[1] On stage, Nelsen portrayed Brett Sampson in the original Broadway production of 13,[2] and he starred in The Good Mother[3] (produced by The New Group).
[9] Nelson appeared in the Universal Pictures film A Walk Among the Tombstones[10] opposite Academy Award nominee Liam Neeson, and in Coming Through the Rye[11] opposite Academy Award winner Chris Cooper.
As a producer, Nelsen has won three Daytime Emmys for The Bay and a Tony Award for the Broadway play The Inheritance.
He produced the indie feature Wakefield starring Bryan Cranston and Jennifer Garner.
Eric married actress Sainty Reid (now Nelsen) in Fort Worth, Texas on November 29, 2013, and his wife gave birth to their daughter Molly Morgan Nelsen on October 1, 2019, in Los Angeles, California.