
Critics loved his performance in Fresh and expected great things from him in the future. NBC gave him a reoccurring role on the drama “Sisters”. He guest starred on “Touch By An Angel”, “Law & Order” and “New York Undercover.” He recently guest starred on Law & Order Special Unit (2001).
He gave a great performance in an episode of Homicide: Life on the Street in the episode-“Every Mother’s Son.” His character killed the wrong boy by accident and he showed no remorse. This episode is on video and is a must watch episode.
Sean has starred in movies with an impressive set of actors during his career. Dennis Franz and Dustin Hoffman in the movie “American Buffalo. Martin Sheen and Ernie Hudson Senior in the adaptation of “A Stranger in the Kingdom.”
After a two absence from television and movies, Sean returned to the big screen in the movie “The Wood” (1999). He played the younger version of Omar Epps’ character of Mike. Once again critics loved him and stated that he stole the show from Omar Epps, Taye Diggs and the other cast members. He also finished the 12th grade while doing the movie. His studio teacher was Rhoda C. Fine, who also served as Cirroc Lofton's of DS9 fame teacher as well.
On HBO he in the Emmy winning mini series “The Corner” (2000) and was nominated for a NCAAP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie.
He appeared in an episode of Law & Order Special Victims Unit (Runaway) as Tito. He appears in the Independant film The Year That Trembled (2001) as Phil Robbins. Another movie that he appeared in was as The Birds Were Gone (2001) Marcus along with Ben Foster.
He recently helped the Youth Advocacy Center with a video about foster children. He plays Nelson, a boy that faces a bleak future after going through the foster care system.
