Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 20, 1970
Place of Birth
Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, USA
Credits
73 titles
Erik Jensen
Biography
Erik Jensen (born July 20, 1970) is an American actor, playwright, screenwriter, and director. Jensen was born and raised in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. He graduated from Apple Valley High School in Minnesota in 1988. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting from Carnegie Mellon University. An actor, writer, and director, Erik Jensen regularly appears on the ABC Network Television series For Life as ADA Dez O'Reilly. Notably, he appeared as Thurman Munson of the New York Yankees in the ESPN miniseries The Bronx Is Burning, and as conspiracy talk show host Frank Cody in Mr. Robot, as well as Dr. Stephen Edwards on The Walking Dead. Jensen appeared alongside Aasif Mandvi in Ayad Akhtars' Disgraced at Lincoln Center. He also appeared as rock critic Lester Bangs in the one-man play How to Be a Rock Critic (based on the writings of Lester Bangs) which he co-wrote with his wife Jessica Blank. How to Be A Rock Critic received a completion commission from Center Theatre Group and was produced at the Kirk Douglas Theater, ArtsEmerson, and Steppenwolf Theatre Company before being produced Off-Broadway at The Public Theater. In 2017 he co-directed the film Almost Home with Jessica Blank based on her novel of the same name. Now In 2020, Jensen and Blank's co-written plays, Coal Country and The Line, both premiered at The Public Theater. In 2022/2023, Jensen appeared on Broadway as Bruno Bischofberger opposite Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope in Anthony McCarten's 'The Collaboration'. Jensen and Blank have cited the works of Anna Deavere Smith, Emily Mann, and Studs Terkel as influences
Known For
Filmography
Tow
Mike Patterson
Doc
Ned Lenczyk
Brooklyn, Minnesota
Kurt
The Equalizer
Abe Watkins
What Breaks the Ice
Sheriff McClain
The Line
Writer
For Life
Dez O’Reilly
Almost Home
Director
Modern Love
Darren
After Everything
Jeff
Who?
Steven Edwards (Tv Series Footage)
MINDHUNTER
Dr. Moritz
Quantico
Damon Grosch
Mr. Robot
Frank Cody
House of Cards
Fitz
The Americans
Bruce Dameran
Elementary
Isaac Proctor
The Frontier
Doctor Strong
A Bird of the Air
Bearded Man
Person of Interest
Walter Dang
Unforgettable
Jim Clayburn
The Walking Dead
Steven Edwards
Blue Bloods
Jimmy
Past Life
Patrick
The Good Wife
Josh Baldwin
NCIS: Los Angeles
FBI Agent Landon Frisbee
Drop Dead Diva
Mr. Trilling
Virtuality
Virtuality
Dr. Jules Braun
Castle
Jason Byford
Lie to Me
Wayne Dobar
Stream
Marco
Leverage
John Connell
The Mentalist
Bran McTavish
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Video Store Manager Phil
New Amsterdam
Durst
The Bronx Is Burning
Thurman Munson
The House Is Burning
Carl
30 Rock
Cjokula
The Exonerated
Jeff
Love Monkey
Jeff
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
Photographer
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Walter Harris
Messengers
David Richards
Century City
Randolph Clemens
Undermind
Ian Waye
Heartbreak Hospital
Producer
The Year That Trembled
Todd Franklin
Black Knight
Derek
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Richard Celeste