Logan Marshall-Green

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Logan Marshall-Green
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Marshall-Green in 2018
Born (1976-11-01) November 1, 1976 (age 47)
Education
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present
Spouse
Diane Gaeta
(m. 2012;div. 2020)
Children2

Logan Marshall-Green (born November 1, 1976) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the television series 24 , The O.C. , Traveler , Dark Blue and Quarry , as well as his roles in the films Devil , Prometheus , The Invitation , Spider-Man: Homecoming , Upgrade and When They See Us .

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Early life

Marshall-Green was born in Charleston, South Carolina, to teacher parents. He was raised by his mother, Lowry Marshall, in Cranston, Rhode Island, while she taught theatre at Brown University. [1] He has a twin brother named Taylor. They both attended Barrington High School in the early 1990s. He did his undergraduate studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he also wrote for the school newspaper, The Daily Beacon , as an entertainment writer covering the bar, music and theater scene.[ citation needed ]

He attended the National Theater Institute in Waterford, Connecticut, and then went on to earn his Master's in Fine Arts from New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts. [2]

Career

Marshall-Green appeared in both Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2003 and Law & Order in 2004, before landing recurring roles on Fox's The O.C. and 24 . [3] He received a Drama Desk Award for his performance in Neil LaBute's play The Distance from Here in 2004. [4]

In 2005, he performed in three separate productions: in June he played an anthropomorphic shark in Adam Bock's Swimming in the Shallows; in August he appeared as Bo Decker in a production of William Inge's classic Bus Stop ; and in December he was Beethoven in the Peanuts spoof Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead (for which he received a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor nomination). [5] [6]

He played the villainous Edmund in the Public Theater production of King Lear starring Kevin Kline in the title role and directed by James Lapine. For his performance in King Lear and Pig Farm, [7] he was nominated for a Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance. [8]

In 2005, Marshall-Green appeared in the film Alchemy . That same year he also appeared in the Miramax film The Great Raid . Marshall-Green portrayed Tyler Fog in the 2007 ABC series Traveler . He appeared as Paco in the 2007 film Across the Universe . He featured as Dean Bendis, an undercover police officer, in a black ops group of the LAPD headed by Dylan McDermott in the TNT series Dark Blue . He played a young rookie cop the 2010 criminal drama Brooklyn's Finest directed by Antoine Fuqua and had a lead role in the horror film Devil . [9]

He appeared in the 2012 Ridley Scott film Prometheus as Holloway, a crew member aboard Prometheus. [10] He also portrayed Will in Karyn Kusama's 2015 horror-thriller The Invitation . [11]

In 2018, Marshall-Green starred as the lead in Leigh Whannell and Blumhouse's science fiction cyberpunk film Upgrade . [12]

Marshall-Green made his directorial debut with the drama film Adopt a Highway , which was released in March 2019. The film starred Ethan Hawke and Betty Gabriel, and was produced by Jason Blum through Blumhouse Productions. [13] The actor appeared in an episode of When They See Us , [14] and starred in the video game Telling Lies , which was released in August 2019. [15]

Personal life

Between 2008 and 2012, Marshall-Green was in a relationship with actress Marisa Tomei. They were rumored to be engaged, but a representative for Tomei denied this. [16] He married actress Diane Gaeta in 2012. [17] The couple has a son (born 2014). [18] Marshall-Green is also a stepfather to his wife's daughter (born 2010), whose father was actor Johnny Lewis. [19] Gaeta filed for divorce from Marshall-Green on April 5, 2019. [17] The divorce was finalized on July 23, 2020. [20]

Filmography

Film

Film credits
YearTitleRoleNotes
2004The Kindness of StrangersRayShort film
2005 Alchemy Martin
The Great Raid Lt. Paul Colvin
2007 Across the Universe Paco
2009 Brooklyn's Finest Melvin Panton
2010 Devil Mechanic (Anthony "Tony" Janekowski)
2012 Prometheus Charlie Holloway
2013 As I Lay Dying Jewel
Cold Comes the Night Billy
2014 Madame Bovary The Marquis
The Sound and the Fury Dalton Ames
2015 The Invitation WillNominated Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actor [21]
2016 Snowden Male Drone Pilot
Black Dog, Red DogStephen
2017 Sand Castle Sergeant Harper
Spider-Man: Homecoming Jackson Brice / Shocker #1
2018 Upgrade Grey TraceNominated Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actor [22]
2019 Adopt a Highway  Director and writer only
2021 How It Ends Nate
Intrusion Henry
2022 Redeeming Love Paul
The Listener
Lou Philip
TBA Carry-On Filming


Television

Television credits
YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Mitch Wilkens, aka Max Van HornEpisode: "Soulless"
2004 Law & Order Kyle MellorsEpisode: "Evil Breeds"
2005 24 Richard Heller 6 episodes
2005 The O.C. Trey Atwood 9 episodes
2007 Traveler Tyler FogMain cast; 8 episodes
2009–2010 Dark Blue Dean BendisMain cast; 20 episodes
2016 Quarry Mac ConwayMain cast; 8 episodes
2017–2018 Damnation Creeley TurnerMain role; 10 episodes
2019 When They See Us RobertsMiniseries; Episode: "Part Four"
2020 The Defeated Moritz McLaughlinMain Cast; 8 episodes
2021–2022 Big Sky Travis StoneMain Cast (season 2)

Other media

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019 Telling Lies David SmithVideo game
Won – Golden Joystick Award for Best Performer [23]
Nominated – New York Game Award for Best Acting in a Game [24]
Nominated – NAVGTR Award for Performance in a Drama, Lead [25]
Nominated – British Academy Games Award for Performer in a Leading Role [26]
2022R.A. the Rugged Man: Dragon FireDragon Fire (Music video)Music video

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