Erik Jensen

Erik Jensen born July 20 1970 is an American actor playwright screenwriter and director Jensen was born and raised in Detroit Lakes Minnesota He graduated from Apple Valley High School in Minnesota in 1988 He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting from Carnegie Mellon University An actor writer and director Erik Jensen regularly appears on the ABC Network Television series For Life as ADA Dez OReilly Notably he appeared as Thurman Munson of the New York Yankees in the ESPN miniseries The Bronx Is Burning and as conspiracy talk show host Frank Cody in Mr Robot as well as Dr Stephen Edwards on The Walking Dead Jensen appeared alongside Aasif Mandvi in Ayad Akhtars Disgraced at Lincoln Center He also appeared as rock critic Lester Bangs in the oneman play How to Be a Rock Critic based on the writings of Lester Bangs which he cowrote with his wife Jessica Blank How to Be A Rock Critic received a completion commission from Center Theatre Group and was produced at the Kirk Douglas Theater ArtsEmerson and Steppenwolf Theatre Company before being produced OffBroadway at The Public Theater In 2017 he codirected the film Almost Home with Jessica Blank based on her novel of the same name Now In 2020 Jensen and Blanks cowritten plays Coal Country and The Line both premiered at The Public Theater In 20222023 Jensen appeared on Broadway as Bruno Bischofberger opposite Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope in Anthony McCartens The Collaboration Jensen and Blank have cited the works of Anna Deavere Smith Emily Mann and Studs Terkel as influences