Michael James Nelson

For the Mystery Science Theater 3000 actor and writer, see Michael J. Nelson.

Michael James Nelson
Michael James Nelson at the Comedy Store in Hollywood, CA
Born	Winter Park, Florida
Nationality	American
Known for	Being a comedy writer and performer

Michael James Nelson (born June 12, 1979, in Winter Park, Florida, USA) is an American comedy writer and performer who has appeared on Music Television and the television show "Pretty Wicked" on the The Oxygen Network.

Early Life and Career

Michael James Nelson is from Winter Park, Florida but spent most of his childhood in Maitland, Florida. He attended both Edgewater High School and Winter Park High School, and graduated from The Creative Writing Program at Florida State University in 2003. While attending college, Nelson was a newscaster and talk show host on the school's radio station WVFS. He was also a senior staff writer at the FSView and executive producer and host of the variety sketch comedy show "That Show With Those Guys".

Michael James Nelson has performed standup comedy at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles as well as The Comedy Cellar in New York City and many other comedy clubs. Nelson has been featured on the website of Funny Or Die nine times and has appeared in their exclusive sketches with Matthew Morrison, Don Cheadle, Ray Ramano, Cedric the Entertainer, George Lopez, Joe Mantegna, Chace Crawford, Rebecca Mader, Haley Joel Osment, Cheech Marin, Oliver Hudson, Larenz Tate and many more. Nelson has studied improvisational comedy at The Groundlings and is currently studying and performing improvisational comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Hollywood. Nelson is currently performing standup comedy and writing for various television programs.

References

• The Official Website of Comedian Michael Nelson
• The Internet Movie Database
• Newspaper Article "Comedy for Hall Residents" published 2003 by Brenda Seniza
• Newspaper Article "Offering A Chuckle At Minimum" published 2006 by Lindsey Carlton
• FSU Comedians 2006
• Funny Or Die

Persondata
Name	Nelson, Michael James
Alternative names
Short description	Comedian
Date of birth	June 12, 1979
Place of birth	Winter Park, Florida
Date of death
Place of death