# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/craig-t-nelson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:54:39.644Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/craig-t-nelson"
name: "Craig T. Nelson"
slug: "craig-t-nelson"
description: "Craig Theodore Nelson is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Hayden Fox in the ABC sitcom Coach, Deputy Warden Ward Wilson in Stir Crazy (1980), Steve Freeling in Poltergeist (1982), Burt Nickerson in All the Right Moves (1983), Peter Dellaplane in Action Jackson (1988), Chief Howard Hyde in Turner & Hooch (1989), Alex Cullen in The Devil's Advocate (1997), Chief Jack Mannion in the CBS drama The District (2000–2004), Coach Goddard in Blades of Glory (2007), The Warden in the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl (2007), and the voice of Mr. Incredible in the 2004 film The Incredibles and its 2018 sequel."
tagline: "American actor and comedian (born 1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Craig_T._Nelson_Paleyfest_2013.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1944-04-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  75
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump