James Patrick Nelson recently starred in the Off-Broadway world premieres of My Man Kono and the NYT Critic's Pick Memorial with Pan Asian Rep and Reverse Transcription with PTP at the Atlantic. He appeared in Broadway's Slave Play at the Mark Taper Forum, and starred in the world premiere of Tony-winner Terrence McNally's final play Immortal Longings. He appeared in Bedlam's Pygmalion Off-Broadway and reprised the role in Boston. He and his cast won a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble for Bedlam's Sense and Sensibility at the Folger Theatre, reprised at the American Repertory Theatre. He began his Off-Broadway career at CSC in The Three Sisters with Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard, A Midsummer Night's Dream with Bebe Neuwirth and Christina Ricci, and Ivanov with Ethan Hawke and Joely Richardson. Additional credits include Rutherford and Sons at the Mint Theatre, Pericles at Berkeley Rep, The Death of Bessie Smith with New Brooklyn Theatre, The Maids with the Outliers Theatre, Old Familiar Faces in the NYC Fringe (two Innovative Theatre award nominations), two seasons of A Christmas Carol at the Geva Theatre, and a national tour of Romeo and Juliet, All's Well That Ends Well, and The Knight of the Burning Pestle with the American Shakespeare Center. His solo play Late Onset has appeared at Brooklyn Art Haus, Dixon Place, and ART New York. He has acted in numerous independent films, including Oscar-nominee Adam Graves' first film Cycle Vérité. He created the short film Waking Up, which premiered at the Oscar-qualifying Santa Barbara Int'l Film Festival. His TV pilot For Years to Come with Richard Riehle played in over a dozen top festivals including SeriesFest and Outfest and streams now on Short Frame with a quarter-million views. And his latest film Something to Surprise Me is currently in post-production. Education: BFA Boston University School of Theatre, LAMDA, LACHSA. SAG-AFTRA / AEA.