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.

Filmography

• 2026Mock Trial — Ted
• 2026Muppet Treasure Scriptland — Clueless Morgan
• Wonder Man — Writer, Supervising Producer
• Game Changer Animated — Townspeople (voice)
• Halfrican American — Zeke, Director, Writer, Creator
• 2024Move On, Arnold! — Zeke, Writer
• Loot — Liam, Producer, Writer, Supervising Producer, Co-Executive Producer
• 2022Training Wheels — Skylar Hawk
• 2022Who Invited Them — Ryan
• The Sex Lives of College Girls — Franklin the Fox (voice)
• Miracle Workers — Prince Ya-Shayn, Writer, Executive Story Editor, Co-Producer
• Sunnyside — Chase
• Weird City — Dewis
• A.P. Bio — Writer, Staff Writer, Story Editor
• 2018John — David
• Single Parents — Theo
• Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ — Just Mac
• Lopez — Gabrielo
• Take My Wife — Dave
• The Good Place — Troy
• Westworld — Body Tech

Appearances as themselves (9)

• 2026The Big Team: DCM '26 — Self
• Parlor Room — Self
• Smartypants — Self - Society Member, Self - Presenter
• 2024The Big Team — Self
• Dirty Laundry — Self - Guest
• Make Some Noise — Self - Player
• Play It By Ear — Self - Player
• Game Changer — Self - Contestant, Self (archive footage), Self - Mountport Cast
• Um, Actually... — Self - Contestant