Erik Jensen
Acting
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
Born: July 20, 1970
Place of Birth: Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Ned Lenczyk
as Kurt
as Abe Watkins
as Sheriff McClain
as Dez O’Reilly
as Darren
as Jeff
as Dr. Moritz
as Damon Grosch
as Frank Cody
as Fitz
as Bruce Dameran
as Isaac Proctor
as Bearded Man
as Walter Dang
as Jim Clayburn
as Steven Edwards
as Jimmy
as Josh Baldwin
as FBI Agent Landon Frisbee
as Mr. Trilling
as Dr. Jules Braun
as Jason Byford
as John Connell
as Bran McTavish
as Durst
as Thurman Munson
as Carl
as Cjokula
as Jeff
as Jeff
as Photographer
as Walter Harris
as David Richards
as Ian Waye
as Producer
as Todd Franklin
as Derek
as Richard Celeste
as Boyd
as Phillip Terrance
as Frankie the Snake
as Stoner #2
as Jeffrey Sinclair
as Feldman
as Gaby's Father
as Larry
as James Turner
as Ray
as Richie
as Earl
as Dean
as Man Who Kills Can Man
as Dave
as Roland Fantaine
as Mooney
as Boat Owner
as Joey Springfield
as George Harding