Marc Singer
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Marc Singer | |
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 Marc Singer, July 2007 | |
| Born | January 29, 1948 |
| Occupation(s) | Film, television, stage actor |
| Spouse(s) | Haunani Minn, ?-present |
Marc Singer (born January 29, 1948) is a Canadian-born American actor best known for his roles in the Beastmaster film series and as Mike Donovan in the original 1980s TV series V.
Personal life
Singer was born in Vancouver, British Columbia into a family of performers. His father, Jacques Singer, was a symphony conductor, his mother, Leslie, a concert pianist, and his sister, Lori, is also an actress. His cousin, Bryan, is a noted film producer/director. Marc was raised in Corpus Christi, Texas. He is married to actress Haunani Minn.
Career
Before the height of his career, Singer appeared in the sequel to the miniseries Roots as Col. Warner's elder son Andy. Singrer has appeared in several fantasy adventure films and series, such as The Beastmaster and its sequels, in which he played the title role, and as Mike Donovan in the 1983 mini-series V, the 1984 sequel V: The Final Battle, and the TV series V: The Series.
Other roles include the 1982 film If You Could See What I Hear (where he portrayed blind musician Tom Sullivan), Body Chemistry, Something for Joey (as football star John Cappelletti), Watchers II, High Desert Kill, The Fighter, Go Tell the Spartans and Dead Space, as well as General Klaus Von Kraut in A Man Called Sarge.
Singer voiced the character of Man-Bat on Batman: The Animated Series. He has guest-starred on television series, such as Dallas, The Twilight Zone, The Hitchhiker, Murder, She Wrote, The Young and the Restless, The Ray Bradbury Theater and Highlander: The Series.
Singer is active in theater and played Petruchio in the American Conservatory Theatre (A.C.T.) production of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, as well as Christian in Cyrano de Bergerac. Both Taming of the Shrew and Cyrano were filmed.
Singer is currently teaching children inter-disciplinary tactics at the Heifetz International Music Institute, in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. In Seattle, he met his future wife, Hawaiian-born actress Haunani Minn. They live a California casual lifestyle, and Marc enjoys running, sailing, martial arts (he is a black belt in Kung fu), boxing, skiing, and motorcycling in his spare time, as well as playing some Western classical piano every day.
Singer was the first choice for the role of Connor MacLeod in Highlander, but he turned it down because of his commitment on V: The Series. He was also the first choice for the role of Whistler in Blade
Singer appeared in the last episode of Season 2 of the new version of V, airing on March 15, 2011, however instead of reprising his role of Mike Donovan he plays a new character called Lars Tremont.
Work
Television series
- V (TV) (2011) - Lars Tremont
- The Saga of 'The Beastmaster' (TV) (2005) - (behind the scenes footage)
- The Saga of 'The Beastmaster' (TV) (2005) - Himself
- Snowman's Pass (2004) - Curt Seaver... aka What Lies Above - (USA)
- UnConventional (2004) - Himself
- The Daily Show (TV) (2003) - Himself (7 October 2003)
- Angel Blade (2002) - Dr. Martin Gites
- L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve (2001) - Sam Steele
- Determination of Death (2001) - Reese Williams
- BeastMaster (TV Series) (1999) - Dartanus (2001–2002)
- Savate (1997) - Ziegfield Von Trotta... aka The Fighter
- Lancelot: Guardian of Time (1997) - Lancelot du Lac
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (TV) (1997) - Bob in episode: "Honey, It's Doomsday" - in episode: # 2.3) 10 October 1998)
- Street Corner Justice (1996) - Mike Justus
- Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus (TV) (1996) - Dar... aka Beastmaster III
- The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (TV) (1996) - (voice) Mitchell Stramm — in episode: # 1.15 - "AMOK" - 13 September 1996
- The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest" (TV) (1996) - (voice) Montague — in episode: # 1.12 - "The Alchemist" - 10 September 1996
- Droid Gunner (1995) - Jack Ford... aka Cyberzone - (USA: video title) ... aka Phoenix 2 - (UK)
- Victim of Desire (1995) - Peter Starky... aka Implicated
- Animated Stories from the Bible: Music Video — Volume 1 (1994) - (voice) Adam
- Silk Degrees (1994) - Baker... aka Target Witness - (USA: longer version)
- Sirens" (TV) (1994) - Bruce Waller — in episode: "Gun Play: Part 2"in episode: # 2.2) 29 September 1994)
- Sirens" (TV) (1994) - Bruce Waller — in episode # 2.1: "Gun Play: Part 1" - 22 September 1994)
- The Sea Wolf (TV) (1993) - Johnson
- The Berlin Conspiracy (1992) - Harry Spangler
- Sweet Justice (1992) - Steve Colton... aka Killer Instincts - (Europe: English title: video title)
- Ultimate Desires (1992) - Jonathan Sullivan... aka Beyond the Silhouette
- Batman" (TV) (1992) - (voice) Dr. Kirk Langstrom/Man-Bat — in episode: # 1.37 - "Terror in the Sky" - 12 November 1992
- Highlander (TV) (1992) - Caleb Cole — in episode: # 1.7 - "Mountain Men") 9 November 1992)
- Batman" (TV) (1992) - (voice) Dr. Kirk Langstrom/Man-Bat — in episode: # 1.30 - "Tyger Tyger" - 30 October 1992
- The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV) (1992) - Commander Trask — in episode: # 6.6 - "The Long Rain" - 19 September 1992
- Batman (TV) (1992) - (voice) Dr. Kirk Langstrom/Man-Bat — in episode: # 1.2 - "On Leather Wings" - 6 September 1992
- Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991) - Dar
- Deadly Game (TV) (1991) - Jake Kellogg
- In the Cold of the Night (1991) - Ken Strom
- Dead Space (1991) - Krieger
- The Making of 'Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time' (1991) - Himself/Dar
- Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective (TV) (1990) - Dan Turner... aka The Raven Red Kiss-Off
- Body Chemistry (1990) - Tom Redding
- A Man Called Sarge (feature film) (1990) - General Klaus Von Kraut
- Watchers II (1990) - Paul Ferguson
- High ù Desert Kill (TV) (1989) - Brad Mueller
- The Hitchhiker (TV) (1989) - Robert Lewis — in episode 5.8: "Code Liz" - 21 July 1989)
- Murder, She Wrote (TV) (1989) - Rick Barton — in episode: # 5.11 - "The Search for Peter Kerry" - 5 February 1989
- Born to Race (1988) - Kenny Landruff
- The Quest for Power TV-Series (1988)
- Simon & Simon" (TV) (1988) - Ray McGuinness — in episode: # 8.6 - "Love Song of Abigail Marsh" - 12 November 1988
- The Twilight Zone (TV) (1988) - Monty Hanks — in episode: # 3.2 - "Extra Innings" - 1 October 1988
- Shades of Love: Indigo Autumn (TV) (1987) - Bruce
- Hotel (TV) (1987) - Lt. Cmdr. Tom Hardison — in episode: # 4.21 - "Past Tense" - 27 May 1987
- V TV-Series (1984) - Mike Donovan - (1984–1985)... aka V: The Series
- V: The Final Battle (mini) TV-Series (1984) - Mike Donovan
- Her Life as a Man (TV) (1984) - Mark Rogers
- Battle of the Network Stars XVII (TV) (1984) - Himself
- The Love Boat (TV) (1984) - John Neary — in episode: # 8.12 - "My Mother, My Chaperone/Present, The/Death and Life of Sir Alfred Demerest, The/Welcome Aboard: Part 2" - 24 November 1984
- The Love Boat (TV) (1984) - John Neary — in episode: # 8.11- "My Mother, My Chaperone/Present, The/Death and Life of Sir Alfred Demerest, The/Welcome Aboard: Part 1) 24 November 1984
- V (TV) (1983) - Mike Donovan — aka V: The Original Mini Series - (USA: DVD title)
- The Beastmaster (1982) - Dar... aka Beastmaster — Der Befreier - (West Germany)
- Paper Dolls (TV) (1982) - Wesley Miles
- If You Could See What I Hear (1982) - Tom Sullivan... aka Au-delˆ du regard - (Canada: French title)
- The Contender (mini) TV-Series (1980) - Johnny Captor
- The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan (TV) (1979) - David Reynolds
- Roots: The Next Generations (mini) TV-Series (1979) - Andy Warner
- Dallas TV-Series (1978) - Matt Cantrell - (1986)
- Sergeant Matlovich Vs. the U.S. Air Force (TV) (1978) - Jason Cole
- Tell the Spartans (1978) - Capt. Olivetti
- Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue (mini) TV-Series (1977) - Ross Savitch
- Never Con a Killer (TV) (1977) - Tim Donahue... aka The Feather & Father Gang
- Something for Joey (TV) (1977) - John Cappelletti
- The Taming of the Shrew (TV) (1976) - Petruchio
- The Rookies (TV) (1976) - Blair — in episode: # 4.23 - "Journey to Oblivion" - 30 March
- Jigsaw John (TV) (1976) - in episode: "Eclipse" 29 March 1976)
- Journey from Darkness (TV) (1975) - David Hartman
- Barnaby Jones (TV) (1975) - Tally Morgan — in episode: # 4.4 - "The Price of Terror" - 10 October 1975
- Hawaii Five-O (TV) (1975) - Jeff Heywood — in episode: # 8.5 - "Target? The Lady" - 3 October 1975
- Barnaby Jones (TV) (1975) - Feather Tanner — in episode: # 3.14 - "Trap Play) 7 January 1975
- Things in Their Season (TV) (1974) - Andy Gerlach
- Nakia (TV) (1974) - in episode: # 1.5 - "No Place to Hide" - 19 October 1974
- Hawaii Five-O" (TV) (1974) - Randy — in episode: # 7.5 - "Bomb, Bomb, Who's Got the Bomb?" - 8 October 1974
- Planet of the Apes (TV) (1974) - Dalton — in episode: # 1.2 - "The Gladiators" - 20 September 1974)
- The Young and the Restless TV-Series (1973) - Chet
- Columbo: Double Shock (TV) (1973) - (uncredited) Young TV Doctor
- Cyrano de Bergerac (TV) (1972) - Christian de Neuvillette
- For Ladies Only (TV) - (1981) - Stan Novak
- Visions (TV) - in episode: # 3.2 - "Escape" - 16 October 1978