# Jeffrey Nordling

Jeffrey Richard Nordling (born March 11, 1962) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Jake Manning in Once and Again, Larry Moss in 24, Nick Bolen in Desperate Housewives, and Gordon Klein in Big Little Lies, as well as various films.

## Early life and education

Nordling was born March 11, 1962, in Ridgewood, New Jersey, to Robert George Nordling and Lois Nordling (née Dickson). He grew up in Washington Township. After moving to Saddle River, New Jersey, Nordling attended Ramsey High School, graduating in 1980. After high school, Nordling attended Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in art in 1984. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1987 from the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas. Nordling is a Swedish surname.

## Career

One of his major roles was playing Ted Orion, an NHL pro turned hockey coach in D3: The Mighty Ducks. The 1997 TV movie Soul Mates, starring Nordling and Kim Raver, is shown by market researchers at Television Preview as a "new" pilot. He played Gaëtan Dugas in And the Band Played On, the HBO production of Randy Shilts' chronicle of the evolving AIDS epidemic, and Capote Duncan in Sex and the City. In 1999 he portrayed original Apple investor Mike Markkula in the TNT movie Pirates of Silicon Valley.
He played Sela Ward's ex-husband, Jake Manning, on the TV drama Once and Again from 1999 to 2002. He starred as Brent Barrow alongside Courteney Cox in the series Dirt on the FX cable network in 2007–08. He has also appeared as FBI agent Larry Moss in the seventh season of 24.
During the 2009–10 season of Desperate Housewives, Nordling played Nick Bolen, a regular and the on-screen husband of Drea de Matteo, but the roles of the Bolens were discontinued after the one season.
Nordling starred as 9/11 hero Tom Burnett in Flight 93. In 2011, he began a recurring role on the medical/crime drama Body of Proof, playing Todd Fleming, the ex-husband of Dana Delany's character, which he played until the show's cancellation.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1988 | Working Girl | Tim Rourke | |
| 1992 | Ruby | Hank | |
| 1994 | Holy Matrimony | Link | |
| 1994 | Quiz Show | John Van Doren | |
| 1994 | Love Affair | Lou | |
| 1996 | D3: The Mighty Ducks | Coach Ted Orion | |
| 1998 | Polish Wedding | Father Don | |
| 1999 | Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying | Elliot | |
| 2006 | Flicka | Rick Koop | |
| 2006 | Home of the Brave | Cary | |
| 2008 | Hole in the Paper Sky | Prof. Cory | Short |
| 2008 | Surfer, Dude | Eddie Zarno | |
| 2009 | Love Hurts | Curtis | |
| 2010 | Tron: Legacy | Richard Mackey | |
| 2014 | Beautiful Girl | J.B. | |
| 2016 | Sully | Barry Leonard | |
| 2023 | The Locksmith | Ian Zwick | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1988 | Beauty and the Beast | Tyler | Episode: "The Alchemist" |
| 1988 | Shooter | Matt Thompson / Grunwald | Unsold TV pilot |
| 1989 | American Playhouse | Roy Howard | Episode: "Ask Me Again" |
| 1989 | Alien Nation | Ted Healy | Episode: "Chains of Love" |
| 1990 | The Outsiders | Dean Viola | Episode: "Maybe Baby" |
| 1991 | The Young Riders | Frank Pike | Episode: "The Exchange" |
| 1991 | Brooklyn Bridge | Gil Hodges | 2 episodes |
| 1991 | Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis | Tasker | Television film |
| 1992 | Black Death | Dr. Jake Prescott | Television film |
| 1992 | Citizen Cohn | G. David Schine | Television film |
| 1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Tahna Los | Episode: "Past Prologue" |
| 1993 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | Chris Turner | Television film |
| 1993 | Time Trax | Carl Manheim | Episode: "Face of Death" |
| 1993 | And the Band Played On | Gaëtan Dugas | Television film |
| 1993 | Murder, She Wrote | Bruce Hastings | Episode: "Dead to Rights" |
| 1994 | Murder, She Wrote | Richard Hawkes | Episode: "To Kill a Legend" |
| 1994 | Dangerous Heart | Lee | Television film |
| 1994 | Baby Brokers | John | Television film |
| 1994 | Someone She Knows | Greg Philips | Television film |
| 1995 | The Shamrock Conspiracy | Frank | Television film |
| 1995 | A Stranger in Town | Larry | Television film |
| 1995 | Chicago Hope | Mr. Schepps | Episode: "Songs from the Cuckoo Birds" |
| 1995 | Trail of Tears | Michael | Television film |
| 1995 | Touched by an Angel | Jackson Spears | Episode: "The Big Bang" |
| 1996 | Harrison: Cry of the City | Frank | Television film |
| 1996 | Roseanne | Joe Matthews | Episode: "Morning Becomes Obnoxious" |
| 1996 | Remembrance | Col. Brad Fullerton | Television film |
| 1996 | Apollo 11 | Neil Armstrong | Television film |
| 1997 | Soul Mates | Dennis | Television film |
| 1997 | The Sleepwalker Killing | Det. Lloyd Boyko | Television film |
| 1997 | True Women | Dr. Peter Woods | Television film |
| 1997 | Veronica's Closet | Tom | Episode: "Veronica's First Date" |
| 1997 | Melrose Place | Eric Baines | Recurring role |
| 1997 | Almost Perfect | Jack Chenault | 2 episodes |
| 1998 | Sex and the City | Capote Duncan | Episode: "Sex and the City" |
| 1998 | Arliss | Joe Lansing | Episode: "Behind Every Great Client..." |
| 1998 | Saint Maybe | Danny Bedloe | Television film |
| 1999 | Blue Moon | Billy Medieros | Television film |
| 1999 | Pirates of Silicon Valley | Mike Markkula | Television film |
| 1999 | Chicken Soup for the Soul | Tom | Episode: "A Salesman's First Sale" |
| 1999–2002 | Once and Again | Jake Manning | Main role |
| 2000 | Personally Yours | Jesse Stanton | Television film |
| 2001 | Just Ask My Children | Scott Kniffen | Television film |
| 2002 | State of Grace | Dell Adams | Episode: "Take Good Care of My Baby" |
| 2002 | Providence | Dr. David Baylor | Recurring role |
| 2003 | The Flannerys | Barrett Flannery | Television film |
| 2003 | War Stories | Ian Rhys | Television film |
| 2003 | The Lone Ranger | James Landry | Television film |
| 2003 | Still Standing | Matt Russell | Episode: "Still Sisters" |
| 2003 | Crossing Jordan | Tom Crane | "Episode: Cruel & Unusual" |
| 2003 | The Lyon's Den | Special Agent Colton Mead | Episode: "The Fifth" |
| 2004 | Beverly Hills S.U.V. | Jeff Aronson | Television film |
| 2004 | Cold Case | Roy Minard | Episode: "Hubris" |
| 2004 | Nip/Tuck | Roger | Episode: "Kimber Henry" |
| 2004 | Searching for David's Heart | Bill Deeton | Television film |
| 2005 | Life As We Know It | Mike | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Listen Up | Dr. Swerling | Episode: "Colon-oopscopy" |
| 2005 | Judging Amy | Prof. Kurt Tomko | Episode: "Too Little, Too Late" |
| 2005 | All Grown Up! | Big Red / Crazy Australian (voice) | Episode: "Dude, Where's My Horse?: Parts 1 & 2" |
| 2005 | The Closer | Hart Phillips | Episode: "Good Housekeeping" |
| 2005 | Killer Instinct | The Professor | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2005 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Mark Thayer | Episode: "Secrets & Flies" |
| 2005 | Bones | David Ross | Episode: "The Man on Death Row" |
| 2005 | Close to Home | Coach Matt Whiting | Episode: "Baseball Murder" |
| 2006 | Flight 93 | Tom Burnett | Television film |
| 2006 | Justice | OC DA Richard Lane | Episode: "Behind the Orange Curtain" |
| 2007 | Shark | FBI Special Agent Oliver Hayes | Episode: "Student Body" |
| 2007–2008 | Dirt | Brent Barrow | Recurring role |
| 2008 | The Mentalist | Price Randolph | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2009 | 24 | Larry Moss | Regular role |
| 2009 | Mrs. Washington Goes to Smith | Prof. Terry O'Neill | Television film |
| 2009–2010 | Desperate Housewives | Nick Bolen | Recurring role |
| 2010 | The Quickening | Gabe | Television film |
| 2011 | Normal | Mark Maddux | Television film |
| 2011 | In Plain Sight | Kurt Gaffney | Episode: "Kumar vs Kumar" |
| 2011 | The Protector | Lt. Jack Brennan | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | CSI: NY | Sen. Kirk Matthews | 2 episodes |
| 2011–2012 | Body of Proof | Todd Fleming | Recurring role |
| 2012 | This American Housewife | Stanford Swift | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2012 | Happily Divorced | Matthew | Episode: "Peter Comes Out, Again" |
| 2012 | Malibu Country | Bobby | 2 episiodes |
| 2012–2014 | Arrow | Frank Bertinelli | 3 episodes |
| 2013 | Necessary Roughness | Glenn Purlman | Episode: "There's the Door" |
| 2014 | Sea of Fire | Rev. Bobby McAllister | Television film |
| 2014 | Cloud 9 | Sebastian Swift | Television film |
| 2014 | Killer Women | Sen. Jake Colton | Guest role |
| 2014 | Rake | Bruce Mangan | Main role |
| 2014 | Castle | Marcus Lark | Episode: "The Time of Our Lives" |
| 2014 | Criminal Minds | Jack Westbrook | Episode: "The Boys of Sudworth Place" |
| 2015 | Cain Enabled | S.G. | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Hawaii Five-0 | Josh Bennett | Episode: "A Make Kaua" |
| 2015 | Motive | Deputy Chief Earl Halford | 2 episodes |
| 2017–2018 | Nashville | Brad Maitland | 19 episodes |
| 2017 | Big Little Lies | Gordon Klein | 14 episodes |
| 2017 | I'm Dying Up Here | Eli Gershmann | 7 episodes |
| 2017 | Salvation | Daniel | 3 episodes |
| 2017 & 2019 | The Gifted | Daniel Reynolds | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | The Man in the High Castle | Dr. Daniel Ryan | 5 episodes |
| 2018–2019 | Suits | Eric Kaldor | 4 episodes |
| 2019 | Proven Innocent | Rick Zahn | 5 episodes |
| 2019 | The Summer People | Robert | Television film |
| 2020 | High Fidelity | Tim Parker | Episode: "Uptown" |
| 2020 | Better Things | Donny | Episode: "She's Fifty" |
| 2021 | Walker | Stan Morrison | 4 episodes |
| 2022 | This Is Us | Eric | Episode: "One Giant Leap" |
| 2022 | Law & Order | Jordan Reed | Episode: "Free Speech" |
| 2022 | Five Days at Memorial | Richard T. Simmons, Jr. | 3 episodes |
| 2022–2024 | So Help Me Todd | Gus Easton | Recurring role |
| 2024 | American Sports Story | Huntley Johnson |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2016 | Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare | Ethan |