Zeke Nicholson

Zeke Nicholson

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.

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Filmography

2025

Parlor Room
Parlor Room
as Self
TV - Released: 4/18/2025

2024

The Big Team
The Big Team
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/16/2024
Move On, Arnold!
Move On, Arnold!
as Zeke
Movie - Released: 3/23/2024
Halfrican American
Halfrican American
as Zeke
Movie - Released: 3/14/2024
Game Changer Animated
Game Changer Animated
as Townspeople (voice)
TV - Released: 12/30/2024

2022

Training Wheels
Training Wheels
as Skylar Hawk
Movie - Released: 1/20/2022
Who Invited Them
Who Invited Them
as Ryan
Movie - Released: 6/5/2022
Dirty Laundry
Dirty Laundry
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 4/11/2022
Make Some Noise
Make Some Noise
as Self - Player
TV - Released: 6/13/2022
Play It By Ear
Play It By Ear
as Self - Player
TV - Released: 9/13/2022

2021

The Sex Lives of College Girls
The Sex Lives of College Girls
as Franklin the Fox (voice)
TV - Released: 11/18/2021

2019

Game Changer
Game Changer
as Self - Contestant
TV - Released: 9/20/2019
Miracle Workers
Miracle Workers
as Prince Ya-Shayn
TV - Released: 2/12/2019
Game Changer
Game Changer
as Self (archive footage)
TV - Released: 9/20/2019
Sunnyside
Sunnyside
as Chase
TV - Released: 9/26/2019
Weird City
Weird City
as Dewis
TV - Released: 2/13/2019
Game Changer
Game Changer
as Self - Mountport Cast
TV - Released: 9/20/2019

2018

John
John
as David
Movie - Released: 9/8/2018
Um, Actually...
Um, Actually...
as Self - Contestant
TV - Released: 9/28/2018
Single Parents
Single Parents
as Theo
TV - Released: 9/26/2018

2016

Lopez
Lopez
as Gabrielo
TV - Released: 3/30/2016
Take My Wife
Take My Wife
as Dave
TV - Released: 8/11/2016
Westworld
Westworld
as Body Tech
TV - Released: 10/2/2016
The Good Place
The Good Place
as Troy
TV - Released: 9/19/2016
Bajillion Dollar Propertie$
Bajillion Dollar Propertie$
as Just Mac
TV - Released: 2/21/2016