Mark Harelik

Marcus Frank Harelik (born June 5, 1951) is an American television, film, and stage actor, and playwright.

Mark Harelik
Born
Marcus Frank Harelik

(1951-06-05) June 5, 1951
Hamilton, Texas, U.S.
OccupationActor, playwright
Years active1983–present
Spouse(s)Spencer Kayden (2004–present)
Children1

Early life

Harelik was born in Hamilton, Texas.

In 1909, Harelik's Russian Jewish grandfather, Haskell Harelik—upon whom Harelik's 1985 play, The Immigrant, is based—immigrated to Galveston, Texas.[1][2]

Career

In 1987, he moved to Los Angeles where he co-wrote, with Randal Myler, Hank Williams: Lost Highway.[3] In 1990, he worked in the Howard Korder play Search and Destroy[3][4] and the William Ball play Cherry Orchard.[5]

Harelik has appeared in the films Election, Jurassic Park III, Eulogy, and For Your Consideration; He was the voice of Rogers in The Swan Princess, and he has played parts on the television series Seinfeld, Wings, Grace Under Fire, Will & Grace, NCIS, Boy Meets World, Breaking Bad, Bones, Six Feet Under and five episodes of the first season of The Big Bang Theory as Dr. Eric Gablehauser. He also played Sara Tancredi's lawyer in Prison Break. He appeared on the series finale of Cheers, in a 2002 episode of Joss Whedon's Angel as Count Kurushu, and "Counterpoint" an episode of Star Trek: Voyager. He also appeared in five episodes of short-lived NBC series Awake.[6]

In 2015, he appeared under his own name as an actor hired by the Heavenly host to play God then later as God himself in the TV series Preacher.

Harelik appeared in the Broadway musical The Light in the Piazza.[7] Harelik's play, The Immigrant, has been well-received,[8] and was adapted into a musical of the same name.

In 1997, he released a sequel, The Legacy, changing it from a true story to fiction.[9] He has appeared in several other plays including Temptation (1989),[10] The Heidi Chronicles (1991),[11] Elmer Gantry (1991),[12] Tartuffe (1999),[13] Old Money (2000),[14] The Hollow Lands (2000),[4] Be Aggressive,[15] The Beard of Avon (2001),[16] Cyrano de Bergerac (2004).[4] Harelik also played Dr. Paul Stickley in HBO's series Getting On, an American adaptation of the British sitcom of the same name.[6]

In 2015, Harelik co-starred as Jamie Thompson's father in This Isn't Funny, and in 2017, he played baseball player Hank Greenberg in the film Battle of the Sexes.

Personal life

He is married to actress Spencer Kayden, who has acted in theatre productions alongside him.[17] They have one child.[18]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1990A Gnome Named GnormDetective Kaminsky
1994The Swan PrincessLord RogersVoice
1999ElectionDave Novotny
2001Jurassic Park IIIBen Hildebrand
2004EulogyBurt
2006For Your ConsiderationRound Table Host
2007Watching the DetectivesDetective Barloe
2007-2008The Big Bang TheoryDr. Gablehauser 5 episodes
2009TimerDr. Serious
2009The JobMartin
2010Breaking BadDoctor
2011Meeting SpencerDavid Thiel
201342Herb Pennock
2015The LeftoversPeter
2015This Isn't FunnyJoseph Thompson
2015TrumboEdward 'Ed' Muhl
2016-2019PreacherGod
2017Battle of the SexesHank Greenberg
2018Castle RockGordon3 episodes
2019The Morning ShowRichard2 episodes

Awards and nominations

Publications

References
  1. Glassman, Marvin (June 13, 2012). "An unusual twist to the immigrant story". sun-sentinel.com. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  2. Rickwald, Bethany (September 25, 2012). "Greyssan Felipe, Janet Weakly to Appear in Miami Beach Stage Door Theatre's The Immigrant". theatermania.com. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  3. Christion, Lawrence (March 11, 1992). "'Immigrant' Arrives at Westwood Playhouse Stage". latimes.com. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  4. "Mark Harelik, In the Garden, South Coast Repertory". ocweekly.com. 2010. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  5. Churnin, Nancy (June 10, 1990). "William Ball Stays Up After the Fall". latimes.com. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  6. Mark Harelik on IMDb
  7. Elyse Sommer. "Light In the Piazza, a CurtainUp review". curtainup.com. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  8. Brown, Dennis (June 9, 2011). "Immigration Mensch: Mark Harelik's tribute to his grandfather is a modest and charming gem". riverfronttimes.com. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  9. Breslauer, Jan (July 13, 1997). "Addressing Unfinished Business". latimes.com. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  10. Arkatov, Janice (June 25, 1989). "Looking for the Real Item". latimes.com. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  11. Rousuck, J. Wynn (March 29, 1991). "Artistic themes come to life in Wasserstein's 'Heidi Chronicles'". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  12. Drake, Sylvie (October 22, 1991). "STAGE REVIEW: 'Elmer Gantry' as Paradox: A Ruthless Rogue Is Born Again in La Jolla Musical". latimes.com. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  13. Shirley, Don (January 18, 1999). "'Tartuffe' Resonates in the Now". latimes.com. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  14. Dominguez, Robert (December 8, 2000). "Wasserstein time-travels over & over same ground". nydailynews.com. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  15. Ehren, Christine (August 26, 2001). "Last Cheer: Be Aggressive Closes Aug. 26 at La Jolla Playhouse". playbill.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  16. Oxman, Steven (June 4, 2001). "Reviews - The Beard of Avon - Reviews". variety.com. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  17. Boehm, Mike (2004-06-20). "Think panache, not Pinocchio". latimes.com. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
  18. Rampell, Catherine (2012-05-10). "Spencer Kayden Discusses Her Return to Broadway". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
  19. "2003 Nominations and Recipients". lortelaward.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  20. Propst, Andy (December 6, 2010). "Rick Foucheux, Mark Harelik, Austin Pendleton, et al. Named 2011 Lunt-Fontanne Fellows". theatermania.com. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  21. The Immigrant samuelfrench.com, ISBN 9780573632723
  22. Harelick, Mark. "Script" The Immigrant, Samuel French, Inc., 2005, ISBN 0573632723
  23. The Legacy samuelfrench.com, ISBN 9780881451320
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