Acting
Zeke Nicholson
Born 1989-05-30 · Rhinebeck, New York, USA
Zeke Nicholson (born May 30, 1989) is a writer, producer and actor. Born in Rhinebeck, New York, USA. He grew up in a small upstate New York town known for its scenic “leaf-peeping,” and his father worked as a college professor. He attended Williams College and later trained and performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles. As a writer and actor, Nicholson has contributed to several television series. He was a writer on A.P. Bio (2018–2019), served as executive story editor on Miracle Workers (2020–2021), and wrote on Loot (2022–2024). On the acting side, he has appeared in TV shows including The Good Place (2016), Miracle Workers (2019), and While You Were Breeding (2023). In 2024, Nicholson created, wrote, and executive-produced the short pilot Halfrican American. The story—based in part on true events—is about a biracial man who attends a family cookout with his estranged father and struggles to feel comfortable, eventually finding common ground through humour and familial bonds. Halfrican American (2024) premiered in 2024, and that same year it was nominated for the Grand Jury Award in SXSW’s Independent TV Pilot Competition and won the Special Jury Award at the same festival, shared with Claire Glassford and Sophie Webb as producers.
Acting credits
NRA semi-scripted, semi-improvised, ensemble mockumentary about the passions that burn bright when we're young and how those glory days shape who we are. With jokes. And big ill-fitting suits.
Mock Trial
2026
5.5Adam and Margo's housewarming party goes well enough except there's this one mysterious couple lingering after the other guests have left.
Who Invited Them
2022
NRThe Muppet Script returns to bring you MUPPET TREASURE SCRIPTLAND! When most people think of the Muppets, they think of the colorful characters made out of fleece and foam. But as with every movie, it all starts on the written page. And before returning to the big screen, the Muppets team returned to the writers' room. Another literary classic was turned on its head when Muppets scribe JERRY JUHL skewered ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON'S tale of nautical adventure, joined this time by KIRK THATCHER and JAMES V. HART, and directed once again by JIM HENSON'S son, BRIAN HENSON. This performance will be a treasure worth its weight in gold!
Muppet Treasure Scriptland
2026
6.0The Big Team use audience stories as inspiration for ridiculous improv scenes.
The Big Team
2024
NRThe Big Team (formerly known as White Women) is an improv team of all Black men based in Los Angeles. Formed after meeting at the UCB Black History Month Show in 2013, the team has headlined festivals in Portland, DC, Austin, New York, and beyond — performing at theaters across the country for over a decade. Collectively they have written and produced videos for Comedy Central, College Humor, and Funny or Die. Individually, they’ve written and acted in a lot of your favorite TV shows. Vulture named them on their annual list of “Comedians You Should and Will Know” in 2018. Filmed live at the 2026 Del Close Marathon.
The Big Team: DCM '26
2026
7.0A socially inept woman rents one man to prepare for another.
Training Wheels
2022
6.7A day in the life of John Lennon, alive and well in modern-day New York City. The former Beatle squabbles with a security guard, commiserates with his best friend over lunch, and upsets a bully.
John
2018
NRWhen a group of friends gather to honor their friend who has passed away, all chaos breaks out when a surprise visitor crashes their seance.
Move On, Arnold!
2024