Fortunately after completing his 12th grade he made his debut film as an actor in 'The Hunger Games' and in the same year he made a documentary on his own and named it as 'The World is Watching : Making the Hunger Games'. In 2013, he played the role as Young Owen in the movie 'Alone Yet Not Alone'. The same year he made an entry to the television industry by accepting the role in Teen Wolf as Young Derek Hale. In his career, for the past three continuous years, Ian Nelson has been featured in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York.

The year 2014 is a remarkable period in his career. He acted in three movies subsequently and a few television series. He played the role Micah in the film Medeas. Then the most important role in his career would be Eric in the film 'The Judge'. Film named The Best of Me is an important milestone in which he played as Jared. Criminal Minds a television serial which is a popular one, in which Nelson starred the role, William Pratt. In 2015 the most popularly known film 'The Boy Next Door' starring this man as Kevin is most known. Now he is acting in Freak Show a film which is in filming stage. Nelson attended various training classes to learn acting, music and dance.

Earlier he joined in a preparatory school, The School of Arts in University of North Carolina, Ballet. He continued a training for voice in the same university in 2008. He dedicated the year 2009 to get trained in various other fields. To learn Television and Film acting he joined Carolina Actor’s group. There he was trained for Theatre, Dance, and Unarmed Stage Combat at Stagedoor Manor performing a training center. He joined Wake Forest Community Ballet school to learn Ballet. He joined in the Academy of Dance Arts to learn Jazz and Tap.

According to his biography, from the initial times of his career, he had won an outstanding achievement by a Leading Actor, Minor Supporting Role, and Dancer in a Musical. He received the Stagedoor Manor award for Outstanding Achievement in a Minor Supporting Role in 'West Side Story' 2009, Outstanding Achievement by a Dancer in a Musical award in 'Hello, Dolly!' 2010 and Outstanding Achievement by a Leading Actor in 13, 2010. Ian's net worth is remained undisclosed by this talent agency but he might have an approximate value of $ 200 thousand as his net worth. His twitter address is @ianmnelson95.