Mark Sheppard

This article is about the British performer. For the comic book character, see DJ (comics).

Mark Sheppard
Sheppard in 2013
Born	Mark Andreas Sheppard (1964-05-30) 30 May 1964 London, England
Other names	Mark A. Sheppard
Occupation(s)	Actor, musician
Years active	1992–present
Spouse(s)	Jessica Sheppard ​ ​ (m. 2004; div. 2014)​ Sarah Louise Fudge ​ ​ (m. 2015)​
Children	3
Parent	W. Morgan Sheppard

Mark Andreas Sheppard (born 30 May 1964) is a British-American actor and musician. He is often credited as "Mark A. Sheppard". Sheppard is known for playing the demon/King of Hell Crowley on Supernatural and for his recurring roles as lawyer Romo Lampkin on the Battlestar Galactica reboot, Interpol investigator James Sterling on Leverage, and small-time crime lord Badger on Joss Whedon's Firefly.

Career

Music

At 15, he became a professional musician and enjoyed many years as a recording and touring artist with bands including Robyn Hitchcock, the Television Personalities and the Irish group Light a Big Fire. Mark played drums on Light a Big Fire's second album. As a session musician, he recorded albums for many groups throughout Europe, and eventually moved to the United States.

Stage

Sheppard starred in 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, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and White Collar, 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. 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, as Sterling the nemesis character on Leverage, as the King of Hell Crowley on Supernatural, and as bank robber Tom Prescott on an episode of Burn Notice. He appeared in the pilot episode of the US series White Collar as a villainous master forger and in NBC's Chuck as the Director of the Ring criminal organisation. 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 the character Canton Everett Delaware III. This was the first time Sheppard had appeared in a British TV series. In October 2013, Sheppard returned to White Collar, reprising his 2009 role as master forger Curtis Hagen.

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-starred with him in the psychological thriller Nether World, which the younger Sheppard also co-produced. His father also played the older version of Mark's character in the aforementioned Doctor Who and NCIS episodes.

Video games

He voiced the role of protagonist Michael Ford in The Conduit, whose mentor, John Adams, is voiced by his father W. Morgan Sheppard.

Double casting

Sheppard was cast with his father (who died in 2019) as the same character on three occasions, each playing the character at different ages:

• Canton Everett Delaware III in the Doctor Who episode "The Impossible Astronaut";
• War criminal Marcin Jarek a.k.a. "Mr. Pain" in the NCIS episode "Broken Bird"; and
• Captain Nemo in the 2010 film Jules Verne's Mysterious Island, which Mark also directed.

In the Macgyver reboot episode, "Cigar Cutter", which first aired 14 April 2017, he plays an assassin who assumes the identity of murder victim "Dr. Zito", a role his father played in the original series, except "Dr. Zito" was the name of the killer.

Voice

Since 2011, Mark Sheppard has been "The Voice" of "BBC America" promos and announcements.

Personal life

Sheppard is the son of actor W. Morgan Sheppard.

Sheppard married his first wife, Jessica, in 2004. They have two sons, Max and Will, and divorced in 2014. On 9 November 2015, Sheppard married Sarah Louise Fudge. They celebrated their union in a private ceremony a year later on 19 November 2016 in Malibu, California. On 1 March 2016, their daughter, Isabella Rose, was born.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	In the Name of the Father	Paddy Armstrong
1996	Lover's Knot	Nigel Bowles
1997	Nether World	California
1999	Out of the Cold	Fang
2000	Farewell, My Love	M.J.
2001	Lady in the Box	Doug Sweeney
2001	New Alcatraz	Yuri Breshcov
2002	Megalodon	Mitchell Parks	Video
2004	Evil Eyes	Peter
2004	Unstoppable	Leitch
2006	Broken	Malcolm
2010	Jules Verne's Mysterious Island	Young Captain Nemo	Also director
2010	Xtinction: Predator X	Dr. Charles LeBlanc
2013	Sons of Liberty	Ackley

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992–1993	Silk Stalkings	Eric, Eddie Bryce	Episodes: "In Too Deep", "Schemes Like Old Times"
1993	The X-Files	Bob / Cecil L'Ively	Episode: "Fire"
1995	M.A.N.T.I.S.	C. Flayton Ruell	Episode: "Spider in the Tower"
1997	Soldier of Fortune	Christopher 'C.J.' Yates	TV film
1997–1998	Soldier of Fortune, Inc.	Christopher 'C.J.' Yates	(20 episodes)
1998	Sliders	Jack	Episode: "Net Worth"
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	Deputy Director of Air Operations/Young General Parker	Episodes: "A Separate Peace: Parts 1 & 2"
2001	The Invisible Man	Yuri Gregorov	Episode: "Diseased"
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	TV film
2001–2002	VIP	Nero	Episodes: "A.I. Highrise", "48½ Hours"
2002	UC: Undercover	Mitchell Reeves	Episode: "Manhunt"
2002	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Rod Darling	Episode: "The Hunger Artist"
2002	Charmed	Arnon	Episode: "Witches in Tights"
2002	Firefly	Badger	Episodes: "Serenity", "Shindig"
2003	Fastlane	Ronan Dennehy	Episode: "Simone Says"
2003	Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle	Man in Car	TV film
2003	Deep Shock	Chomsky	TV film
2003	Jake 2.0	Hartman	Episode: "Whiskey – Tango – Foxtrot"
2004	Las Vegas	George Beckwahr	Episode: "Degas Away with It"
2004	Monk	Chris Downey	Episode: "Mr. Monk vs. the Cobra"
2005	CSI: NY	Kevin Hannigan	Episode: "Hush"
2005–2006	Medium	Dr. Charles Walker	Episodes: "Penny for Your Thoughts", "Doctor's Orders", "Blood Relation"
2006	24	Ivan Erwich	Recurring role (6 episodes)
2006	Without a Trace	Ioannis 'Johnny' Patani	Episode: "Requiem"
2007–2009	Battlestar Galactica	Romo Lampkin	Episodes: "The Son Also Rises", "Crossroads: Parts 1 & 2","Sine Qua Non","Blood on the Scales", "Daybreak: Part 2"
2007	Bionic Woman	Anthony Anthros	Episodes: "Pilot", "Sisterhood"
2008	Shark	Rupert Stone	Episode: "One Hit Wonder"
2008	In Plain Sight	Russell	Episode: "To Serge with Love"
2008	The Middleman	Manservant Neville	Episodes: "The Clotharian Contamination Protocol", "The Palindrome Reversal Palindrome"
2008–2012	Leverage	James Sterling	Recurring role (10 episodes)
2009	NCIS	Marcin Jerek (young)	Episode: "Broken Bird"
2009	Burn Notice	Tom Prescott	Episode: "Bad Breaks"
2009	Dollhouse	Tanaka	Episodes: "The Target", "Man on the Street", "Omega"
2009	The Conduit	Agent Michael Ford (voice)	Video game
2009–2014	White Collar	Curtis Hagen	Episodes: "Pilot", "At What Price", "One Last Stakeout", "No Good Dead", "Live Feed"
2009	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Dimitri Sadesky	Episode: "The Lost Girls"
2009–2014	Warehouse 13	Benedict Valda	Episodes: "Breakdown", "Beyond Our Control", "Around the Bend", "Buried", "Endless Terror", "Cangku Shisi"
2009–2017	Supernatural	Crowley	Recurring seasons 5–9; series regular seasons 10-12
2010	Chuck	Ring Director	Episodes: "Chuck Versus the American Hero", "Chuck Versus the Other Guy"
2011	Doctor Who	Canton Everett Delaware III	Episodes: "The Impossible Astronaut", "Day of the Moon"
2011	Prime Suspect	Blackjack Mullins	Episode: "A Gorgeous Mosaic"
2017	MacGyver	Fake Dr. Zito / Jason Tennant	Episode: "Cigar Cutter"
2018–present	Mania City	Richard Johnson	Recurring
2019	Doom Patrol	Willoughby Kipling	Recurring (2 episodes)

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	The Conduit	Michael Ford

External links

• Mark Sheppard at IMDb
• Mark Sheppard at TV Guide