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Mark Sheppard 
Mark Sheppard at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2011.Born Mark Andreas Sheppard
30 May 1964
London, England, United KingdomOther names Mark A. Sheppard
Mark A SheppardOccupation Actor Years active 1992 – present Spouse Jessica Sheppard
(March 6, 2004-present)Mark Andreas Sheppard (born 30 May 1964) is an English actor and musician, born in London of an Irish-German background. He is often credited as "Mark A. Sheppard".
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Personal life
Mark Sheppard is the son of actor W. Morgan Sheppard.[1] He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife Jessica 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 Everett 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, 1993 Silk Stalkings Eric (1992)
Eddie Bryce (1993)Episode: "In Too Deep" (1992)
Episode: "Schemes Like Old Times" (1993)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 Younger Parker 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 TV movie 2001 New Alcatraz Yuri 2001, 2002 V.I.P. Nero Episode: "A.I. Highrise" (2001)
Episode: "48 1/2 Hours" (2002)2002 UC: Undercover Mitchell Reeves Episode: "Manhunt" 2002 Megalodon Mitchell Parks Direct-to-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 Direct-to-DVD 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, 2006 Medium Dr. Charles Walker / Jack Walker Episode: "Penny for Your Thoughts" (2005)
Episode: "Doctor's Orders" (2006)
Episode: "Blood Relation" (2006)2006 24 Ivan Erwich Episode: “Day 5: 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.”
Episode: “Day 5: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.”
Episode: “Day 5: 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.”
Episode: “Day 5: 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.”
Episode: “Day 5: 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.”
Episode: “Day 5: 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.”2006 Without a Trace Ioannis 'Johnny' Patani Episode: "Requiem" 2006 Broken Malcolm 2007 Bionic Woman Anthony Anthros Episode: "Unaired Pilot"
Episode: "Pilot"
Episode: "Sisterhood"2007–2009 Battlestar Galactica Romo Lampkin Episode: "The Son Also Rises" (2007)
Episode: "Crossroads Part 1" (2007)
Episode: "Crossroads Part 2" (2007)
Episode: "Sine Qua Non" (2008)
Episode: "Blood on the Scales" (2009)
Episode: "Daybreak Part 2" (2009)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"2008–2011 Leverage Jim Sterling Episode: "The Two-Horse Job" (2008)
Episode: "The 12-Step Job" (2009)
Episode: "The First David Job" (2009)
Episode: "The Second David Job" (2009)
Episode: "The Zanzibar Marketplace Job" (2010)
Episode: "The Three Strikes Job" (2010)
Episode: "The Maltese Falcon Job" (2010)
Episode: "The Queen's Gambit Job" (2011)2009 NCIS Young Mr. Pain Episode: "Broken Bird" 2009 Burn Notice Tom Prescott Episode: "Bad Breaks" 2009 Dollhouse Tanaka Episode: "The Target"
Episode: "Man on the Street"
Episode: "Omega"2009 White Collar Curtis Hagen Episode: "Pilot" 2009 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Dimitri Sadesky Episode: "The Lost Girls" 2009–2010 Warehouse 13 Benedict Valda Episode: "Breakdown" (2009)
Episode: "Beyond Our Control" (2010)
Episode: "Around the Bend" (2010)
Episode: "Buried" (2010)2009–present Supernatural Crowley Episode: “Abandon All Hope” (2009)
Episode: “The Devil You Know" (2010)
Episode: “Two Minutes to Midnight" (2010)
Episode: "Weekend at Bobby's" (2010)
Episode: "Family Matters" (2010)
Episode: "All Dogs Go to Heaven" (2010)
Episode: "Caged Heat" (2010)
Episode: "Mommy Dearest" (2011)
Episode: "The Man Who Would Be King" (2011)
Episode: "Let It Bleed" (2011)
Episode: "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (2011)
Episode: "Meet The New Boss" (2011)
Episode 7.06: "Slash Fiction" (2011)2010 Xtinction Dr. Charles LeBlanc 2010 Chuck Ring Director Episode: "Chuck Versus the American Hero"
Episode: "Chuck Versus the Other Guy"2011 Doctor Who Confidential Himself Episode: "Breaking the Silence" 2011 Doctor Who Canton Everett Delaware III 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. http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/apr/23/doctor-who-the-impossible-astronaut. 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. http://www.irishrock.org/ipnw/bands/lightabig.html#lightabig.
- ^ Rohan, Virginia (2006-02-13). "No Mr. Nice Guy". The Bergen County Record. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-118448464.html.
- ^ Dodd, Stacy (2007-07-26). "Players: Mark Sheppard". Daily Variety. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-32689316_ITM.
- ^ Owen, Rob (2007-09-26). "TV Review: 'Bionic Woman' dark, but intriguing". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07269/820417-42.stm.
- ^ "IMDb entry on Leverage". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1103987/. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
- ^ "Casting Update: Mark Sheppard". Doctor Who News Page. 16 October 2010. http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2010/10/casting-update-mark-sheppard.html. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
External links
- Mark Sheppard at the Internet Movie Database
- Mark Sheppard at TV Guide
Categories:- English film actors
- English stage actors
- English television actors
- Living people
- 1964 births
- People from London
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