Biography
Craig Theodore Nelson (born April 4, 1944) is an American actor. He is probably best known for his Emmy-winning role as Hayden Fox on the TV series Coach. He also starred in The Incredibles in 2004 as Mr. Incredible, and reprised the role in 2018 for Incredibles 2. Description above from the Wikipedia article Craig T. Nelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Green and Gold
2025
as Buck
With American farms disappearing, a fourth-generation dairy farmer and his granddaughter fight to preserve their way of life. Facing foreclosure, they...

Book Club: The Next Chapter
2023
as Bruce
Four best friends take their book club to Italy for the fun girls' trip they never had. When things go off the rails and secrets are revealed, their r...

Auntie Edna
2018
as Bob Parr (voice)
Taking place during the events of Incredibles 2, Edna Mode babysits Jack-Jack.

Incredibles 2
2018
as Bob Parr / Mr. Incredible (voice)
Elastigirl springs into action to save the day, while Mr. Incredible faces his greatest challenge yet – taking care of the problems of his three child...

Book Club
2018
as Bruce
Four lifelong friends decide that their lives could change by becoming nasty and reading Fifty Shades of Grey in their monthly book club to get inspir...

Gold
2016
as Kenny Wells
Kenny Wells, a modern-day prospector, hustler, and dreamer, is desperate for a lucky break. Left with few options, Wells teams up with an equally luck...

Get Hard
2015
as Martin
When obscenely rich hedge-fund manager James is convicted of fraud and sentenced to a stretch in San Quentin, the judge gives him one month to get his...

Soul Surfer
2011
as Dr. David Rovinsky
The true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, thro...

The Company Men
2010
as Salinger
Bobby Walker lives the proverbial American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and t...

The Proposal
2009
as Joe Paxton
When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, And...

The Pixar Story
2007
as Bob Parr / Mr. Incredible (voice) (archive footage)
A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of it...
All Over Again
2007
as Cole
About to finish high school, budding inventor Z.T. dreams of escaping both his sleepy town and his gloomy, widowed Dad, Cole. But his ambitions get a ...

Blades of Glory
2007
as Coach
When a much-publicized ice-skating scandal strips them of their gold medals, two world-class athletes skirt their way back onto the ice via a loophole...

The Family Stone
2005
as Kelly Stone
An uptight, conservative businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that sh...

Mr. Incredible and Pals
2005
as Mr. Incredible (commentary voice)
An animated short film produced by Pixar included as a bonus on the DVD edition of the 2004 feature film "The Incredibles."

The Incredibles
2004
as Bob Parr / Mr. Incredible (voice)
Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbi...

Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
2004
as Self
Testimony of the cast, the producers and other participants of the shootings of "The Osterman Weekend".

The Curse of Poltergeist
2002
Exploring the popular film series and several tragedies amongst the cast members.

Dirty Pictures
2000
as Sheriff Simon Leis
A Cincinnati museum director goes on trial in 1990 for exhibiting sadomasochistic photographs taken by Robert Mapplethorpe.

The Skulls
2000
as Litten Mandrake
A senior at an Ivy League college, who depends on scholarships and working on the side, gets accepted into the secret society The Skulls. He hopes it ...

The Huntress
2000
as Ralph Thorson
After bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson is killed, his widow and daughter find they are in debt and decide to take on his work. Pilot film for the f...

To Serve and Protect
1999
as Tom Carr
Three generations of Dallas police officers join together to track down the deadliest serial killer ever to terrorize Texas.

Wag the Dog
1997
as Senator John Neal (uncredited)
During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President...

The Devil's Advocate
1997
as Alexander Cullen
Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that...

I'm Not Rappaport
1996
as The Cowboy
Old Nat Moyer is a talker, a philosopher, and a troublemaker with a fanciful imagination. His companion is Midge Carter, who is half-blind, but still ...

Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
as Ed Peters
A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights...

If These Walls Could Talk
1996
as Jim Harris
A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who all face unplanned pregnancies. The vignettes follow a...

The Lies Boys Tell
1994
as Larry
Ed Reece, an old travelling salesman, decides to end his days in the place in which he was born. Therefore he convinces his elder son to acompany him ...

Probable Cause
1994
as Lieutenant Louis Whitmire
A series of cop murders plagues the city. The remaining officers on the force are increasingly worried as the deaths increase with no leads. As the de...

Ride with the Wind
1994
as Frank Shelby
Frank Shelby is a motorcycle racer for whom age, personal tragedy and a love for the bottle have supplanted hopes of the big time. But when he meets K...

Ride with the Wind
1994
Teleplay, Executive Producer
Frank Shelby is a motorcycle racer for whom age, personal tragedy and a love for the bottle have supplanted hopes of the big time. But when he meets K...

The Switch
1993
as Russ Fine
Larry McAfee is paralyzed from the neck down following a motorcycle accident. He gradually loses the will to live, in the meantime befriending a talk ...

The Josephine Baker Story
1991
as Walter Winchell
Biography of the African-American who became a major performer in the Paris cabarets of the 1920s and 1930s. The film follows her life beginning as a ...

Extreme Close-Up
1990
as Philip Toll
Innovative drama mixing film and video, with a teenager obsessed with watching his late mother, killed in an auto accident, on tapes he recorded of th...

Born on the Fourth of July
1989
as Marine Officer
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought fo...

Turner & Hooch
1989
as Howard Hyde
Detective Scott Turner has three days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some 'real' cases—not just misdemean...

Red Riding Hood
1989
as Godfrey
The high spirited daughter of the village lord and her mother have been living in the forest for seven years near her wise grandmother. They wait for ...

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989
as Major Bill Harcourt
A biographical portrayal of Simon Wiesenthal, famous Nazi Hunter. From his imprisonment in a Nazi Concentration Camp, the film follows his liberation ...

Troop Beverly Hills
1989
as Freddy Nefler
A Beverly Hills housewife in the middle of a divorce tries to find focus in her life by taking over her daughter's Wilderness Girls troop.

Me and Him
1988
as Peter Aramis
A man's enthusiastic penis starts talking to him, getting him into awkward situations and convincing everyone he tells that he's completely insane.

Action Jackson
1988
as Peter Dellaplane
Vengeance drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.

Rachel River
1988
as Marlyn Huutula
A divorced mother pursues her career as a radio personality in rural Minnesota.

The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story
1986
as Senator Edward Kennedy
A profile in courage, the film examines the trauma and effort that Senator Edward Kennedy's son went through after losing his leg to a rare form of ca...

Poltergeist II: The Other Side
1986
as Steve Freeling
The Freeling family move in with Diane's mother in an effort to escape the trauma and aftermath of Carol Anne's abduction by the Beast. But the Beast ...

Alex: The Life of a Child
1986
as Frank Deford
Based on true events, 'Alex: The Life of a Child' follows former 'Sports Illustrated' writer Frank Deford and his wife Carole when their happy, all-Am...

The Killing Fields
1984
as Military Attaché
New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American ...

Call to Glory
1984
as Colonel Raynor Sarnac
Colonel Raynor Sarnac has to balance his family and his duty as head of a flight group facing the political tensions of the early 60's. Actual histori...

Silkwood
1983
as Winston
The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possi...

All the Right Moves
1983
as Nickerson
Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football schol...

The Osterman Weekend
1983
as Bernard Osterman
The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy...

Man, Woman and Child
1983
as Bernie Ackerman
A California professor (Martin Sheen), his wife (Blythe Danner) and his daughters make room for his orphaned illegitimate French son (Sebastian Dungan...

The Making of Poltergeist
1982
as Self
A behind-the-scenes look at how some of the visual effects were accomplished in the feature film Poltergeist (1982).

Poltergeist
1982
as Steve Freeling
Upon realizing that something truly evil haunts his home, Steve Freeling calls in a team of parapsychologists to help before it's too late.

Paper Dolls
1982
as Michael Caswell
Pilot for the TV series introduces the mothers of teenage fashion models who market their daughters for a powerful agent.

Chicago Story
1981
as Kenneth A. Dutton
A pair of cops, a pair of doctors, and a pair of lawyers examine a crime — the wounding of a ten-year-old girl by a sniper — from three different angl...

Inmates: A Love Story
1981
as Daniels
Accountant Roy is sentenced to prison because he cooked up balances. He hopes that his companions, who profited from his cheat, will help him to a rev...

The Formula
1980
as Geologist #2
While investigating the death of a friend and fellow cop, Los Angeles police officer Barney Caine stumbles across evidence that Nazis created a synthe...

Stir Crazy
1980
as Deputy Ward Wilson
New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing...

The Promise of Love
1980
as Major Landau
A teenage bride becomes a war widow when her Marine Corps husband is killed in Vietnam, until into her life comes a civilian recreation director who w...

Private Benjamin
1980
as Capt. William Wooldridge
A sheltered young high society woman joins the US Army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.

Rage!
1980
as Ray
In an attempt to be rehabilitated, a rapist goes to therapy while in prison.

Where the Buffalo Roam
1980
as Cop on Stand
Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.

...And Justice for All
1979
as Frank Bowers
An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial under the threat o...

Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker
1979
as Claims Adjuster
A rebellious 17-year-old girl ignores parental advice and joins her friends as a beach-bound regular on the local hitchhiking circuit, being picked up...

Flesh Gordon
1974
as The Monster (voice) (uncredited)
Emperor Wang (the Perverted) is leader of the planet Porno and sends his mighty "Sex Ray" towards Earth, turning everyone into sex-mad fiends. Only on...

Scream Blacula Scream
1973
as Sarge
After an aging voodoo priestess dies, her arrogant son Willis Daniel's believes he is next in line to lead. He is outraged when Lisa, his mother's ado...

The Return of Count Yorga
1971
as Sgt. O'Connor
Count Yorga continues to prey on the local community while living by a nearby orphanage. He also intends to take a new wife, while feeding his bevy of...