Michael J. Nelson (Actor)

Reviews of Michael J. Nelson Movies

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Movies starring Michael J. Nelson have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 80%.

Rifftrax Live: The Room - released in 2015 - is Michael J. Nelson's highest rated movie, with a score of 89% based on 1 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Michael J. Nelson is Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie - released in 1996 - with a score of 72% based on 551 reviews.

Actor Biography

Michael J. Nelson is the former host and writer of the Emmy-nominated, Peabody Award-winning Mystery Science Theater 3000. Since that time, he has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows, penned a regular column for TV Guide, and authored best-selling books for both HarperCollins and Abrams.

His first book, Mike Nelson's Movie Megacheese, thrilled critics, including Richard Schickel of Time Magazine, who said of Mike, "He's more fun than a barrel of Val Kilmers... Smarter than a roomful of Patrick Swayzes... and almost as hilarious as Keanu Reeves." Mike's laugh-out-loud follow-up, Mind Over Matters, prompted Kirkus Reviews to enthuse, "From someplace called Minnesota comes a Nelson funnier than Ozzie, Ricky, Lord or Half," and even dared to compare him to another legendary writer, saying of his Serious Speech to Business People, "[It] could easily precede [Robert] Benchley's immortal Treasurer's Report."

And Kirkus Reviews loved his novel, Death Rat!, saying, "Fast-paced, outrageous and funny, first-novelist Nelson's mockery of media mendacity is as biting as La Dolce Vita or Network--only funnier!"

Mike speaks all over the country, is a frequent guest on radio and television, and along with Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy sells out theaters with his RiffTrax Live events.

Michael J. Nelson has acted in films with Kevin Murphy, Russell Johnson, Douglas Spencer and Rex Reason.