Erik Jensen
Also Known As: Erik Jenson
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
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, USA
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Birthday: July 20, 1970
Age: 54 years old
Gender: Male
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The Love Letter
Overview: In the sleepy New England town of Loblolly By The Sea, a letter has arrived that is going to wake things up. It is a love letter - ardent, sensual... and unsigned. As the letter falls into different hands, residents of the small town to eye one another with renewed interest - wondering who it's for and who it's from. Determined to find the letter's author, Helen MacFarquhar begins a quest that will open her life to a new chapter involving two decidedly different men: George, an old friend from her past, and Johnny, a young man very much in her present. Unexpectedly, one mysterious love note has the power to unlock some startling secrets, leaving a trail of wonderful surprises as it turns an entire town upside down.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-21
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The House Is Burning
Overview: One day. One night. A group of teenagers struggles to find their way in a world that offers them few choices.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-16
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A Horse for Danny
Overview: Danny is a smart little girl. She lives at the track where her uncle is a horse trainer. She knows her uncle needs just one great horse to make his name.
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-08
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Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace
Overview: Both sides of the law hunt Costabile 'Gus' Farace for slaying a federal drug agent in 1989 New York.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-24
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Virtuality
Overview: Twelve extremely talented men and women have been chosen to be part of the Phaeton mission, a 10-year trek to explore a distant planetary system. In order to endure the stress of being confined to their high-tech vessel, the crew passes the time using advanced virtual reality modules that allow them to take on various identities. But as the ship approaches a critical phase of their journey, a deadly flaw is discovered in the virtual system, forcing them to question if someone onboard might be a killer.
Genres: Science Fiction TV Movie Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-26
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Undermind
Overview: Derrick, a corporate lawyer with a large trust fund, and Zane, a criminal, live in opposite social spheres. Although they never meet, their lives are more connected than either one of them could ever imagine.
Genres: Thriller Drama Fantasy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-13
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Montana
Overview: A seasoned enforcer is given the seemingly routine task of finding the Boss's runaway mistress, Kitty. However Kitty is involved in plans to overthrow the Boss and this routine task gets very complicated.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-16
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Twisted
Overview: This retelling of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist may be populated by drug pushers, pimps and prostitutes, but the book's classic themes remain the same. Caught under the thumb of a lecherous brothel owner, 10-year-old Lee befriends an aspiring musician named Angel who helps him escape his servitude and sends a maternal drag queen to vanquish the boy's enemies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-14
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Julian Po
Overview: Christian Slater is a stranger who comes to a small town. The local citizens think he's up to no good. After bothering him for a while, he blurts out in frustration, that he is there to kill himself.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-05
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Above Freezing
Overview: A commitment-phobic flower shop wholesale worker struggles with his live-in girl friend in this standard sitcom-styled film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-01
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Brooklyn, Minnesota
Overview: Follows Maisie and her father Kurt who have to leave their Brooklyn bubble to go back to Kurt's childhood home in Minnesota, where Maisie upsets long-standing family traditions, falls in love, and makes her family face their issues.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-10-17
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Inflammable
Overview: An ambitious young female lawyer meets a former lover while investigating a sexual harassment case aboard a US Navy support ship that turns into a murder case when the victim is discovered dead.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-28
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Stream
Overview: Thanks to a drug she took when she was seventeen, moments from various points in Jodi's life become intertwined, effectively letting her experience two moments at once. Stream snaps back and forth through three phases of Jodi's life: her past as an intelligent but headstrong teen; her present in a psychiatric facility, and her future as an adult clinging to a normal life after years of tribulation. The story unfolds in and around New York City, as we travel with Jodi from the wealthy suburban home of her youth to the nebulous world of an institution, and the unforgiving streets of the South Bronx.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-15
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The Frontier
Overview: Set in the 1840s, show centers on a group that follows their dreams and heads west from Missouri across the uncharted country.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-01
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Colin Fitz
Overview: Two security guards, Paul and Grady, are hired to guard the grave of dead rock legend, Colin Fitz. Through the course of one bizarre night, these two opposites learn a lot about life, death, and the magic of Colin Fitz.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-19
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Black Knight
Overview: Martin Lawrence plays Jamal, an employee in Medieval World amusement park. After nearly drowning in the moat, he awakens to find himself in 14th century England.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-21
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After Everything
Overview: When Elliot, a brash 23-year-old living carefree in New York City, meets the sensible Mia and receives a damning diagnosis all in the same week, his world is turned completely upside down. But as their love blossoms amidst the chaos of his treatment, they discover that Elliot's illness is not the real test of their relationship – it's everything else.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-12
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Borough of Kings
Overview: Toil and trouble. Jimmy, an aspiring actor, wants out of South Brooklyn where hoods run the show. Since the death of his firefighter father, Jimmy's family has been the guys at the station house and Tommy, a mobster who owns a gym where Jimmy works. Tommy encourages Jimmy's dreams, and Jimmy gets the part of Banquo in a Joseph Papps production of "Macbeth." He goes to tell Tommy the good news and walks in on a mob hit. Tommy protects him temporarily from Nunzio, a murderous Mamaluc, but soon the cops get word Jimmy knows something. Can Jimmy succeed as an actor, be a stand up guy for Tommy, avoid Nunzio, and get closer to Anna, a woman he falls for at the theater?
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-31
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Messengers
Overview: Dr. Sarah Chapel returns to the small town of Brighton Mills when her father Dr. Robert Chapel unexpectedly dies. His clients and friends miss him, and Sarah discloses that all of them have perfect health; they hear voices when they are sleeping; and they are addicted to the stimulant Tributol. Her further investigation discloses a dark secret about the haunting voices.
Genres: Horror Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-27
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Heartbreak Hospital
Overview: Neely, an aspiring actress, gets a role on the popular soap opera "Heartbreak Hospital." Her neighbor, Lottie, a huge fan of the show, can't differentiate between fiction and reality, and her obsession and jealousy endanger Neely and the rest of the cast.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-20
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A Bird of the Air
Overview: A man in search of his past, and a woman who lives in the moment, are brought together when they pursue the origins of a stray parrot in this comedic and romantic drama.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-23
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What Breaks the Ice
Overview: A coming of age thriller about two 15-year-old girls, Sammy and Emily, who hark from different worlds but strike up a quick and deep friendship. But what should be the best summer of their lives takes an unexpected turn when they become accidental accomplices in a fatal crime.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-03
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Ripe
Overview: When their abusive parents are killed in a car crash, twin sisters Rosie and Violet vow to run away to Kentucky in search of a better life. While on the road, the girls meet up with Pete, a drifter working as a grounds keeper on a derelict army base, who takes them in. While Violet falls for him, Rosie becomes increasingly angry and hostile, and the sisters' childhood bond is eventually destroyed forever.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-10
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Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Overview: Young adults become fascinated by the events of the three missing filmmakers in Maryland, so they decide to go into the same woods and find out what really happened.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-27
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The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
Overview: After making it to the top of the charts, members of the Silver Boulders, a popular tween rock band, find themselves undermined by internal squabbling as the bandmates seek different creative directions.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-23
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