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 âleaf-peeping,â 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 (2018â2019), served as executive story editor on Miracle Workers (2020â2021), and wrote on Loot (2022â2024). 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 storyâbased in part on true eventsâis 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 SXSWâs Independent TV Pilot Competition and won the Special Jury Award at the same festival, shared with Claire Glassford and Sophie Webb as producers.

Training Wheels

Who Invited Them

The Big Team

John

Move On, Arnold!

Halfrican American

Dirty Laundry

Lopez

Game Changer

Um, Actually...

Take My Wife

Miracle Workers

Make Some Noise

Play It By Ear

Westworld

The Good Place

Game Changer

Bajillion Dollar Propertie$

Sunnyside

Single Parents

Weird City

The Sex Lives of College Girls

Parlor Room

Game Changer Animated

Game Changer

Move On, Arnold!

Halfrican American

Halfrican American

A.P. Bio

Miracle Workers
Halfrican American

Loot

Loot

Loot

A.P. Bio

A.P. Bio

Miracle Workers

Miracle Workers

Loot
