Portrait of John Allen Nelson

Acting

John Allen Nelson

Career

Active from 1987 to 2006, busiest in 1988 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
8
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score44/100
Highest rated
Poster for Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
GoodWatch score63/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 42 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
John Allen Nelson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.5, average 2.6
  • Melancholy
    3.4, average 4.7
  • Pathos
    4.2, average 5.3
  • Wonder
    2.4, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Crime Drama 3
  • Action Thriller 2
  • Political Thriller 2
  • Betrayal 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

46
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

5 titles · average score 73
Virgin River
Virgin River (2019)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Everett Reid

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Silas Bunch

Crisis
Crisis (2014)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as President Devore

Red Band Society
Red Band Society (2014)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Jon Chota

Rizzoli & Isles
Rizzoli & Isles (2010)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Robby Davenport

2000s

17 titles · average score 64
Castle
Castle (2009)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Walter Dennis

Drop Dead Diva
Drop Dead Diva (2009)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as D.A. Callahan

Burn Notice
Burn Notice (2007)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Lesher

Vanished
Vanished (2006)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show · as Jeffrey Collins

Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds (2005)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Dan Murphy

Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Arthur Soltanoff

NCIS
NCIS (2003)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Lloyd Manditsky

CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami (2002)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Mike Rydell / Todd Peterson

Without a Trace
Without a Trace (2002)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Mark Duncan

24
24 (2001)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Walt Cummings

Sheena
Sheena (2000)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show · as Matt Cutter

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Roger Gentry

1990s

12 titles · average score 53
Shelter
Shelter (1998)
GoodWatch score 47

as Martin Roberts

V.I.P.
V.I.P. (1998)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show · as FBI Agent Lambert

Seven Days
Seven Days (1998)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show

Early Edition
Early Edition (1996)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Ricky Brown

Friends
Friends (1994)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Paul

Criminal Passion
Criminal Passion (1994)
GoodWatch score 45

as Connor Ashcroft

XXX's & OOO's
XXX's & OOO's (1994)

as Andy St. James

Sweet Justice
Sweet Justice (1994)

TV show

Best of the Best 2
Best of the Best 2 (1993)
GoodWatch score 33

Screenplay

American Yakuza
American Yakuza (1993)
GoodWatch score 52

Screenplay

Sunset Heat
Sunset Heat (1992)
GoodWatch score 29

Writer

Rich Men, Single Women
Rich Men, Single Women (1990)

as Travis

1980s

12 titles · average score 56
Baywatch
Baywatch (1989)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as John D. Cort

Quantum Leap
Quantum Leap (1989)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Capt. Bill 'Bird Dog' Birdell

Booker
Booker (1989)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show · as Ronald Arrizola

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson (1989)
GoodWatch score 71

as Frank Wellman Jr.

Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
GoodWatch score 63

as Dave Hanson

Deathstalker III: The Warriors from Hell
Deathstalker III: The Warriors from Hell (1988)
GoodWatch score 28

as Deathstalker

Saigon Commandos
Saigon Commandos (1988)

as Timothy Bryant

Hunk
Hunk (1987)
GoodWatch score 43

as Hunk Golden

Matlock
Matlock (1986)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show · as Bill Parker / Terry Maslin

Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Tod Sterling

Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara (1984)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show · as Warren Lockridge

Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show