Erik Jensen

Known for ActingBorn 1970-07-20 (age 55)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 influencesRead more

Movies & web series

Deadline

The Mentalist

Mr. Robot

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

MINDHUNTER

Brooklyn, Minnesota

Person of Interest

The Walking Dead

House of Cards

For Life

Castle

A Horse for Danny

The Americans

Borough of Kings

Lie to Me

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Third Watch

Blue Bloods

Drop Dead Diva

Elementary

Love Monkey

The Good Wife

Leverage

The Exonerated

Undermind

NCIS: Los Angeles

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Virtuality

30 Rock

Modern Love

The Equalizer

Above Freezing

Inflammable

Strong Medicine

Unforgettable

Heartbreak Hospital

The Bronx Is Burning

Doc

Law & Order

New Amsterdam

Tow

Swift Justice

Alias

After Everything

A Bird of the Air

Quantico

The House Is Burning