Brian Markinson | |
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Born | 1960or1961(age 63) New York City, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1990–present |
Spouse | Nancy Kerr |
Children | 2 |
Brian Markinson (born 1960or1961) [1] is an American actor who has appeared in a wide variety of films and television shows. Some of Markinson's best known roles include a U.S. Attorney General in Shooter, an unscrupulous industrialist in Godzilla, and a supporting role in Angels in America .
Markinson was born into a Jewish family in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. [2] [3] Markinson trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and subsequently graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts [4] in 1983. He married Canadian Nancy Kerr, and their sons Isaac and Evan were both born in Los Angeles in the late 1990s. [5] [6] In 1999 the family moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where they have resided since. [6] [7]
Throughout his career, Markinson has appeared in many American and Canadian film and television projects. He frequently plays either an authority figure or a calculating or menacing villain. One of his most prominent roles was as Police Chief Bill Jacobs on Da Vinci's Inquest and Da Vinci's City Hall . [4] He has also appeared on Continuum , [8] Arctic Air , Traveler , NCIS , [6] The L Word , [9] NYPD Blue , Psych , Supernatural , Touching Evil , Taken , Dark Angel , UC: Undercover , Stargate SG-1 , Star Trek: The Next Generation , Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , Star Trek: Voyager , [6] The X-Files , Millennium , Mad Men , [4] Fargo , [10] the TV film Lucky 7 .
Markinson had appeared in three straight Woody Allen films in supporting character roles: Sweet and Lowdown in 1999, Small Time Crooks in 2000 and The Curse of the Jade Scorpion in 2001. Markinson was also a favorite of Mike Nichols, having appeared in more than six of the late director's projects, including the film Charlie Wilson's War . Markinson is also a stage actor, having performed both on Broadway, Off-Broadway and in regional theatres across Canada; On Broadway, he replaced Kevin Spacey in Lost In Yonkers and in 2016, he led the revival of Tony Kushner's Angels in America at the Arts Club Theatre Company in Vancouver.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1990 | China Beach | Del | Episode: "The Call" |
1991 | Equal Justice | Dr. Christopher Ruttenberg | 1 credited episode, 1 uncredited |
1991 | The Doctor | Michael | |
1991 | Murphy Brown | Mr. Praskin | Episode: "Be it Ever So Humboldt" |
1992 | Jake and the Fatman | Stewart's attorney | Episode: "Stormy Weather" |
1992 | Tequila and Bonetti | Lenny | Episode: "Language of the Heart" |
1992 | A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story | colleague | TV movie |
1992 | L.A. Law | Steve Gerard | Episode: "Double Breasted Suit" |
1992 | Nails | Calley | TV movie |
1992 | Sinatra | Sonny Werblin | Miniseries |
1993 | Law & Order | Unknown | Episode: "Extended Family" |
1994 | Wolf | Detective Kevin Wade | |
1994 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Vorin | Episode: "Homeward" |
1994–1998 | The X-Files | Tony Fiore / Gary Lambert | Episodes: "Born Again" and "Folie à Deux" |
1995 | Apollo 13 | Pad Rat | |
1995 | Star Trek: Voyager | Peter Durst / Sulan | Episodes: "Cathexis" and "Faces" |
1996 | Millennium | Detective Teeple | Episodes: "The Judge", "Blood Relatives" and "Sacrament" |
1996 | Alien Nation: Millennium | Jason Webster | TV movie |
1997 | Star Trek Deep Space Nine | Dr. Elias Giger | Episode: "In the Cards" |
1997 | NYPD Blue | Steve Egan | Episodes: "Lost Israel: Part 1" and "Lost Israel: Part 2" |
1998 | Enemy of the State | Brian Blake, Attorney | |
1999 | Sweet and Lowdown | Bill Shields | |
2000 | Small Time Crooks | The Cop | |
2000 | Stargate SG-1 | Lotan | Episode: "Scorched Earth" |
2001 | The Curse of the Jade Scorpion | Al | |
2002 | Liberty Stands Still | Rex Perry | |
2003 | Angels in America | Martin Heller | Miniseries |
2004 | Da Vinci's Inquest | Police Chief Bill Jacobs | Recurring role (seasons 6–7), Main cast (season 8) |
2004 | Touching Evil | Agent Charles Bernal | Main cast |
2004 | The Survivors Club | David Price | TV movie |
2005–2006 | Da Vinci's City Hall | Police Chief Bill Jacobs | Main cast |
2005 | Knights of the South Bronx | Arnie | TV movie |
2005 | Lucky 7 | Bernie Myer | TV movie |
2005, 2012 | Supernatural | Jerry Panowski, Stan Thompson | 2 episodes |
2005 | The Dead Zone | The Collector / Masked Man | Episode: "The Collector" |
2005 | Plague City: SARS in Toronto | Unknown | TV movie |
2006 | Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone | Scott Clark | TV movie |
2006 | Saved | Peter | Episode: "Crossroads" |
2006 | Psych | Hiltz Kooler | Episode: "Shawn vs. the Red Phantom" |
2006 | Murder on Pleasant Drive | Bob Hilland | |
2006 | RV | Garry Moiphine | |
2006 | North of Hope | Al | |
2006 | Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story | Jimmie Gardiner | Miniseries |
2007–2009 | The L Word | Aaron Kornbluth | Recurring role (seasons 4–6) |
2007 | Charlie Wilson's War | Paul Brown | |
2007 | Bionic Woman | Vincent Aldridge | Episode: "Shawn vs. the Red Phantom" |
2007 | Traveler | Ellington | 2 episodes |
2007 | Shooter | Attorney General Russert | |
2007 | NCIS | Marine EOD Sergeant Dan Trask | Episode: "Skeletons" |
2008 | Personal Effects | Finneran | |
2008 | The Quality of Life | Police Chief Bill Jacobs | TV movie |
2008 | Mayerthorpe | James Roszko | TV movie |
2009 | Playing for Keeps | Daryl | TV movie |
2009 | Frankie & Alice | Dr. Warren Backman | |
2009 | Nora Roberts' High Noon | Captain David McVee | TV movie |
2009 | Flashpoint | Dale Murray | Episode: "Never Let You Down" |
2009–2010 | Caprica | Jordan Duram | Main cast |
2010 | Shattered | Dr. Ryan DiSilvio | Main cast |
2010 | Triple Dog | Principal Scalco | |
2011 | Sanctuary | Greg Addison | Recurring role (season 4) |
2011 | The Killing Game | Detective Robert Spiro / Dom / Kevin Shaw | TV movie |
2012 | Arrow | Adam Hunt | 2 episodes |
2012 | Saving Hope | Sergeant Jimmy Howard | 2 episodes |
2012 | The Killing | Gil Sloane, Retired Police Officer & Holder's Narcotics Anonymous Sponsor | Recurring role (seasons 1–2) |
2012–2013 | Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome | Galactica Commander Silas Nash | Main cast (& repackaged as TV movie) |
2012–2014 | Arctic Air | Ronnie Dearman | Recurring role (seasons 1–3) |
2012–2015 | Continuum | Vancouver Police Department Inspector Dillon | Main cast (seasons 1–3), recurring role (season 4) |
2013 | Mad Men | Dr. Arnold Rosen | Recurring role (seasons 6–7) |
2013 | Down River | Otto | |
2013 | 12 Rounds 2: Reloaded | Heller | |
2014 | Godzilla | Whelan | |
2014 | Fargo | Max Gold | 2 episodes |
2015–2017 | Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce | Albert | Recurring role |
2015 | iZombie | Dr. Holland | 2 episodes |
2016 | The Romeo Section | Norman | Main cast (season 2) |
2017 | Salvation | Randall Calhoun | Recurring role (season 1) |
2018 | Backstabbing for Beginners | Rasnetsov | |
2018 | Take Two | Deacon | 3 episodes |
2019 | A Dog's Way Home | Günter Beckenbauer | |
2019 | The Magicians | Everett | Recurring role (season 4) |
2019 | Unspeakable | Roger Perreault | Miniseries |
2020 | Tribal | Buke | Main cast |
2020 | Away | George Lane | Recurring role |
2024 | Allegiance | TBA |
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