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Mark Harelik

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Mark Harelik
Harelik in 2019
Born
Marcus Frank Harelik

(1951-06-05) June 5, 1951 (age 75)
Hamilton, Texas, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actor
  • playwright
Years active1983–present
Spouse
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(m. 2004)​
Children1

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

Early life

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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

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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, For Your Consideration, and 42. For animation; he was the voice of Queen Uberta's valet, Lord Rogers, in The Swan Princess. Harelik has played parts on the television series Seinfeld, Numbers, Wings, Grace Under Fire, Will & Grace, NCIS, Grey's Anatomy, 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. In 2024, he was cast as Dr. Hiruluk from One Piece.

Personal life

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

Filmography

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Film

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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
2009TimerDr. Serious
The JobMartin
2011Meeting SpencerDavid Thiel
201342Herb Pennock
2015This Isn't FunnyJoseph Thompson
TrumboEdward 'Ed' Muhl
2017Battle of the SexesHank Greenberg

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1993WingsDavis Lynch5 episodes
CheersReed Manchester
1997SeinfeldMilos
1998Star Trek: VoyagerInspector KashykEpisode: "Counterpoint"
1999Boy Meets WorldJedediah Lawrence3 episodes
2004Will & GraceTim3 episodes
2005Gilmore GirlsStuart Wultz
HouseMr. Foster
2006Grey's AnatomyKeith1 episode
BonesDr. Peter Ogden1 episode
ERHusband of patient1 episode
2007HeroesDHS AgentEpisode: "Out of Time"
2007–2008The Big Bang TheoryDr. Eric Gablehauser5 episodes
2008MediumPublisher Elliot David
2009MonkMikhail AlvanovEpisode: "Mr. Monk and the Badge"
2010Breaking BadDoctorEpisode: "Kafkaesque"
2012AwakeCarl Kessel6 episodes
2014The MentalistKenyon Russell1 episode
2015Unbreakable Kimmy SchmidtJulian Voorhees1 episode
The LeftoversPeter1 episode
2016–2019PreacherMark Harelik/God
2017–2018ImpostersArthur Bloom5 episodes
2017–2019SnowfallArnold Tulfowitz2 episodes
2018Castle RockGordon3 episodes
2019The Morning ShowRichard2 episodes
2020Perry Mason Lyle2 episodes
2022The RookieWilliam BloomfieldEpisode: "Backstabbers"
2024Presumed InnocentLiam Reynolds2 episodes
2026One PieceHiriluk2 episodes

Awards and nominations

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Publications

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References

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  1. 1 2 Glassman, Marvin (June 13, 2012). "An unusual twist to the immigrant story". sun-sentinel.com. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  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. 1 2 Christion, Lawrence (March 11, 1992). "'Immigrant' Arrives at Westwood Playhouse Stage". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 "Mark Harelik, In the Garden, South Coast Repertory". ocweekly.com. 2010. Archived from the original on September 20, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  5. ↑ Churnin, Nancy (June 10, 1990). "William Ball Stays Up After the Fall". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  6. 1 2 Mark Harelik at 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 June 12, 2022.
  9. ↑ Breslauer, Jan (July 13, 1997). "Addressing Unfinished Business". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  10. ↑ Arkatov, Janice (June 25, 1989). "Looking for the Real Item". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  11. ↑ Rousuck, J. Wynn (March 29, 1991). "Artistic themes come to life in Wasserstein's 'Heidi Chronicles'". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  12. ↑ Drake, Sylvie (October 22, 1991). "STAGE REVIEW: 'Elmer Gantry' as Paradox: A Ruthless Rogue Is Born Again in La Jolla Musical". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  13. ↑ Shirley, Don (January 18, 1999). "'Tartuffe' Resonates in the Now". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  14. ↑ Dominguez, Robert (December 8, 2000). "Wasserstein time-travels over & over same ground". New York Daily News. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
  15. ↑ Ehren, Christine (August 26, 2001). "Last Cheer: Be Aggressive Closes Aug. 26 at La Jolla Playhouse". playbill.com. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  16. ↑ Oxman, Steven (June 4, 2001). "Reviews - The Beard of Avon - Reviews". variety.com. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  17. ↑ Boehm, Mike (June 20, 2004). "Think panache, not Pinocchio". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  18. ↑ Rampell, Catherine (May 10, 2012). "Spencer Kayden Discusses Her Return to Broadway". The New York Times. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
  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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