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Mark Lindsay Chapman
Born (1954-09-08) 8 September 1954 (age 70)
London, England
EducationGuildford School of Acting
OccupationActor
SpouseCheree Vandoren (divorced)
Children3

Mark Lindsay Chapman (born 8 September 1954) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Chief Officer Henry Wilde in the film Titanic (1997), as John Lennon in the film Chapter 27 (2007) and as Dr. Anton Arcane on the USA Network TV series Swamp Thing from 1990 to 1993.

Career

He attended the Guildford School of Acting where he studied ballet, speech, drama, and fencing.

His television credits include: Max Headroom, Dallas (as Brett Lomax), Falcon Crest, Baywatch, Murder, She Wrote, Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, JAG, Charmed, The Young and the Restless, Swamp Thing,[1] and The Langoliers. He played Chief Officer Henry Tingle Wilde in the 1997 film Titanic. A Paramount internal memo dated from 1987 has revealed that Chapman was once considered for the part of Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation.[2]

The similarity between his name and that of John Lennon's murderer, Mark David Chapman, prevented him in 1985 from playing Lennon in John and Yoko: A Love Story, a biographical film produced by NBC; Yoko Ono had been deeply involved in the production and had herself been initially impressed with his audition and approved his casting prior to discovering his full name was Mark Lindsay Chapman. She then nixed his casting on the grounds it was "bad karma", and a great deal of press attention was given to his having almost got the role[3] (Chapman changed his name to Lindsay when he joined Equity, as there was already a Mark Chapman in the union). The role went instead to Mark McGann.[citation needed] Chapman's full name surfaced again when the story was published in Britain, and reporters began making inquiries about the actor, who was then working as a bricklayer[why?] with his father.

Eventually Lindsay did portray Lennon, in the 2007 film Chapter 27, which had Mark David Chapman as the lead character.[4]

Personal life

Lindsay was arrested in March 2018 for assaulting his then-girlfriend, Tara Pirnia, after she ended their five-year relationship. According to an affidavit obtained from the Travis County Sheriff's office, he flew into a "violent rage" after she asked him to delete intimate material of her on his cell phone. She filed a restraining order afterward.[5]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Separate Lives Keno Sykes
1997 Titanic Henry Tingle Wilde
1998 Legend of the Mummy Daw
2001 Beethoven's 4th Johnnie Simmons
2007 Chapter 27 John Lennon
2012 Steve Jobs: iGenius Narrator
2013 Abner, the Invisible Dog Abner Voice
2014 Christmas in Palm Springs Rees
2015 Futbol Announcer

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1983 The Third Part of King Henry VI Second Company Television film
Macbeth Murdered
1986 Assassin Hotel Clerk
1987 Max Headroom Paddy Ashton Episode: "Dream Thieves"
Throb Chauffeur Episode: "Last Night at the Fire Station: Part 1"
1987–1995 Murder, She Wrote Various roles 5 episodes
1987–2004 Days of Our Lives Agent Spector / Trevor Lodge 24 episodes
1988 Dallas Brett Lomax 5 episodes
1989 Nightingales Josh 2 episodes
CBS Summer Playhouse Jack Marlowe Episode: "Shivers"
Falcon Crest Charley St. James 8 episodes
1990 Night Visions Man Television film
1990–1993 Swamp Thing Anton Arcane 72 episodes
1993 Baywatch The Great Maroni Episode: "Tower of Power"
1994 The Untouchables Stadt Episode: "Stadt"
Valley of the Dolls Nick Episode #1.10
Renegade Michael Covington Episode: "Teen Angel"
1995 The Langoliers Nick Hopewell 2 episodes
1995, 1996 Silk Stalkings Nigel Buckley / Steven Bolton
1996 Weird Science Willem Episode: "Gary & Wyatt's Bloodsucking Adventure"
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Jen Mai 2 episodes
The Burning Zone Henry Lefort Episode: "Blood Covenant"
1997 JAG Vincent Hutchinson Episode: "Trinity"
1998 Night Man Andre Barzun Episode: "Book of the Dead"
Air America Harry Faversham Episode: "Seller's Market"
1999 Poltergeist: The Legacy Dr. Mordecai Church 2 episodes
Silk Hope Ted Bass Television film
1999, 2000 Nash Bridges Brennan / Andrew Storey Mark 2 episodes
2000 Charmed Finley Beck Episode: "Chick Flick"
Walker, Texas Ranger Frank Episode: "Showdown at Casa Diablo: Part 2"
2002 Trapped: Buried Alive Reno Riley Television film
2006 The Young and the Restless Mystery Man / Roland Burke 3 episodes
2011 Supah Ninjas Sir Nigel Wicket Episode: "Kickbutt"
Masters of the House Robert Delaney 6 episodes
Holly's Holiday Livingston Television film
2012 All About Christmas Eve Gavin Jones
2015 Kidnapped: The Hannah Anderson Story Piers Morgan
Ominous The Stranger
A Prince for Christmas Geoffrey
2017 The Twin Dr. Rubin

References

  1. ^ The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 1158. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
  2. ^ Star Trek: The Next Generation details, lettersofnote.com, August 2010.
  3. ^ Marill, Alvin H. (November 1987). Movies Made for Television: The Telefeature and the Mini-Series: 1964-1986. New York Zoetrope. p. 214. ISBN 0-918432-80-4.
  4. ^ Chapter 27 full cast, IMDb; retrieved 4 May 2016.
  5. ^ "'Titanic' Actor Mark Chapman Arrested for Assaulting Girlfriend". TMZ. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
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