Craig Theodore Nelson (born April 4, 1944) is an American actor. His characters are known to be powerful, proud, strong, and loud (with Coach Hayden Fox as a prime example).

Nelson was born Craig Richard Nelson in Spokane, Washington to a drummer father. Due to the fact that there was another Craig Richard Nelson registered with the Screen Actors Guild, he registered as Craig Theodore Nelson. He has appeared in numerous motion pictures. He starred in three television shows, Coach, Call to Glory and The District. He provided the voice of Mr. Incredible in the 2004 Pixar film The Incredibles. He is a survivor of the supposed "Poltergeist curse".

Nelson's son, Noah, is married to The Bold and the Beautiful actress Ashley Jones.

He had to add the "T" as a middle initial to avoid confusion with the actor, Craig Richard Nelson, who had registered his name first with the Screen Actors Guild.

This strapping American Everyman endeared himself to movie audiences as the besieged patriarch in Poltergeist (1982), his first substantial film role. A former radio performer and stand-up comic whose pals included writer-director Barry Levinson (I).

Wanted to be a Hydroplane racer before he became an actor. His dad doubted this and said it would be an impossible feat, like becoming an actor.

Loves race car driving.

Attended University of Arizona

Attended Central Washington University

Father-in-law of Ashley Jones (I), who plays Bridget Forrester on "Bold and the Beautiful, The" (1987).