Craig T. Nelson

**Craig Theodore Nelson** (born April 4, 1944) is an American actor, who is known for his roles as Hayden Fox in _Coach_ and as Mr. Incredible in _The Incredibles_. He has won an Emmy Award.

## Life

Nelson was born on April 4, 1944 in Spokane, Washington. He studied at the University of Arizona and at Central Washington University. He was married to Robin Nelson until they divorced in 1978. He is now married to Doria Cook since 1987.

### Film

|width=35px|Year|width=200px|Title|width=200px|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1971|_The Return of Count Yorga_|Sgt. O'Connor||||||
|1973|_Scream Blacula Scream_|Sarge||||||
|1974|_Flesh Gordon_|The Monster (voice)|Uncredited|||||
|1979|_...And Justice for All_|Frank Bowers||||||
|1980|_Stir Crazy_|Deputy Ward Wilson||||||
|1980|_The Formula_|Geologist #2||||||
|1980|_Where the Buffalo Roam_|Cop on Stand||||||
|1980|_Private Benjamin_|Capt. William Woodbridge||||||
|1982|_Poltergeist_|Steven Freeling||||||
|1983|_Man, Woman and Child_|Bernie Ackerman||||||
|1983|_Silkwood_|Winston||||||
|1983|_All the Right Moves_|Nickerson||||||
|1983|_The Osterman Weekend_|Bernard Osterman||||||
|1984|_The Killing Fields_|Major Reeves||||||
|1986|_Poltergeist II: The Other Side_|Steven Freeling||||||
|1987|_Rachel River_|Marlyn Huutula||||||
|1988|_Action Jackson_|Peter Dellaplane||||||
|1988|_Me and Him_|Peter Aramis||||||
|1989|_Born on the Fourth of July_|Marine Officer||||||
|1989|_Red Riding Hood_|Sir Godfrey / Percival||||||
|1989|_Turner & Hooch_|Chief Howard Hyde||||||
|1989|_Troop Beverly Hills_|Fred Nefler||||||
|1996|_Ghosts of Mississippi_|Ed Peters||||||
|1996|_I'm Not Rappaport_|The Cowboy||||||
|1997|_The Devil's Advocate_|Alexander Cullen||||||
|1997|_Wag the Dog_|Senator John Neal|Uncredited|||||
|2000|_The Skulls_|Litten Mandrake||||||
|2001|_All Over Again_|Cole Twain||||||
|2004|_The Incredibles_|Bob Parr / Mr. Incredible (voice)||||||
|2005|_The Family Stone_|Kelly Stone||||||
|2007|_Blades of Glory_|Coach||||||
|2009|_The Proposal_|Joe Paxton||||||
|2010|_The Company Men_|James Salinger||||||
|2011|_Soul Surfer_|Dr. Robinsky||||||
|2015|_Get Hard_|Martin Barrow||||||
|2016|_Gold_|Kenny Wells||||||
|2018|_Book Club_|Bruce||||||
|2018|_Incredibles 2_|Bob Parr / Mr. Incredible (voice)||||||

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1973|_The Mary Tyler Moore Show_|Charlie|Episode: "Mary Richards and the Incredible Plant Lady"||
|1980|_The White Shadow_|Father Phil|Episode: "A Christmas Story"||
|1982|_Chicago Story_|Kenneth A. Dutton|13 episodes||
|1984–1985|_Call to Glory_|Col. Raynor Sarnac|23 episodes||
|1989–1997|_Coach_|Coach Hayden Fox|198 episodes Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy <small>(1992–95)</small> Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series <small>(1990–91)</small> Nominated—Viewers for Quality Television Award for Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series||
|1992|_Rugrats_|Frank The SWAT Officer|Episode: "Garage Sale"||
|1999|_To Serve and Protect_|Tom Carr|2 episodes||
|2000–2004|_The District_|Chief Jack Mannion|89 episodes Nominated—Prism Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama||
|2007|_My Name Is Earl_|Warden Jerry Hazelwood|4 episodes||
|2008–2009|_CSI: NY_|Robert Dunbrook|3 episodes||
|2009|_Monk_|Judge Ethan Rickover|2 episodes||
|2010–2015|_Parenthood_|Zeek Braverman|91 episodes Prism Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series Nominated—Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series||
|2013|_Hawaii Five-0_|Tyler Cain|Episode: "He welo 'oihana"||
|2015|_Grace and Frankie_|Guy|5 episodes||
|2016|_Coach_|Hayden Fox|Upcoming series||

### Theatre

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1983–1984|_Friends_|Harold (Okie) Peterson|||
|1998|_Ah, Wilderness!_|Nat Miller|||

### Video games

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2004|_The Incredibles_|Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible|(voice)||
|2012|_Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure_|Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible|(voice)||
|2013|_Disney Infinity_|Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible|(voice)||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Craig T. Nelson
- **image**: CraigTNelsonMay09.jpg
- **caption**: Nelson in May 2009
- **birth name**: Craig Theodore Nelson
- **birth place**: Spokane, Washington, United States, U.S.
- **years active**: 1969–present
- **occupation**: Actor
- **known for**: Hayden Fox in _Coach (TV series), Coach_
- **notable works**: _Coach (TV series), Coach_, _Stir Crazy (film), Stir Crazy_, _Poltergeist (1982 film), Poltergeist_, _My Name Is Earl_, _The Incredibles_, _Parenthood (2010 TV series), Parenthood_
- **spouse**:

- **children**: 3