Personal Info
Birth date
1950-05-14 (75 Years)
Day of death
2020-03-26
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Also known as
-Mark Blum
Biography
Mark Blum (May 14, 1950 - March 26, 2020) was an American actor in movies, on television and stage. He found success with a lead role as Gary Glass in the 1985 film Desperately Seeking Susan, which he followed up the next year with a supporting role as Richard Mason in Crocodile Dundee. He had a regularly recurring role as Union Bob on the Amazon Prime series Mozart in the Jungle from 2014 to 2018. He was married to actress Janet Zarish from 2005 until his death in 2020 from COVID.
Filmography
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.933
Overview:
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.Law & Order
7.402
Overview:
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.The Sopranos
8.656
Overview:
The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. The show features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela and his cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti.CSI: Miami
7.712
Overview:
CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.Frasier
7.678
Overview:
After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.The Good Wife
7.6
Overview:
Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail.You
8.033
Overview:
A dangerously charming, intensely obsessive young man goes to extreme measures to insert himself into the lives of those he is transfixed by.Fringe
8.1
Overview:
FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a larger, more disturbing pattern that blurs the line between science fiction and technology.Law & Order: Criminal Intent
7.562
Overview:
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.Elementary
7.6
Overview:
A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.Succession
8.276
Overview:
Follow the lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father begins to step back from the media and entertainment conglomerate they control.Miami Vice
7.441
Overview:
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.NYPD Blue
7
Overview:
Police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwined several plots involving an ensemble cast.The Good Fight
7.588
Overview:
Picking up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of "The Good Wife", an enormous financial scam has destroyed the reputation of a young lawyer, Maia Rindell, while simultaneously wiping out her mentor and godmother Diane Lockhart's savings. Forced out of her law firm, now called "Lockhart, Deckler, Gussman, Lee, Lyman, Gilbert, Lurie, Kagan, Tannebaum & Associates", they join Lucca Quinn at one of Chicago's preeminent law firms.The West Wing
8.3
Overview:
The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.Family Law
8.2
Overview:
Family attorney and mom, Lynn Holt, has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together, since her husband left her and took most of their joint law practice with him. Although the attorneys are carting plenty of life's baggage, they're all determined to make the most of this unexpected second chance—and make each month's mortgage payment.New York Undercover
7.1
Overview:
New York Undercover is an American police drama The series stars Detective J.C. Williams and Detective Eddie Torres, two undercover detectives in New York City's Fourth Precinct who were assigned to investigate various crimes and gang-related cases.Mozart in the Jungle
7.5
Overview:
In the tradition of Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential" and Gelsey Kirkland's "Dancing on my Grave" comes an insider’s look into the secret world of classical musicians. From her debut recital at Carnegie Recital Hall to the Broadway pits of "Les Miserables" and "Miss Saigon," Blair Tindall has played with some of the biggest names in classical music for twenty-five years. Now in "Mozart in the Jungle," Tindall exposes the scandalous rock and roll lifestyles of the musicians, conductors, and administrators who inhabit the insular world of classical music.Difficult People
6.2
Overview:
Life is really tough for Julie Kessler and Billy Epstein, two thirty-something aspiring comics living and working in New York City. While their friends and acquaintances move on to find success and love, they continue to struggle with careers and relationships, getting more bitter by the day.The Practice
7.7
Overview:
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”New Amsterdam
7.269
Overview:
John Amsterdam is a New York homicide detective unlike any other. He is brilliant, mysterious, reckless, and immortal. In 1642 he saved a Native Indian girl during a massacre of her indigenous tribe. In return, the girl cast an ancient spell that conferred immortality upon him. Amsterdam will not age, she told him, until he finds his one true love.Mercy
5.896
Overview:
Mercy is a medical drama which aired on NBC from September 23, 2009 to May 12, 2010. The series initially aired on Wednesday nights at 8/7c, as part of the 2009 fall season, but was pushed back to 9/8c in April. On October 23, 2009, Mercy was picked up for a full twenty-two-episode first season. On May 14, 2010, NBC announced that Mercy had been cancelled and would not return for a second season due to low ratings.Almost Family
7.4
Overview:
An only child finds her life turned upside down when her father reveals that, over the course of his prize-winning career as a pioneering fertility doctor, he used his own sperm to conceive upwards of a hundred children, including two new sisters.St. Elsewhere
5.567
Overview:
St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at a lightly-regarded Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions.Wings
6.86
Overview:
Brothers Brian and Joe Hackett attempt to run an airline on the New England island of Nantucket while surrounded by their various wacky friends and employees.Judging Amy
7.519
Overview:
Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character is a judge who serves in a family court, and in addition to the family-related cases that she adjudicates, many episodes of the show focus on her own experiences as a divorced mother, and on the experiences of her mother, a social worker who works in the field of child welfare. This series was based on the life experiences of Brenneman's mother.Roseanne
6.794
Overview:
A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.Ed
7.7
Overview:
After his wife leaves him and he's fired from his job at a high-profile New York city law firm, Ed Stevens moves back to his small hometown of Stuckeyville where he buys the local bowling alley and attempts to win the heart of his high school crush.Deadline
NYR
Overview:
Deadline is a television series which was shown on NBC in the 2000–2001 season. It starred Oliver Platt as Wallace Benton, who worked for the fictional New York Ledger. This was a daily newspaper which was seen in many episodes of Law & Order.Crocodile Dundee
6.421
Overview:
When a New York reporter plucks crocodile hunter Mick Dundee from the Australian Outback for a visit to the Big Apple, it's a clash of cultures and a recipe for good-natured comedy as naïve Dundee negotiates the concrete jungle. He proves that his instincts are quite useful in the city and adeptly handles everything from wily muggers to high-society snoots without breaking a sweat.Acting
2020Sister of the Groom as Nat
2020Human Capital as Rex
2020Victor in Paradise as Martin
2019Almost Family (1 Episode) as Dr. Lewis
2019Love Is Blind as Dr. Klienart
2018You (4 Episodes) as Mr. Mooney
2018Succession (2 Episodes) as Bill
2017The Good Fight (1 Episode) as Julius Kreutzer
2017Coin Heist as Mr. Smerconish
2016No Pay, Nudity as Leon/Lester's Agent
2015Difficult People (1 Episode) as Rabbi Schecter
2015How He Fell in Love as Henry
2014Mozart in the Jungle (30 Episodes) as Union Bob
2013Blumenthal as Saul Blumenthal
2012Elementary (1 Episode) as Irvin Langstrom
2012A Wife Alone as George
2011The Green as Stuart
2011I Don't Know How She Does It as Lew Reddy
2011Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost as Dr. Parkinson
2010Step Up 3D as NYU Professor
2010Night Springs as Dr. Barclay Colvin
2009Mercy (1 Episode) as Unknown
2009The Good Wife (1 Episode) as Julius Kreutzer
2008Fringe (1 Episode) as Claus Penrose
2008New Amsterdam (1 Episode) as Dr. Macvittie
2007The Warrior Class as Richardson
2005Life on the Ledge as Father
2003Shattered Glass as Lewis Estridge
2002CSI: Miami (1 Episode) as Jim Rennert
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent (1, 1 Episode) as Dr. Philip Oliver, Larry Lewis
2001The Judge as Harry Hobbs
2001The Judge (2 Episodes) as Harry Hobbs
2001Zen and the Art of Landscaping as Richard Baxter
2000Ed (1 Episode) as Arnold Bancroft
2000Deadline (1 Episode) as Unknown
2000Down to You as The Interviewer
1999The West Wing (1 Episode) as Rep. Katzenmoyer
1999Family Law (1 Episode) as Russell Hollenback
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1 Episode) as David Arnoff
1999Judging Amy (1 Episode) as Richard Kinrich
1999Getting to Know You as Darrell
1999The Sopranos (1 Episode) as Randall Curtin
1998You Can Thank Me Later as Edward Cooperberg
1997The Defenders: Payback as Jackson
1997Stag as Ben Marks
1997The Practice (1 Episode) as State Attorney Michael Scannel
1996Sudden Manhattan as Louis
1995The Low Life as Matthew Greenberg
1995Central Park West (5 Episodes) as Unknown
1995Indictment: The McMartin Trial as Wayne Satz
1995Denise Calls Up as Obstretrician
1995Miami Rhapsody as Peter
1994New York Undercover (1 Episode) as Dr. Vincent
1993NYPD Blue (1 Episode) as Dr. Roland Sachs
1993Frasier (1 Episode) as John
1992Condition: Critical as Dr. Howard Zuckerman
1992Emma and Elvis as Ben
1990Law & Order (1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as A.D.A. Frank Lazar, Doctor, Defense Attorney Michael Aronson, Frank Lazar
1990Wings (1 Episode) as Larry Mohr
1990Capital News (13 Episodes) as Edison King
1989Worth Winning as Ned Braudy
1988Roseanne (1 Episode) as Unknown
1988The Presidio as Arthur Peale
1987Sweet Surrender (6 Episodes) as Unknown
1987Blind Date as Denny Gordon
1986Crocodile Dundee as Richard Mason
1986Just Between Friends as George Margolin
1985Desperately Seeking Susan as Gary Glass
1984Miami Vice (1 Episode) as Unknown
1984Things Are Looking Up as Ray Litertini
1983Lovesick as Intern Murphy
1982St. Elsewhere (1 Episode) as Unknown
Crew
2020Sister of the Groom ... In Memory Of