Erik Jensen
Known For
Acting
Born
1970-07-20 in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, USA
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
Most Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as James Turner
Law & Order
as Joey Springfield
Law & Order
as George Harding
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Jeffrey Sinclair
The Walking Dead
as Steven Edwards
The Mentalist
as Bran McTavish
Blue Bloods
as Jimmy
Castle
as Jason Byford
NCIS: Los Angeles
as FBI Agent Landon Frisbee
The Good Wife
as Josh Baldwin
Elementary
as Isaac Proctor
Person of Interest
as Walter Dang
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Walter Harris
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Richard Celeste
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Boyd
House of Cards
as Fitz
30 Rock
as Cjokula
Mr. Robot
as Frank Cody
The Americans
as Bruce Dameran
Unforgettable
as Jim Clayburn