Stephen Wallem

Stephen Wallem (born June 14, 1968) is an American stage and television actor. He is best known for his one-man musical revue, "Off the Wallem", as well as numerous theater productions. From 2009 to 2015, he portrayed Thor Lundgren in the Showtime series Nurse Jackie. He is the younger brother of Linda Wallem, who is an actress, a writer, and a producer. National tours include Forever Plaid, Into the Woods and Scrooge with Richard Chamberlain. The production, conceived by Wallem and Falco with musical direction by three-time After Dark Award winner Beckie Menzie and direction by Tony Humrichouser, ran for a 3-night limited engagement at The Laurie Beechman Theatre. The show received numerous critical accolades, with one reviewer stating There was a well thought out balance between serious ballads and more humorous pieces, the obvious forte of Wallem, who delighted the crowd with two parodies, one a spoof of "wordy lyrics," another a takeoff on Wicked's "Defying Gravity," changed to "Defying Parody".

In 2013, Wallem had a show called Schwartz and All at the Birdland, singing songs by Stephen Schwartz, again with Beckie Menzie.

Wallem had a supporting role as Mr. Pitts in the 2022 Jennifer Lopez romcom Marry Me, and a supporting role in seasons 5 and 6 of The Resident as Winston, an amazing and blind yet very resourceful social worker.

Personal life Wallem is openly gay. He also has Type 1 diabetes, which was incorporated into his role in Nurse Jackie.