Mark Sheppard
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Mark Sheppard | |
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 Mark Sheppard in 2007 | |
| Born | Mark Andreas Sheppard |
| Other names | Mark A. Sheppard Mark A Sheppard |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1992 – present |
| Spouse(s) | Jessica Sheppard (March 6, 2004-present) |
Mark Andreas Sheppard (born 30 May 1964) is a British actor and musician, born in London of an Irish-German background. He is often credited as "Mark A. Sheppard".
Personal life
Mark Sheppard is the son of actor W. Morgan Sheppard.[1] He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife Jesse and two sons, Max and Will.[citation needed]
Career
Music
At 15, he became a professional musician and enjoyed many years as a recording and touring artist with bands including Robyn Hitchcock,[2] Television Personalities[2] and the Irish group Light a Big Fire. Mark played drums on Light a Big Fire's second album.[3] As a session musician, he recorded albums for many groups throughout Europe,[citation needed] and eventually moved to the United States.
Stage
Sheppard was invited to audition for the American production of the play Cock and Bull Story (directed by Midnight Express author Billy Hayes), for which he won numerous awards, including the 1992 L.A. Drama Critics Circle award and the LA Weekly and Dramalogue awards.
Television
His television work includes the "Fire" episode of The X-Files, a year on the Jerry Bruckheimer action series Soldier of Fortune, guest-starring and recurring roles on The Practice, The Invisible Man, Special Unit 2, JAG, Star Trek: Voyager, The Chronicle, Monk, Las Vegas, CSI: NY, Chuck and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, among others. Mark played a demon named Arnon on an episode titled "Witches in Tights" on the TV series Charmed . He played Badger, a semi-comical cockney-style crime boss in the short-lived Joss Whedon show Firefly and later cast again in another Joss Whedon show, Dollhouse as Paul Ballard's dismissive FBI superior. He has appeared as a villain in season five of the Fox show 24 and as Patricia Arquette's serial-killer nemesis on Medium.[4] He appeared as Romo Lampkin in seasons three and four of Battlestar Galactica, and had a recurring role as Manservant Neville in ABC Family's short-lived cult hit The Middleman. He has been seen as Anthony Anthros on Bionic Woman,[5][6] as Sterling the nemesis character on Leverage,[7] as the demon Crowley on Supernatural, and as a bank robber on an episode of Burn Notice. He appeared in the pilot episode of the USA series White Collar as a villainous master forger and in NBC's Chuck as the Director of The Ring criminal organization. Most recently, he appeared in the SyFy series Warehouse 13 as Regent Benedict Valda. He appears in the 2011 Doctor Who episodes "The Impossible Astronaut" and "Day of the Moon" playing a character called "Canton Delaware III"[8] His father W. Morgan Sheppard portrays an older version of the same character in "The Impossible Astronaut".[1]
Film
His film credits include the Jim Sheridan film In the Name of the Father, starring opposite Daniel Day-Lewis and Emma Thompson as Guildford Four member Patrick Armstrong; the romantic comedy Lover's Knot; the Russian historical drama Out of the Cold; the thriller Unstoppable; and with Heather Graham and Jeremy Sisto in the dark independent, Broken. He also starred in Megalodon, and New Alcatraz.
Mark Sheppard directed his father W. Morgan Sheppard in the film Room 101 and co-stars with him in the psychological thriller Netherworld, which the younger Sheppard also co-produced.
Video games
He currently has a part in The Conduit as protagonist Michael Ford, whose mentor, John Adams, is being voiced by his father, W. Morgan Sheppard.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Silk Stalkings | Eric | Episode: "In Too Deep" |
| 1993 | Silk Stalkings | Eddie Bryce | Episode: "Schemes Like Old Times" |
| 1993 | In the Name of the Father | Paddy Armstrong | |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Bob the Caretaker / Cecil L'Ively | Episode: "Fire" |
| 1995 | M.A.N.T.I.S. | C. Flayton Ruell | Episode: "Spider in the Tower" |
| 1996 | Lover's Knot | Nigel Bowles | |
| 1997 | Nether World | California | |
| 1997 | Soldier of Fortune | Christopher 'C.J.' Yates | TV movie |
| 1997-1998 | Soldier of Fortune, Inc. | Christopher 'C.J.' Yates | 20 episodes |
| 1998 | Sliders | Jack | Episode: "Net Worth" |
| 1999 | Out of the Cold | Fang | |
| 1999 | Martial Law | Clay Sullivan | Episode: "Thieves Among Thieves" |
| 1999 | The Practice | Eddie Wicks | Episode: "Day in Court" |
| 2000 | Star Trek: Voyager | Leucon | Episode: "Child's Play" |
| 2000 | JAG | Episode: "A Separate Peace: Part 2" | |
| 2001 | The Invisible Man | Yuri Gregorov | Episode: "Diseased" |
| 2001 | Lady in the Box | Doug Seeney | |
| 2001 | Farewell, My Love | M.J. | |
| 2001 | The Chronicle | Nitro | Episode: "Bring Me the Head of Tucker Burns" |
| 2001 | Special Unit 2 | The Chameleon | Episode: "The Skin" |
| 2001 | Lost Voyage | Ian Fields | |
| 2001 | New Alcatraz | Yuri | |
| 2001 | V.I.P. | Nero | Episode: "A.I. Highrise" |
| 2002 | V.I.P. | Nero | Episode: "48 1/2 Hours" |
| 2002 | UC: Undercover | Mitchell Reeves | Episode: "Manhunt" |
| 2002 | Megalodon | Mitchell Parks | Video |
| 2002 | Charmed | Arnon | Episode: "Witches in Tights" |
| 2002 | Firefly | Badger | Episode: "Serenity" Episode: "Shindig" |
| 2002 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Rod Darling | Episode: "The Hunger Artist" |
| 2003 | Fastlane | Ronan Dennehy | Episode: "Simone Says" |
| 2003 | Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle | Man in Car (uncredited) | TV movie |
| 2003 | Deep Shock | Chomsky | TV movie |
| 2003 | Jake 2.0 | Hartman | Episode: "Whiskey - Tango - Foxtrot" |
| 2004 | Evil Eyes | Peter | |
| 2004 | Unstoppable | Leitch | |
| 2004 | Las Vegas | George Beckwahr | Episode: "Degas Away with It" |
| 2005 | Monk | Chris Downey | Episode: "Mr. Monk vs. the Cobra" |
| 2005 | CSI: NY | Kevin Hannigan | Episode: "Hush" |
| 2005 | Medium | Dr. Charles Walker | Episode: "Penny for Your Thoughts" |
| 2006 | Medium | Dr. Charles Walker / Jack Walker | Episode: "Doctor's Orders" Episode: "Blood Relation" |
| 2006 | 24 | Ivan Erwich | 6 episodes |
| 2006 | Without a Trace | Ioannis 'Johnny' Patani | Episode: "Requiem" |
| 2006 | Broken | Malcolm | |
| 2007 | Bionic Woman | Anthony Anthros | 3 episodes |
| 2007-2009 | Battlestar Galactica | Romo Lampkin | 6 episodes |
| 2008 | Shark | Rupert Stone | Episode: "One Hit Wonder" |
| 2008 | In Plain Sight | Russell | Episode: "To Serge with Love" |
| 2008 | The Middleman | Manservant Neville | Episode: "The Clotharian Contamination Protocol" Episode: "The Palindrome Reversal Palindrome" |
| 2008-2010 | Leverage | Jim Sterling | 7 episodes |
| 2009 | NCIS | Young Mr. Pain | Episode: "Broken Bird" |
| 2009 | Burn Notice | Tom Prescott | Episode: "Bad Breaks" |
| 2009 | Dollhouse | Tanaka | 3 episodes |
| 2009 | White Collar | Curtis Hagen | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2009 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Dimitri Sadesky | Episode: "The Lost Girls" |
| 2009-2010 | Warehouse 13 | Benedict Valda | 4 episodes |
| 2009-present | Supernatural | Crowley | 9 episodes |
| 2010 | Xtinction | Dr. Charles LeBlanc | |
| 2010 | Chuck | Ring Director | Episode: "Chuck Versus the American Hero" Episode: "Chuck Versus the Other Guy" |
| 2011 | Doctor Who | Canton Delaware | Episode: "The Impossible Astronaut" Episode: "Day of the Moon" |
| 2011 | Mysterious Island | Young Captain Nemo | Post-production |
References
- ^ a b Martin, Dan (23 April 2011). "Doctor Who: The Impossible Astronaut - Series 32, episode 1". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
...the older Canton on the beach is actually Mark Sheppard's dad, William Morgan Sheppard.
- ^ a b "Hayes Moves in New Direction". Daily News of Los Angeles. 1992-04-03.
They are played by Trevor Goddard, a former pro boxer, and Mark Sheppard, a drummer who has performed with the Barracudas, Robyn Hitchcock and the TV Personalities.
- ^ "Light a Big Fire". Irish Punk and New Wave Discography.
- ^ Rohan, Virginia (2006-02-13). "No Mr. Nice Guy". The Bergen County Record.
- ^ Dodd, Stacy (2007-07-26). "Players: Mark Sheppard". Daily Variety.
- ^ Owen, Rob (2007-09-26). "TV Review: 'Bionic Woman' dark, but intriguing". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- ^ "IMDb entry on Leverage". Retrieved 2008-12-22.
- ^ "Casting Update: Mark Sheppard". Doctor Who News Page. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
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