John Allen Nelson was born on August 28, 1959 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for 24 (2001), Crisis (2014) and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015). He has been married to Justine Eyre since September 23, 2007. He was previously married to Åse Samuelsson.
Engaged to Justine Eyre; he proposed over a candle lit Scrabble game just before Christmas 2006.
In September 2007, wed Justine Eyre in a magical four day celebration with family and friends at Chateau Farcheville just outside Paris, France.
One of his closest friends is world number one golfer, Annika Sörenstam,
whom he escorted to the 2005 ESPY awards in Los Angeles where she won top spot as Best Female Athlete in the world.
Has the distinction of playing Paul 'The Wine Guy' in the Pilot episode of Friends (1994-2004), the first of Monica's (Courtney Cox) many bad dates.