Sean Nelson

Sean Nelson is an American actor who started out as a child performer, appearing in the off-Broadway play Hey Little Walter by age 10 and making his small-screen debut in a 1992 episode of Here and Now. Raised in the Bronx's Co-op City, he enrolled at a local acting school in 1988 and later attended the Professional Performing Arts School. Fresh (1994) brought him notice as its title character, earning him an Independent Spirit Award, a Sundance Film Festival Award and a Young Artist Award nomination. He followed with Bobby in American Buffalo (1996), the recurring Jesse Bayliss on Sisters and young Mike in The Wood (1999), then played DeAndre McCullough in the HBO miniseries The Corner (2000). Later credits include Stake Land (2010), The Gospel (2005), and guest roles on Elementary, The Good Wife and Blue Bloods.