Stephen Marcus | |
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Born | Stephen Mark Scott 18 June 1962 |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1985–present |
Spouse | Sarah |
Stephen Marcus (born Stephen Mark Scott; 18 June 1962) is a British actor, best known for his role as Nick the Greek in the British gangster classic Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998).
Other credits include My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), Hear My Song (1991), The Beautician and the Beast (1997), Angela's Ashes (1999), Quills (2000), Kinky Boots (2005), The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005), Hogfather (2006), Kingdom (2007), Lark Rise to Candleford (2008), Ninja Assassin (2009), Interview with a Hitman (2012), Starhunter ReduX (2017), Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story (2017), and The Big Ugly (2020).
Marcus, who was born June 18, 1962 in Portsmouth, Hampshire. [1] became an actor in 1984 after three years of training at ArtsEd Performing Arts School in Chiswick, London Borough of Hounslow. [2]
Marcus spent his early career touring throughout London's parks and schools in Robin Hood & The Tree Trick, securing his first film role as 'Moose' in the cult film My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), [2] alongside Saeed Jaffrey and Daniel Day-Lewis. From 1989, Marcus played Dave, the lover of Sharon, (played by Pauline Quirke), in the comedy Birds of a Feather (1989-1991). [1]
A year of acting in commercials introduced Marcus to director Peter Chelsom, who cast him as Gordon in Hear My Song (1991), [3] opposite Ned Beatty. He starred opposite Timothy Dalton in The Beautician and the Beast (1997), [3] and alongside Richard Harris in Savage Hearts. [2]
In 1996, Marcus's agent arranged a meeting for a small low-budget movie with a then-unknown director named Guy Ritchie, who offered Marcus the role of 'Nick the Greek', alongside Nick Moran, Vinnie Jones, Jason Statham and Matthew Vaughn, in British gangster comedy Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels . [1]
Marcus appeared in Alan Parker's Angela's Ashes (1999); [3] he played Bouchon in Quills (2000), [3] alongside Kate Winslet, Michael Caine, Joaquin Phoenix and Geoffrey Rush; Kinky Boots (2005), [3] he played Iris opposite Judi Dench, [3] and portrayed golfer Ted Ray in the Bill Paxton directed The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005). [1]
Marcus starred in the television series: Starhunter 2300 , [3] in which he played Rudolpho De Luna; he played the co-lead in the BBC series Cavegirl ; [3] he played Banjo and Broadman in the adaptations of Terry Pratchett's Hogfather (2006), [1] and Marcus also appeared with Stephen Fry in Kingdom (2007). [1] Marcus has also completed two films with the Wachowskis: Speed Racer and Ninja Assassin (2009). [1]
In April 2012, he completed filming for independent British gangster thriller Two Days in the Smoke, in which he played the hitman Ben, alongside Snatch star Alan Ford and Matt Di Angelo from BBC Hustle. [4] Smoke director Ben Pickering cast him as the vengeful Max in his second feature, the British psychological thriller Welcome to Curiosity (2018). The same year, launched a new Gangster London walking tour in association with Brit Movie Tours, in which he explores the dark history of London's East End. [5] He also starred in Perry Bhandal's Interview with a Hitman (2012) as Traffikant, a Romanian Crime Boss, alongside Luke Goss. [6]
He was series regular Matthew Welby in Lark Rise to Candleford (2008), [3] and as Rudolpho deLuna in Starhunter ReduX (2017). [3] He starred Jack Whomes in the British gangster movie Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story (2017). [3]
† | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1985 | My Beautiful Laundrette | Moose | |
1991 | Hear My Song | Gordon | |
1992 | In Dreams | Policeman / Roman Guard | Television film |
1995 | Savage Hearts | Hector | |
1996 | Killer Tongue | Ralph | |
1997 | The Beautician and the Beast | Ivan | |
Black Velvet Band | Nudge | Television film | |
1998 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | Nick the Greek | |
1999 | Angela's Ashes | English Agent | |
2000 | Secrets & Lines | Animal | Television film |
Sorted | Rob | ||
Quills | Bouchon | ||
2001 | Fourplay | Davey | |
Iris | Taxi Driver | ||
Redemption Road | Joe | ||
2002 | AKA | Tommy | |
Unconditional Love | Thug in Rain | ||
2003 | Don't Look Back | Uncle Max | |
2004 | The Baby Juice Express | Lenny von Something | |
Stage Beauty | Thomas Cockerell | ||
2005 | The Greatest Game Ever Played | Ted Ray | |
Kinky Boots | Big Mike | ||
2008 | Speed Racer | Security Goon | |
2009 | Ninja Assassin | Kingpin | |
2012 | The Hot Potato | Freddie | |
Interview with a Hitman | Traffikant | ||
2013 | Getting Back to Zero | Tommy | |
Fast & Furious 6 | Davies | ||
Justin and the Knights of Valour | Guards 1,2 & 3 | Voice role | |
It's a Lot | Mr. Hatherly | ||
2014 | AB Negative | Mr. Fines | |
The Smoke | Ben | ||
2016 | The Pit and the Pendulum: A Study in Torture | The Prisoner | Short film |
Sanctuary | Joseph | ||
Gridiron UK | Eddie | ||
Eliminators | George | ||
2017 | The Rizen | The Executioner | |
Fanged Up | Reeves | ||
Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story | Jack Whomes | ||
2018 | Walk like a Panther | 'Gladiator' Glenn Higgins | |
Welcome to Curiosity | Max | ||
2019 | The Rizen: Possession | The Executioner | |
2020 | The Big Ugly | Big James | |
TBA | †The Last Ferry | Cockney | In Production |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1987 | Hardwicke House | Joe | Episode: "Prize-giving" |
Brush Strokes | 2nd Pub Customer | Episode: "Series 2, Episode 6" | |
1988 | Rockliffe | Masked Spokesman | Episode: "Top Man" |
1989 | The Bill | Purkis | Episode: "Overspend" |
Boon | Curly Robinson | Episode: "Do Not Forsake Me" | |
1989-91 | Birds of a Feather | Dave | Recurring role; 3 episodes |
1990 | ScreenPlay Firsts | Mal | Episode: "Arrivederci Millwall" |
Stay Lucky | Neil | Episode: "Bring Back My Barny to Me" | |
1991 | Van der Valk | Burly Man | Episode: "Doctor Hoffmann's Children" |
Billy Webb's Amazing Stories | Chip Shop Man | Episode: "Part Three" | |
1992 | Me, You and Him | Graham's Father | Episode: "On the Town" |
Gone to Seed | Customer | Episode: "Series 1, Episode 4" | |
1993 | The Bill | Wayne Smith | Episode: "The Law in Their Hands" |
Paul Merton: The Series | Various | Episode: "Series 2, Episode 3" | |
Red Dwarf | Bear Strangler McGee | Episode: "Gunmen of the Apocalypse" | |
KYTV | Large Man | Episode: "Get Away with You" | |
Between the Lines | Mortuary Assistant | Episode: "Some Must Watch" | |
1994 | 99-1 | McCarthy's Man / Pursuer | Episode: "The Hard Sell" |
Frank Stubbs Promotes | Journalist | Episode: "Babies" | |
Screen One | Newman | Episode: "Doggin' Around" | |
1995 | The Bill | Ade Lester | Episode: "Water Wings" |
Crime Story | Gary Thompson | Episode: "Hot Dog Wars" | |
The Glam Metal Detectives | Various | Recurring role; 5 episodes | |
Rumble | Melvin | Series regular; 6 episodes | |
Class Act | Geoff | Episode: "Series 2, Episode 2" | |
The Thin Blue Line | Terry | Episode: "Honey Trap" | |
Coogan's Run | Gerald the Sumo Magician | Episode: "Thursday Night Fever" | |
1996 | Our Friends in the North | Cyril Hellyer | Episode: "1966" |
Kavanagh QC | Baxter | Episode: "A Stranger in the Family" | |
1997 | The Detectives | Fat Reg | Episode: "The Curse of the Comanches" |
Paul Merton in Galton and Simpson's... | Thug | Episode: "The Wrong Man" | |
1998 | The Bill | Tony Bladwell | Episode: "Heat and Light" |
Real Women | Van Driver | Episode: "The Hitch" | |
Dangerfield | Jay Butterfield | Episode: "Double Helix" | |
1999 | Adam's Family Tree | Bulgar the Bulgarian | Episode: "Here Comes the Hun" |
Roger Roger | Detective Sergeant Calderwood | Episode: "Love Rules the Heart, Money Takes the Soul" | |
2000-04 | Starhunter | Rudolpho deLuna | Series regular; 44 episodes |
2002 | The Basil Brush Show | Santa Claus | Episode: "Molly Christmas" |
Cavegirl | Dad | Series regular; 18 episodes | |
2004 | Mile High | Dave | Episode: "Series 2, Episode 3" |
The Lenny Henry Show | Episode: "Revival Pilot" | ||
Eyes Down | Bloke | Episode: "Thief" | |
2006 | Without a Trace | Roger | Episode: "Check Your Head" |
Casualty | Tommy Indler | Episode: "Different Worlds" | |
Terry Pratchett's Hogfather | Banjo Cropper | Miniseries; 2 episodes | |
2007 | Doctor Who | Jailer | Episode: "The Shakespeare Code" |
Kingdom | Hill | Recurring role; 3 episodes | |
The Bill | Cliff Taylor | Episode: "Crash Test" | |
2008 | Lark Rise to Candleford | Matthew Welby | Series regular; 10 episodes |
Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic | Broadman | Miniseries; 1 episode | |
Sunshine | Big Alan | Miniseries; 2 episodes | |
Little Dorrit | Bath Attendant | Miniseries; 2 episodes | |
2011 | Midsomer Murders | Silas Trout | Episode: "The Night of the Stag" |
2012 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Dirty Douglas | Episode: "Five Go to Rehab" |
2013 | Holby City | Jarvis Well | Episode: "The End of the Beginning" |
2015 | Man Down | Nightclub Bouncer | Episode: "Perfect Woman" |
EastEnders | Gordon Cook | Recurring role; 3 episodes | |
2016 | Benidorm | Joe Luis | Episode: "Teetotal Geoff" |
Doctors | Dale Everly | Episode: "Home Help" | |
The Coroner | Gobby Mitchell | Episode: "Those in Peril" | |
2017 | Will | Henry Austen | Episode: "The Two Gentlemen" |
Starhunter Transformation | Rudolpho deLuna | Miniseries; 3 episodes | |
2017-18 | Starhunter ReduX | Rudolpho deLuna | Series regular; 8 episodes |
2019 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Andy Green | Episode: "A Bloody Brilliant Plan" |
2021 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Nearby Patron | Episode: "The Gang's Still in Ireland" |
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