Kelly Nelson

When he's not belting out tunes around LA for his popular "Frank Sinatra 101" show, Kelly is a successful entrepreneur who likes to work hard and play hard. His favorite things in life are his wife Samantha, and daughter Gracie - and his company Emerald World ET, Inc Kelly Nelson was born in Manhattan, KS and grew up in Albuquerque, NM. He attended Arizona State University before winning the ITMSA photography competition in New York in 1982. Kelly received interest from several top NY modeling agencies (Ford, Wilhelmina, etc), but chose to move to Los Angeles to pursue acting. Kelly started working closely with the legendary Sanford Meisner in spring, 1992. Kelly was subsequently invited by Meisner to be a founding member of the Sanford Meisner Center for the Arts (theater company) in the winter of 1995. He won starring roles in several dozen plays and wrote/directed several plays there as well. Notes: He was cast by Oscar nominated writer/director Lynn Mamet as the lead in the world premiere of "The Job". Kelly was also cast to play Charles Lindbergh by writer/director Larry Cohen in his world premiere of "Fallen Eagle". Kelly considered the Meisner Center as his second home up until it's closing in February of 2013. Mr. Nelson most recently portrayed Jojo Haggerty in the feature length crime drama "Dry Run", directed by Aram Boyrazian. "Dry Run" is expected to be released in the summer of 2014.