1970-07-20 ( 54 years old ) in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, USA
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
Movies
Brooklyn, Minnesota
2024-10-17
What Breaks the Ice
2020-10-03
After Everything
2018-10-12
The Frontier
2012-01-01
A Bird of the Air
2011-09-23
Virtuality
2009-06-26
Stream
2009-01-15
The House Is Burning
2006-11-16
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
2005-10-23
Messengers
2004-06-27
Undermind
2003-04-13
Heartbreak Hospital
2002-12-20
Black Knight
2001-11-21
Borough of Kings
2000-12-31
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
2000-10-27
The Love Letter
1999-05-21
Above Freezing
1998-10-01
Montana
1998-01-16
Julian Po
1997-09-05
Colin Fitz
1997-01-19
Twisted
1996-11-14
Ripe
1996-09-10
Inflammable
1995-11-28
A Horse for Danny
1995-04-08
Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace
1991-11-24
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