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| Born | Marcus Frank Harelik June 5, 1951 Hamilton, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, playwright |
| Years active | 1983–present |
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| Children | 1 |
Marcus Frank Harelik (born June 5, 1951) is an American television, film, and stage actor, and playwright.
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]
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 , 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 .
He is married to actress Spencer Kayden, who has acted in theatre productions alongside him. [17] They have one child. [18]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1990 | A Gnome Named Gnorm | Detective Kaminsky | |
| 1994 | The Swan Princess | Lord Rogers | Voice |
| 1999 | Election | Dave Novotny | |
| 2001 | Jurassic Park III | Ben Hildebrand | |
| 2004 | Eulogy | Burt | |
| 2006 | For Your Consideration | Round Table Host | |
| 2007 | Watching the Detectives | Detective Barloe | |
| 2009 | Timer | Dr. Serious | |
| 2009 | The Job | Martin | |
| 2011 | Meeting Spencer | David Thiel | |
| 2013 | 42 | Herb Pennock | |
| 2015 | This Isn't Funny | Joseph Thompson | |
| 2015 | Trumbo | Edward 'Ed' Muhl | |
| 2017 | Battle of the Sexes | Hank Greenberg |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1993 | Wings | Davis Lynch | 5 episodes |
| 1993 | Cheers | Reed Manchester | |
| 1997 | Seinfeld | Milos | |
| 1998 | Star Trek: Voyager | Inspector Kashyk | 1 episode |
| 1999 | Boy Meets World | Jedediah Lawrence | 3 episodes |
| 2004 | Will & Grace | Tim | 3 episodes |
| 2005 | Gilmore Girls | Stuart Wultz | |
| 2005 | House | Mr. Foster | |
| 2006 | Grey's Anatomy | Keith | 1 episode |
| 2006 | Bones | Dr. Peter Ogden | 1 episode |
| 2007 | Heroes | DHS Agent | Ep "Out of Time" |
| 2007–2008 | The Big Bang Theory | Dr. Eric Gablehauser | 5 episodes |
| 2008 | Medium | Publisher Elliot David | |
| 2009 | Monk | Mikhail Alvanov | "Mr. Monk and the Badge" |
| 2010 | Breaking Bad | Doctor | |
| 2012 | Awake | Carl Kessel | 6 episodes |
| 2014 | The Mentalist | Kenyon Russell | "Forest Green" |
| 2015 | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Julian Voorhees | 1 episode |
| 2015 | The Leftovers | Peter | |
| 2016-2019 | Preacher | Mark Harelik/God | |
| 2018 | Castle Rock | Gordon | 3 episodes |
| 2019 | The Morning Show | Richard | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | The Rookie | William Bloomfield | 1 episode |
| 2025 | One Piece | Hiriluk | Filming |
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