Mark Sheppard | |
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.jpg) Sheppard in 2024 | |
| Born | Mark Andreas Sheppard London, England |
| Other names | Mark A. Sheppard |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, musician |
| Years active | 1976–present |
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| Children | 3 |
| Father | W. Morgan Sheppard |
Mark Andreas Sheppard is an English actor and musician. Sheppard is known for playing the demon/King of HellCrowley onSupernatural and for his recurring roles as lawyerRomo Lampkin on theBattlestar Galactica reboot,Interpol investigatorJames Sterling onLeverage, and small-time crime lord Badger onJoss Whedon'sFirefly. He also plays the characterWilloughby Kipling onDoom Patrol.
Mark Andreas Sheppard was born inLondon, England, the son of actorW. Morgan Sheppard and Regina Lisa (née Scherer) Sheppard.[1] He is of Irish and German descent.[2]
Sheppard became a drummer as a teenager, buying his first drum kit in 1976, and spent many years recording and touring with artists includingRobyn Hitchcock, theTelevision Personalities, the Finnish rock bandHanoi Rocks, and the Irish group Light a Big Fire.[3] In 1985, Sheppard played drums on Light a Big Fire's second album,[2] and was with them as the opening act for some stops onU2's 1987The Joshua Tree Tour.[3]
He had stepped away from music when his abuse of drugs and alcohol took over his life, and stayed away after he regained sobriety and his acting career began to flourish.[3] In the 2010s, while appearing inSupernatural, he would attend fan conventions with his cast mates; co-starRob Benedict, whose band played at the conventions, convinced Sheppard to sit in on a song in front of 3,000 attendees, and Sheppard was back. By 2017 he had rejoined Robyn Hitchcock's band on tour.[3]
Sheppard's television work includes the following: the "Fire" episode ofThe X-Files,[4] a year on theJerry Bruckheimer action seriesSoldier of Fortune, guest-starring and recurring roles onThe Practice,The Invisible Man,Special Unit 2,JAG,[4]Star Trek: Voyager,[4]The Chronicle,CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,[4]CSI: NY,Monk, andLas Vegas, among others. He played a demon named Arnon on an episode titled"Witches in Tights" on the TV seriesCharmed. He playedBadger, a semi-comical cockney-style crime boss in the short-lived Joss Whedon showFirefly[4] and later cast again in another Whedon show,Dollhouse asPaul Ballard's dismissive FBI superior. He appeared as a villain in season five of the Fox show24 and asPatricia Arquette's reincarnatedJack the Ripper-style serial killer nemesis onMedium.[5] He appeared asRomo Lampkin in seasons three and four ofBattlestar Galactica, and had a recurring role as Manservant Neville in ABC Family's short-livedThe Middleman. He has been seen as Anthony Anthros onBionic Woman,[6][7] as Sterling the nemesis character onLeverage, and as the King of HellCrowley onSupernatural.[4]
He appeared in thepilot episode ofWhite Collar[4] as a villainous master forger and asthe Director of the Ring criminal organisation inChuck. He appeared in theSyFy seriesWarehouse 13 as Regent Benedict Valda. He appears in the 2011Doctor Who episodes "The Impossible Astronaut" and "Day of the Moon" playing the character Canton Everett Delaware III.[8] In October 2013, Sheppard returned toWhite Collar, reprising his 2009 role as master forger Curtis Hagen.[4]
His film credits include theJim Sheridan filmIn the Name of the Father,[4] starring oppositeDaniel Day-Lewis andEmma Thompson asGuildford Four member Patrick Armstrong; the romantic comedyLover's Knot; the Russian historical dramaOut of the Cold; the thrillerUnstoppable;[4] and withHeather Graham andJeremy Sisto in the dark independent,Broken.[4] He also starred inMegalodon andNew Alcatraz.[4]
Mark Sheppard directed his father, actorW. Morgan Sheppard.[9] in the filmRoom 101, and co-starred with him in the psychological thrillerNether World, which the younger Sheppard also co-produced. The elder Sheppard played the older version of his son's character in the aforementionedDoctor Who andNCIS episodes.[4]
He voiced the role of protagonist Michael Ford inThe Conduit, whose mentor, John Adams, was voiced byW. Morgan Sheppard.
Sheppard was cast with his father (who died in 2019) as the same character on three occasions, each playing the character at different ages:
In theMacGyver reboot episode, "Cigar Cutter", which first aired 14 April 2017, he plays an assassin who assumes the identity of murder victim "Dr. Zito",[10] a role his father played in theoriginal series, except "Dr. Zito" was the name of the killer.
Since 2011, Mark Sheppard has been "The Voice" ofBBC America promos and announcements.[11]
On 9 November 2015, Sheppard married Australian heiress Sarah Louise Fudge.[12] In March 2016, their daughter was born,[12] and the couple held a wedding ceremony in November of that year inMalibu, California.[13]
On 1 December 2023, Sheppard suffered sixheart attacks at his home inLos Angeles. He needed to be resuscitated by first responders. Doctors discovered a complete blockage in hisleft anterior descending artery.[14][15][13]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 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 | |
| New Alcatraz | Yuri Breshcov | ||
| 2002 | Megalodon | Mitchell Parks | Direct-to-video film |
| 2004 | Evil Eyes | Peter | |
| Unstoppable | Leitch | ||
| 2006 | Broken | Malcolm | |
| 2010 | Xtinction: Predator X | Dr. Charles LeBlanc | |
| 2012 | Jules Verne's Mysterious Island | Young Captain Nemo | Also director |
| War of the Worlds: Goliath | Sean O'Brien (Voice) | ||
| 2013 | Sons of Liberty | Ackley |
| 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 | Main role (season 1) |
| 1998 | Sliders | Jack | Episode: "Net Worth" |
| 1999 | Martial Law | Clay Sullivan | Episode: "Thieves Among Thieves" |
| The Practice | Eddie Wicks | Episode:Day in Court | |
| 2000 | Star Trek: Voyager | Leucon | Episode: "Child's Play" |
| JAG | Deputy Director of Air Operations / Young General Parker | Episodes: "A Separate Peace: Parts 1 & 2" | |
| 2001 | The Invisible Man | Yuri Gregorov | Episode: "Diseased" |
| The Chronicle | "Nitro" | Episode: "Bring Me the Head of Tucker Burns" | |
| Special Unit 2 | "The Chameleon" | Episode: "The Skin" | |
| Lost Voyage | Ian Fields | TV film | |
| 2001–2002 | V.I.P. | Nero | Episodes: "A.I. Highrise", "48½ Hours" |
| 2002 | UC: Undercover | Mitchell Reeves | Episode: "Manhunt" |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Rod Darling | Episode: "The Hunger Artist" | |
| Charmed | Arnon | Episode: "Witches in Tights" | |
| Firefly | "Badger" | Episodes: "Serenity", "Shindig" | |
| 2003 | Fastlane | Ronan Dennehy | Episode: "Simone Says" |
| Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle | Man In Car | TV film | |
| Deep Shock | Chomsky | TV film | |
| Jake 2.0 | Hartman | Episode: "Whiskey – Tango – Foxtrot" | |
| 2004 | Las Vegas | George Beckwahr | Episode: "Degas Away with It" |
| 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 (season 5), 6 episodes |
| Without a Trace | Ioannis "Johnny" Patani | Episode: "Requiem" | |
| 2007–2009 | Battlestar Galactica | Romo Lampkin | Recurring role, 7 episodes |
| 2007 | Bionic Woman | Anthony Anthros | Episodes: Pilot, "Sisterhood" |
| 2008 | Shark | Rupert Stone | Episode: "One Hit Wonder" |
| In Plain Sight | Russell | Episode: "To Serge with Love" | |
| The Middleman | Neville, The Manservant | Episodes: "The Clotharian Contamination Protocol", "The Palindrome Reversal Palindrome" | |
| 2008–2012 | Leverage | Jim Sterling | Recurring role, 10 episodes |
| 2009 | NCIS | Young Marcin Jerek | Episode: "Broken Bird" |
| Burn Notice | Tom Prescott | Episode: "Bad Breaks" | |
| Dollhouse | Tanaka | Episodes: "The Target", "Man on the Street", "Omega" | |
| 2009–2014 | White Collar | Curtis Hagen | Recurring role, 6 episodes |
| 2009 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Dimitri Sadesky | Episode: "The Lost Girls" |
| 2009–2014 | Warehouse 13 | Benedict Valda | Recurring role, 6 episodes |
| 2009–2017 | Supernatural | Crowley | Recurring role (seasons 5–9); main role (seasons 10-12)[16] |
| 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" |
| Prime Suspect | "Blackjack" Mullins | Episode: "A Gorgeous Mosaic" | |
| 2017 | MacGyver | Fake Dr. Zito / Jason Tennant | Episode: "Cigar Cutter" |
| 2018 | Mania City | Richard Johnson | Recurring role |
| 2019–2023 | Doom Patrol | Willoughby Kipling | 12 episodes |
| 2022-2023 | Walker: Independence | Nathaniel Hagan | 5 episodes |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2009 | The Conduit | Michael Ford | |
| 2021 | Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | Roman "Knight" Grey | DLC |
...the older Canton on the beach is actually Mark Sheppard's dad, William Morgan Sheppard.
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