Jeffrey Richard Nordling (born March 11, 1962) is an American actor.
He is known for his roles as Jake Manning in Once and Again, Larry
Moss in 24, Nick Bolen in Desperate Housewives, and Gordon Klein in
Big Little Lies, as well as various films.Nordling was born March 11,
1962, in Ridgewood, New Jersey, to Robert George Nordling and Lois
Nordling (née Dickson). He grew up in Washington Township. After
moving to Saddle River, New Jersey, Nordling attended Ramsey High
School, graduating in 1980. After high school, Nordling attended
Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. He graduated with a bachelor's
degree in art in 1984. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree in
1987 from the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist
University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas.One of his major roles was playing
Ted Orion, an NHL pro turned hockey coach in D3: The Mighty Ducks. The
1997 TV movie Soul Mates, starring Nordling and Kim Raver, is shown by
market researchers at Television Preview as a "new" pilot. He played
Gaëtan Dugas in And the Band Played On, the HBO production of Randy
Shilts' chronicle of the evolving AIDS epidemic, and Capote Duncan in
Sex and the City. In 1999 he portrayed original Apple investor Mike
Markkula in the TNT movie Pirates of Silicon Valley.
He is known for his roles as Jake Manning in Once and Again, Larry
Moss in 24, Nick Bolen in Desperate Housewives, and Gordon Klein in
Big Little Lies, as well as various films.Nordling was born March 11,
1962, in Ridgewood, New Jersey, to Robert George Nordling and Lois
Nordling (née Dickson). He grew up in Washington Township. After
moving to Saddle River, New Jersey, Nordling attended Ramsey High
School, graduating in 1980. After high school, Nordling attended
Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. He graduated with a bachelor's
degree in art in 1984. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree in
1987 from the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist
University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas.One of his major roles was playing
Ted Orion, an NHL pro turned hockey coach in D3: The Mighty Ducks. The
1997 TV movie Soul Mates, starring Nordling and Kim Raver, is shown by
market researchers at Television Preview as a "new" pilot. He played
Gaëtan Dugas in And the Band Played On, the HBO production of Randy
Shilts' chronicle of the evolving AIDS epidemic, and Capote Duncan in
Sex and the City. In 1999 he portrayed original Apple investor Mike
Markkula in the TNT movie Pirates of Silicon Valley.
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