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'''Mark David Duplass''' (born December 7, 1976) is an American film director, [[film producer]], actor, musician, screenwriter, and author. He was a co-star of the [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] television series ''[[The League]]''. He is the brother of filmmaker [[Jay Duplass]], and together the brothers started the film production company [[Duplass Brothers Productions]], and have directed films such as ''[[The Puffy Chair]]'' (2005), ''[[Jeff, Who Lives at Home]]'' (2011), and ''[[The Do-Deca-Pentathlon]]'' (2012). Mark and Jay co-created the [[HBO]] television series ''[[Togetherness (TV series)|Togetherness]]'' in 2015.
'''Mark David Duplass''' (born December 7, 1976) is an American film director, [[film producer]], actor,comedian, musician, screenwriter, and author. He was a co-star of the [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] television series ''[[The League]]''. He is the brother of filmmaker [[Jay Duplass]], and together the brothers started the film production company [[Duplass Brothers Productions]], and have directed films such as ''[[The Puffy Chair]]'' (2005), ''[[Jeff, Who Lives at Home]]'' (2011), and ''[[The Do-Deca-Pentathlon]]'' (2012). Mark and Jay co-created the [[HBO]] television series ''[[Togetherness (TV series)|Togetherness]]'' in 2015.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

Revision as of 22:11, 13 September 2018

Mark Duplass
Duplass in October 2011
Born
Mark David Duplass

(1976-12-07) December 7, 1976 (age 48)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Occupations
  • Film director
  • producer
  • screenwriter
  • actor
  • musician
  • author
comedian
Years active1996–present
Spouse
​
(m. 2006)​
Children2
RelativesJay Duplass (brother)

Residence: Sierra Madre Ca

Mark David Duplass (born December 7, 1976) is an American film director, film producer, actor,comedian, musician, screenwriter, and author. He was a co-star of the FX television series The League. He is the brother of filmmaker Jay Duplass, and together the brothers started the film production company Duplass Brothers Productions, and have directed films such as The Puffy Chair (2005), Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011), and The Do-Deca-Pentathlon (2012). Mark and Jay co-created the HBO television series Togetherness in 2015.

Personal life

Duplass was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Cynthia (née Ernst) and Lawrence Duplass.[1][2][3] He was raised as a Roman Catholic,[4][5] and attended Jesuit High School, University of Texas at Austin, and City University of New York-City College. Duplass is of part Cajun ancestry.[6]

Duplass is married to his The League and The Puffy Chair co-star, Katie Aselton.[7] They have two daughters, Molly (born 2012) and Ora Duplass (born December 24, 2007).[8] He was also the lead singer of the rock band Volcano, I'm Still Excited!![9]

Career

Duplass has written, directed, and produced several feature films with his brother Jay Duplass. In 2005, he wrote and produced The Puffy Chair with his brother, in addition to portraying one of the main characters.

The two brothers later wrote, directed, and produced the films Baghead (2008) and Cyrus (2010) together[10] and have a unique style which consists of a great deal of ad-libbing off of the original script, shooting a number of takes, and editing scenes down 15 to 20 times.[11] Their films Jeff, Who Lives at Home and The Do-Deca-Pentathlon were released in 2012.[12][13] He starred in the FX comedy television series The League, with his wife, Katie Aselton. In 2015, the HBO series Togetherness debuted, which was created by and stars Duplass. That same year, Duplass co-starred with Evan Peters and Olivia Wilde in David Gelb's thriller film The Lazarus Effect.[14] Currently he is starring as real estate developer Tom Wyatt in Season 2 of the Amazon Video series Goliath.

Duplass was also in a Wealthsimple commercial at the beginning of 2018.

Filmography

Film and television

Year Title Credited as
Director Producer Writer
1996 Connect 5 No Yes** No
2005 The Puffy Chair Uncredited Yes Yes
2008 Baghead Yes Yes Yes
2010 Cyrus Yes No Yes
2010 Bass Ackwards No Yes* No
2010 The Freebie No Yes* No
2012 Lovers of Hate No Yes* No
2011 Jeff, Who Lives at Home Yes No Yes
2012 Your Sister's Sister No Yes* No
2012 The Do-Deca-Pentathlon Yes Yes Yes
2012 Safety Not Guaranteed No Yes* No
2012 Black Rock No Yes* Yes
2014 Creep No Yes** Yes
2014 The One I Love No Yes* No
2014 The Skeleton Twins No Yes* No
2015–16 Togetherness Yes Yes* Yes
2015 The Lazarus Effect No Yes* No
2015 6 Years No Yes* No
2016–present Animals. No Yes* No
2016 Blue Jay No No Yes
2017 Table 19 No No Yes
2017 Take Me No Yes* No
2017–present Room 104 No Yes* Yes
2017 Creep 2 No No Yes
2018 Wild Wild Country No Yes* No
2018 Duck Butter No Yes* No
2018 Evil Genius No Yes* No
2018 Untitled Alex Lehmann Project No Yes Yes

* = Executive Producer
** = Co-Producer

Short films

Year Film Type Credited as
Director Producer Writer
2002 The New Brad Short film No Yes Yes
2003 This Is John Short film Yes Yes Yes
2004 Scrapple Short film Yes Yes Yes
2005 The Intervention Short film No Yes Yes
2011 Kevin Documentary short No Yes No

As actor

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2002 The New Brad Brad
2003 Brighter Days Jonathan
2004 Scrapple Todd
2005 The Puffy Chair Josh
2005 The Intervention Mark
2007 Hannah Takes the Stairs Mike
2009 Other People's Parties Doug Rhineau
2009 True Adolescents Sam
2009 Humpday Ben
2010 Greenberg Eric Beller
2010 Mars[15] Charlie Brownsville
2011 Your Sister's Sister Jack
2012 Safety Not Guaranteed Kenneth Calloway
2012 Darling Companion Bryan Alexander
2012 People Like Us Ted
2012 Zero Dark Thirty Steve
2013 Parkland Kenneth O'Donnell
2014 Tammy Bobby
2014 Convention Paul
2014 Creep Josef
2014 The One I Love Ethan
2014 Mercy Uncle Lanning
2015 The Lazarus Effect[16] Frank Walton
2016 Blue Jay Jim Henderson
2017 Creep 2 Aaron
2018 Tully Craig
2018 Duck Butter Mark
2018 Love Sonia
2018 Untitled Alex Lehmann Project Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2009–2015 The League Pete Eckhart 84 episodes
2012–2017 The Mindy Project Brendan Deslaurier 22 episodes
2013 Maron Himself Episode: "A Real Woman"
2015–2016 Togetherness Brett Pierson 16 episodes
2015 Comedy Bang! Bang! Himself Episode: "Mark Duplass Wears a Striped Sweater and Jeans"
2016–2017 Animals. Various voices 3 episodes
2017 Comrade Detective Todd (voice) Episode: "Two Films for One Ticket"
2017 Manhunt: Unabomber David Kaczynski 5 episodes
2017 Big Mouth Val Bilzerian / Clerk (voice) 2 episodes
2018 Goliath Tom Wyatt 8 episodes

Bibliography

Awards

References

  1. ^ "The Week Ahead; Low budget and brotherly". Los Angeles Times. July 3, 2006. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  2. ^ King, Susan (July 6, 2006). "Puffy Chair carves out a living". Kansas City Star.
  3. ^ "Mr. John Anthony Ernst, Jr. Obituary - Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemeteries". Stei-23818.tributes.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  4. ^ Hood, Shannon (March 19, 2010). "SXSW Interview: 'Cyrus' Directors Mark and Jay Duplass". The Flickcast. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  5. ^ "Jay Duplass Talks Moving To The Mainstream At The 2011 Savannah Film Festival". Indiewire. March 2, 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  6. ^ Lamble, David. "The Bay Area Reporter Online | Now playing & resonating". Ebar.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  7. ^ Freydkin, Donna (November 12, 2009). "Mark Duplass, Katie Aselton: In 'The League' and in love". USA Today. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
  8. ^ D'Addario, Daniel (March 14, 2012). "Mark and Jay, Who Live in L.A.: The Post-Mumblecore Duplass Brothers Grow Up". The New York Observer.
  9. ^ "I'm Still Excited Volcano - Volcano, I'm Still Excited!! LP". CD Universe. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  10. ^ Dargis, Manohla (June 17, 2010). "Mommy Dearest, You're Mine Forever". The New York Times.
  11. ^ Needles, Tim. "5 Questions for the cast of the new film Cyrus". Short and Sweet NYC. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  12. ^ Scott, A. O. (March 15, 2012). "Up From the Basement, Slacker Metaphysics". The New York Times.
  13. ^ Holden, Stephen (July 5, 2012). "Too Old for Sibling Rivalry? Never, Brothers Say". The New York Times.
  14. ^ Holden, Stephen (July 5, 2012). "The Lazarus Effect". The New York Times.
  15. ^ Rotten, Tomatoes (May 28, 2015). "'Mars'". Rotten Tomatoes.
  16. ^ Miska, Brad (July 5, 2012). "'The Lazarus Effect' Trailer Resurrects…Hell?!". The New York Times.
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