FrameThrower · Actors · Craig T. Nelson
Craig T. Nelson
5 films · 279 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1984–2018
Born 4 April 1944 · Spokane, Washington, USA
Craig Theodore Nelson is an American actor known for his Emmy-winning role as Hayden Fox on the ABC sitcom Coach. He's also known for his roles in Poltergeist, Stir Crazy, and The Incredibles. Before becoming an actor in 1971, Nelson was a gag writer and comic based in Los Angeles. He studied at Central Washington University and the University of Arizona.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 5 films · 279 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1984–2018
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series1992
How their films are shot
Measured across 279 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work Craig takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 5 films we hold, 45% of their frames are night, 53% natural — the look of the work Craig takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 279 frames from Craig T. Nelson's 5 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.