Nelson Franklin

Nelson Franklin

Born: July 2, 1985
Franklin was born to father Howard Franklin, a screenwriter and director. His stepmother is DJ Anne Litt. Franklin attended high school at Campbell Hall School in Studio City, California. He graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts.

Franklin's first major role was a recurring role as Nick, the I.T. worker on NBC's The Office. Franklin later went on to appear as a series regular on the short-lived FOX comedy series Traffic Light. He appears with another Office actor, David Denman, who played Pam's ex-fiancée Roy. His side projects include a short for Funny or Die: a fake commercial promoting the Dudes-N-Bros Talking Points System, which is a service that helps guys who aren't dudes or bros hold a conversation with dudes and bros. He co-starred on the CBS sitcom The Millers and appeared on FOX sitcom New Girl, the HBO political comedy Veep, Black-ish, and Abby's.

Movies for Nelson Franklin...

The Gutter
Title: The Gutter
Character: Some Winner
Released: March 12, 2024
Type: Movie
Walt (lover of threesomes, hater of shirts) strikes up an unlikely friendship with a former Pro Bowler as they discover he might be THE GOAT of the lanes. The only things standing in their way are racism, alcoholism and Linda "The Crusher" Curson.
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Cosmetic Criminals
Title: Cosmetic Criminals
Character: Brian
Released: January 7, 2024
Type: Movie
A short mockumentary detailing the rise of intergenerational cosmetic theft through the eyes of an affected family.
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Title: Bookie
Character: Kevin Miller
Released: November 30, 2023
Type: TV
A veteran bookie struggles to survive the impending legalization of sports gambling, increasingly unstable clients, family, co-workers, and a lifestyle that bounces him around every corner of Los Angeles, high and low.
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Title: Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Character: Documentarian (voice)
Released: November 17, 2023
Type: TV
Scott Pilgrim meets the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers, only to find out her seven evil exes stand in the way of their love.
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You People
Title: You People
Character: Director
Released: January 20, 2023
Type: Movie
A new couple and their families reckon with modern love amid culture clashes, societal expectations and generational differences.
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Title: The Old Man
Character: Dr. Howard
Released: June 16, 2022
Type: TV
Dan Chase absconded from the CIA decades ago and now lives off the grid. When an assassin arrives and tries to take Chase out, the old operative learns that to ensure his future he now must reconcile his past.
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Title: Gaslit
Character: Dick Moore
Released: April 24, 2022
Type: TV
A modern take on the 1970s political Watergate scandal centering on untold stories and forgotten characters of the time.
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King Knight
Title: King Knight
Character: Angus
Released: February 17, 2022
Type: Movie
The High Priest of a modern-day coven finds his life thrown into turmoil and ventures out on a journey of self-discovery.
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Being the Ricardos
Title: Being the Ricardos
Character: Joe Strickland
Released: December 10, 2021
Type: Movie
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.
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Title: Ghosts
Character: Elliot
Released: October 7, 2021
Type: TV
Samantha and Jay throw caution to the wind when they convert their recently inherited country estate into a bed-and-breakfast. Call it mislaid plans. Not only is the place falling apart, but it’s also inhabited by spirits of previous residents -- whom only Samantha can see and hear.
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Sweet Girl
Title: Sweet Girl
Character: Martin Bennett
Released: August 18, 2021
Type: Movie
A man vows to bring justice to those responsible for his wife's death while protecting the only family he has left, his daughter.
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Hero Mode
Title: Hero Mode
Character: Rick
Released: June 4, 2021
Type: Movie
A teenage coding genius has just 30 days to create the world's greatest video game or his family loses everything. No pressure.
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Title: Hacks
Character: Interviewer
Released: May 13, 2021
Type: TV
Explore a dark mentorship that forms between Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas comedian, and an entitled, outcast 25-year-old.
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Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
Title: Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
Character: Young Lewis Black
Released: May 11, 2020
Type: Movie
Celebrities recall their most mind-bending trips via animations, reenactments and more in this comedic documentary exploring the story of psychedelics.
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Title: #blackAF
Character: Nelson
Released: April 17, 2020
Type: TV
A father takes an irreverent and honest approach to parenting and relationships.
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Basic
Title: Basic
Character: Nick
Released: January 18, 2020
Type: Movie
A short film exploring the insecure lil' ho in all of us.
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Title: Abby's
Character: Bill
Released: March 28, 2019
Type: TV
The best bar in San Diego is an unlicensed, makeshift bar nestled in Abby's backyard. There are rules at Abby's: no cell phones, not even to "look something up," earning a seat at the bar takes time, and losing a challenge means drinking a limey, sugary "not-beer" drink.
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Tone-Deaf
Title: Tone-Deaf
Character: York
Released: March 10, 2019
Type: Movie
A woman leaves for a quiet weekend in the country after losing her job and imploding her latest dysfunctional relationship. She rents a country house from an old-fashioned widower who’s struggling to hide his psychopathic tendencies. Soon, two generations collide with terrifying results.
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Captain Marvel
Title: Captain Marvel
Character: Medical Examiner
Released: March 6, 2019
Type: Movie
The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Set in the 1990s, Captain Marvel is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Title: A Million Little Things
Character: Elon
Released: September 26, 2018
Type: TV
A group of friends from Boston who feel stuck in life experience an unexpected wake-up call after one of their friends dies unexpectedly.
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Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Title: Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Character: Markowitz
Released: August 17, 2018
Type: Movie
A recently divorced young man discovers a mint condition Blade doll in his deceased brother's closet and plans to sell the toy at a convention in Oregon celebrating the 30th anniversary of the infamous Toulon Murders. All hell breaks loose during the auction when a strange force animates all of the puppets throughout the convention, setting them on a bloody killing spree.
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Fixed
Title: Fixed
Character: Jason
Released: February 13, 2018
Type: Movie
Allan is a married father of three whose sex life takes another hit when his wife can no longer take the pill. He soon finds himself with an appointment for a vasectomy and a nagging identity crisis. Although he is by all reasonable accounts a good, responsible man, the thought of getting "fixed" drives him to lose himself to an action-packed midlife crisis along with his best friends. Allan will refuse to grow up anymore.
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A Futile and Stupid Gesture
Title: A Futile and Stupid Gesture
Character: P.J. O'Rourke
Released: January 24, 2018
Type: Movie
In a life full of triumph and failure, "National Lampoon" co-founder Doug Kenney built a comedy empire, molding pop culture in the 1970s.
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Title: grown-ish
Character: Connor Stevens
Released: January 3, 2018
Type: TV
Zoey Johnson heads to college and begins her hilarious journey to adulthood but quickly discovers that not everything goes her way once she leaves the nest.
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Battle of the Sexes
Title: Battle of the Sexes
Character: TV Reporter
Released: September 22, 2017
Type: Movie
The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.
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Unicorn Store
Title: Unicorn Store
Character: Aaron
Released: September 11, 2017
Type: Movie
A woman named Kit moves back to her parent's house, where she receives a mysterious invitation that would fulfill her childhood dreams.
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Gemini
Title: Gemini
Character: Greg
Released: June 14, 2017
Type: Movie
A heinous crime tests the complex relationship between a tenacious personal assistant and her Hollywood starlet boss. As the assistant travels across Los Angeles to unravel the mystery, she must stay one step ahead of a determined policeman and confront her own understanding of friendship, truth and celebrity.
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Band Aid
Title: Band Aid
Character: Ned
Released: June 2, 2017
Type: Movie
A couple who can't stop fighting embark on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage: turning their fights into songs and starting a band.
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The Relationtrip
Title: The Relationtrip
Character: Buddy
Released: March 11, 2017
Type: Movie
After bonding over their mutual disinterest in relationships, self-proclaimed loners, Beck and Liam, decide to go away together on a ‘friend’ trip where things get weird. Really, really weird.
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Title: Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
Character: Stu
Released: March 25, 2015
Type: TV
Follows two delusional brothers, who are self-proclaimed filmmakers, as they are kicked out of their parent's house and end up on an epic cinematic journey.
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Hello Ladies: The Movie
Title: Hello Ladies: The Movie
Character: Yogurt Director
Released: November 22, 2014
Type: Movie
When Stuart learns that his British ex-girlfriend is planning to visit Los Angeles with her husband, he sets out to impress them with his glamorous lifestyle, enlisting a Russian model he’s just met to play the role of his beautiful girlfriend. What could go wrong?
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Title: black-ish
Character: Connor Stevens
Released: September 24, 2014
Type: TV
A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.
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Ghost Phone
Title: Ghost Phone
Character: Will
Released: December 19, 2013
Type: Movie
William Pierce (Nelson Franklin) is a practical, rational man who suddenly finds himself face to face with the paranormal when he starts receiving phone calls from the dead on the cell phone his recently-deceased fiancée (Melissa Ordway) left behind.
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Title: The Millers
Character: Adam Stoker
Released: October 3, 2013
Type: TV
A divorced reporter, looking forward to the single life, finds his parents' marital problems derail his plans.
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Title: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Character: Steve Wilson
Released: September 24, 2013
Type: TV
Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary.
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Jobs
Title: Jobs
Character: Bill Atkinson
Released: August 16, 2013
Type: Movie
The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.
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Argo
Title: Argo
Character: LA Times Reporter
Released: October 11, 2012
Type: Movie
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
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Title: Veep
Character: Will
Released: April 22, 2012
Type: TV
A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she expected and everything everyone ever warned her about.
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Answer This!
Title: Answer This!
Character: James Koogly
Released: October 13, 2011
Type: Movie
Brilliant trivia whiz Paul Tarson is great at answering little questions but horrible at answering the big ones – like what’s he going to do after grad school? When his father withdraws his funding, Paul is forced to confront his future and much procrastinated dissertation deadline…until he discovers the First Annual Ann Arbor Pub Trivia Tournament.
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Title: New Girl
Character: Robby
Released: September 20, 2011
Type: TV
Jessica Day is an offbeat and adorable girl in her late 20s who, after a bad breakup, moves in with three single guys. Goofy, positive, vulnerable and honest to a fault, Jess has faith in people, even when she shouldn't. Although she's dorky and awkward, she's comfortable in her own skin. More prone to friendships with women, she's not used to hanging with the boys—especially at home.
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Title: Traffic Light
Character: Adam
Released: February 8, 2011
Type: TV
Traffic Light is an American comedy television series that ran on Fox from February 8, 2011 to May 31, 2011. It is based on the Israeli TV show Ramzor, and was adapted to an American audience by Bob Fisher. The series aired Tuesdays at 9:30 pm following Raising Hope as a midseason replacement for Running Wilde. Fox announced its cancellation on May 10, 2011.
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Title: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Character: Comeau
Released: August 12, 2010
Type: Movie
As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors.
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Waiting for Forever
Title: Waiting for Forever
Character: Joe
Released: February 10, 2010
Type: Movie
A Hollywood-set romantic tale of a guy who is content to live his life without a job yet with the love of his life, a young actress.
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I Love You, Man
Title: I Love You, Man
Character: Sidney's Buddy
Released: March 20, 2009
Type: Movie
Peter Klaven is a successful real estate agent who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey, discovers, to his dismay and chagrin, that he has no male friend close enough to serve as his Best Man. Peter immediately sets out to rectify the situation, embarking on a series of bizarre and awkward "man-dates."
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Title: Party Down
Character: Steve
Released: March 20, 2009
Type: TV
A group of struggling actors and dysfunctional dreamers wait for their big break while they are stuck serving hors d'oeurves for a Hollywood catering company 'Party Down.'
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Title: Dollhouse
Character: Burt Styne
Released: February 13, 2009
Type: TV
Echo is a member of a highly illegal and underground group of individuals whose personalities have been wiped clean so they can be imprinted with any number of new personas. Confined between missions to a secret facility known as the Dollhouse, the "Actives" are hired by the wealthy, powerful and connected to wholly become—with mind, personality and physiology—whomever the client wants or needs them to be. They know no other life than the specific engagements they are in at that time—or do they?
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Berkeley
Title: Berkeley
Character: Frat Prez
Released: October 8, 2005
Type: Movie
Just as sex, drugs, rock & roll, hippies, and Vietnam enter our consciousness, so it does for Ben Sweet, the shy, 18-year-old son of conservative businessman, Sy. Ben enters UC Berkeley in 1966 to avoid the draft, but finds himself smack in the middle of a home-grown revolution.
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Title: The Office
Character: Graphic Design Guy
Released: March 24, 2005
Type: TV
The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.
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Title: The Office
Character: Nick
Released: March 24, 2005
Type: TV
The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.