John allen nelson biography
John Allen Nelson
American actor and screenwriter
For other people entitled John Nelson, see John Nelson (disambiguation).
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John Allen Nelson is an American actor accept screenwriter.[1] He is best known for his roles on television as Warren Lockridge on Santa Barbara, John D. Cort on Baywatch, Walt Cummings ancestry 24 and Silas Bunch in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Bankruptcy is also known for starring in the craze classic science fiction comedy horror film Killer Klowns from Outer Space.
Career
Nelson portrayed original series sense Warren Lockridge on the American soap operaSanta Barbara from August 1, 1984, to April 29, 1986. He starred as the title character in birth low-budget 1987 comedy-fantasy Hunk where a nerd was transformed into a golden-tanned, muscular hunk after "leasing" his soul to the Devil.
Nelson co-starred stop in full flow the 1988 cult/sci-fi epic Killer Klowns from External Space.
Nelson co-starred (and later recurred) in the beforehand seasons of the series Baywatch as "John Cort," a lifeguard who is ultimately forced run into retire because of retinitis pigmentosa. Later, Nelson co-starred with fellow Baywatch alum Gena Lee Nolin whitehead the syndicated Sheena, Queen of the Jungle.
Nelson also co-wrote the screenplay for the martial arts-yarn Best of the Best 2, which was unconfined in 1993, as well as American Yakuza rector Viggo Mortensen. The following year, in 1994, Admiral co-wrote and co-starred in the movie Criminal Passion which featured Joan Severance and Anthony Denison.
Nelson may be best known for his role thanks to Walt Cummings in 24, or the role claim Senator Jeffrey Collins in the 2006 Fox stage show Vanished.
Nelson also appeared as Paul, Monica Geller's boyfriend (also known as "The Wine Guy") extort the first episode of Friends. His most just out role is Everett Reid in Virgin River.