Mark David Duplass (born December 7, 1976) is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and musician. With his brother Jay Duplass, he started the film production company Duplass Brothers Productions in 1996, for which they wrote and directed The Puffy Chair (2005), Baghead (2008), Cyrus (2010), Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011), and The Do-Deca-Pentathlon (2012).
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| Born | Mark David Duplass December 7, 1976 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1996–present |
| Organization | Duplass Brothers Productions |
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| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Jay Duplass (brother) |
Duplass co-wrote and starred in the horror film Creep (2014) and its sequel Creep 2 (2017), as well as the television spin-off The Creep Tapes (2024). He co-wrote and co-produced the television anthology series Room 104 (2017–2020). His other acting credits include Humpday (2009), The League (2009–2015), Greenberg (2010), Safety Not Guaranteed (2012), The One I Love (2014), The Lazarus Effect (2015), Togetherness (2015–2016), Blue Jay (2016), Tully (2018), Goliath (2018–2019), Paddleton (2019), and Language Lessons (2021).
For his portrayal of Charlie "Chip" Black in The Morning Show (2019–present), Duplass received two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.[1] He was also the lead singer of the indie rock band Volcano, I'm Still Excited!![2]
Early life
editDuplass was born on December 7, 1976, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Cynthia (née Ernst) and Lawrence Duplass.[3][4][5] He was raised as a Roman Catholic,[6][7] and attended Jesuit High School, University of Texas at Austin, and City College of New York. His ancestry includes French Cajun, Italian, Ashkenazi Jewish, and German.[8][9]
Career
editDuplass has written, directed, and produced several feature films with his brother Jay Duplass. In 2005, he wrote and produced The Puffy Chair with his brother, in addition to portraying one of the main characters.
The two brothers later wrote, directed, and produced the films Baghead (2008) and Cyrus (2010) together[10] and have a unique style which consists of a great deal of ad-libbing off of the original script, shooting a number of takes, and editing scenes down 15 to 20 times.[11] Their films Jeff, Who Lives at Home and The Do-Deca-Pentathlon were released in 2012.[12][13] In 2014, Duplass co-wrote, produced and starred in the horror film Creep alongside Patrick Brice, appearing in the film as Josef.[14] In May 2016, it was announced that there would be a sequel to Creep.[15] Creep 2 was released in October 2017 which Duplass again co-wrote and starred in.
In 2009, Duplass starred in the FX comedy television series The League, with his wife, Katie Aselton. In 2015, the HBO series Togetherness debuted, which was created by and stars Duplass. That same year, Duplass co-starred with Evan Peters and Olivia Wilde in David Gelb's thriller film The Lazarus Effect.[16] In 2015, both Mark and Jay Duplass via their Duplass Brothers Television banner signed a two-year overall deal with HBO.[17]
In 2018, he appeared in Tully and Duck Butter, and released his debut book Like Brothers alongside Jay Duplass.[18] He also starred as real estate developer Tom Wyatt in Season 2 of the Amazon Video series Goliath.
In 2019, Duplass starred in the Netflix comedy film, Paddleton,[19] in which he was also a co-writer and executive producer.
Duplass was named the 2022-2023 Frank Sinatra Artist-in-Residence at Santa Clara University on July 22, 2022.[20]
Other ventures
editDuplass was the lead singer of the indie rock band Volcano, I'm Still Excited!![21] He also co-wrote the autobiographical book Like Brothers in 2018 with Jay Duplass.[22][23]
Personal life
editDuplass is married to his The League and The Puffy Chair co-star, Katie Aselton.[24] They have two daughters, Ora (b. 2007) and Molly (b. 2012).[25]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Puffy Chair | Uncredited | Yes | Yes |
| 2008 | Baghead | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2010 | Cyrus | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2011 | Jeff, Who Lives at Home | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2012 | The Do-Deca-Pentathlon | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Black Rock | No | Yes | Executive | |
| 2014 | Creep | No | Yes | Yes |
| 2016 | Blue Jay | No | Yes | No |
| 2017 | Table 19 | No | Story | No |
| Creep 2 | No | Yes | No | |
| 2018 | Unlovable | No | Yes | Executive |
| 2019 | Paddleton | No | Yes | Executive |
| 2021 | Language Lessons | No | Yes | Executive |
| 2022 | Biosphere | No | Yes | Executive |
Executive producer only
- Bass Ackwards (2010)
- The Freebie (2010)
- Lovers of Hate (2012)
- Your Sister's Sister (2012)
- Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
- Bad Milo (2013)
- The One I Love (2014)
- The Skeleton Twins (2014)
- Adult Beginners (2014)
- The Lazarus Effect (2015)
- The Bronze (2015)
- Tangerine (2015)
- 6 Years (2015)
- Manson Family Vacation (2015)
- Asperger's Are Us (2016) (Documentary)
- Take Me (2017)
- Outside In (2017)
- Duck Butter (2018)
- The MisEducation of Bindu (2019)
- Horse Girl (2020)
- Young Hearts (2020)
- As of Yet (2021)
- Not Going Quietly (2021) (Documentary)
- Drought (2021)
- 7 Days (2021)
- Last Stop Larrimah (2023) (Documentary)
- Jazzy (2024)
Television
edit| Year | Title | Director | Executive Producer |
Writer | Creator | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Wedlock | No | Yes | No | No | |
| 2015–16 | Togetherness | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Wrote 16 episodes, directed 15 episodes |
| 2016–18 | Animals | No | Yes | No | No | |
| 2017–20 | Room 104 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Wrote 27 episodes, directed 3 episodes |
| 2018 | Co-Ed | No | Yes | No | No | |
| 2019 | Shook | No | Yes | No | No | |
| 2021 | Cinema Toast | No | Yes | No | No | |
| 2024 | Penelope | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8 episodes |
| The Creep Tapes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Documentary series
editExecutive producer
- Evil Genius (2018)
- Wild Wild Country (2018)
- On Tour with Asperger's Are Us (2019)
- The Lady and the Dale (2021)
- Sasquatch (2021)
- American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders (2024)
Short films
edit| Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Connect 5 | No | Yes | No | |
| 2002 | The New Brad | No | Yes | Yes | |
| 2003 | This Is John | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2004 | Scrapple | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2005 | The Intervention | No | Yes | Yes | |
| 2011 | Kevin | No | Yes | No | Documentary short |
| 2020 | The Ride | No | Executive | No |
Acting roles
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The New Brad | Brad |
| 2003 | Brighter Days | Jonathan |
| 2004 | Scrapple | Todd |
| 2005 | The Puffy Chair | Josh |
| The Intervention | Mark | |
| 2007 | Hannah Takes the Stairs | Mike |
| 2009 | Other People's Parties | Doug Rhineau |
| True Adolescents | Sam | |
| Humpday | Ben | |
| 2010 | Greenberg | Eric Beller |
| Mars[26] | Charlie Brownsville | |
| 2011 | Your Sister's Sister | Jack |
| 2012 | Safety Not Guaranteed | Kenneth Calloway |
| Darling Companion | Bryan Alexander | |
| People Like Us | Ted | |
| Zero Dark Thirty | Steve | |
| 2013 | Parkland | Kenneth O'Donnell |
| 2014 | Tammy | Bobby |
| Convention | Paul | |
| Creep | Josef | |
| The One I Love | Ethan | |
| Mercy | Uncle Lanning | |
| 2015 | The Lazarus Effect[27] | Frank Walton |
| 2016 | Blue Jay | Jim Henderson |
| 2017 | Creep 2 | Aaron |
| 2018 | Tully | Craig Freehauf |
| Duck Butter | Mark | |
| Love Sonia | Man in LA | |
| 2019 | Paddleton | Michael Thompson |
| Bombshell | Douglas Brunt | |
| 2021 | Language Lessons[28] | Adam |
| 7 Days | Daddy (voice) | |
| 2022 | Biosphere | Billy |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–2015 | The League | Pete Eckhart | 84 episodes |
| 2012–2017 | The Mindy Project | Brendan Deslaurier | 22 episodes |
| 2013 | Maron | Himself | Episode: "A Real Woman" |
| 2015–2016 | Togetherness | Brett Pierson | 16 episodes |
| 2015 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Himself | Episode: "Mark Duplass Wears a Striped Sweater and Jeans" |
| 2016–2017 | Animals | Various voices | 3 episodes |
| 2017 | Comrade Detective | Todd (voice) | Episode: "Two Films for One Ticket" |
| Manhunt: Unabomber | David Kaczynski | 5 episodes | |
| 2017–2022 | Big Mouth | Val Bilzerian / Clerk (voice) | 11 episodes |
| 2018–2019 | Goliath | Tom Wyatt | 9 episodes |
| 2019–present | The Morning Show | Charlie "Chip" Black | 20 episodes |
| 2020 | When the Streetlights Go On | Mr. Carpenter | 4 episodes |
| Room 104 | Graham Husker | Episode: "The Murderer" | |
| 2021 | Calls | Patrick (voice) | Episode: "Pedro Across the Street" |
| 2022 | Pretzel and the Puppies | Pretzel (voice) | 18 episodes |
| 2023 | Celebrity Jeopardy! | Himself | Contestant |
| TBA | Good American Family | Michael Barnett | Lead role[29] |
Bibliography
edit- Like Brothers (2018) (with Jay Duplass)
Awards and nominations
edit| Award | Year | Work | Category | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Globe Awards | 2022 | The Morning Show | Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated | [30] |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2022 | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Nominated | [31] | |
| 2024 | Nominated | [32] | |||
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2018 | Wild Wild Country | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series | Won | [33] |
| 2020 | The Morning Show | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated | ||
| 2024 | Nominated | ||||
| Producers Guild of America Awards | 2019 | Wild Wild Country | Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television | Nominated | [34] |
| Satellite Awards | 2019 | Goliath | Best Supporting Actor – Television Series | Nominated | [35] |
| Peabody Awards | 2022 | Somebody Somewhere | Entertainment | Nominated | [36] |
References
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- ^ "The Week Ahead; Low budget and brotherly". Los Angeles Times. July 3, 2006. Archived from the original on January 11, 2013. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
- ^ King, Susan (July 6, 2006). "Puffy Chair carves out a living". Kansas City Star. Archived from the original on August 20, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
- ^ "Mr. John Anthony Ernst, Jr. Obituary - Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemeteries". Stei-23818.tributes.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
- ^ Hood, Shannon (March 19, 2013). "SXSW Interview: 'Cyrus' Directors Mark and Jay Duplass". The Flickcast. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
- ^ "Jay Duplass Talks Moving To The Mainstream At The 2011 Savannah Film Festival". Indiewire. March 2, 2012. Archived from the original on January 11, 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
- ^ Lamble, David. "The Bay Area Reporter Online | Now playing & resonating". Ebar.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
- ^ "Jay Duplass Doesn't Want to be a Coen Brother Anymore". The New Yorker. July 17, 2022.
- ^ Dargis, Manohla (June 17, 2010). "Mommy Dearest, You're Mine Forever". The New York Times.
- ^ Needles, Tim (June 29, 2010). "5 Questions for the cast of the new film Cyrus". Short and Sweet NYC. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
- ^ Scott, A. O. (March 15, 2012). "Up From the Basement, Slacker Metaphysics". The New York Times.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (July 5, 2012). "Too Old for Sibling Rivalry? Never, Brothers Say". The New York Times.
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- ^ Duplass, Mark (May 23, 2016). "CREEP 2 discussions have officially begun". @MarkDuplass. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (July 5, 2012). "The Lazarus Effect". The New York Times.
- ^ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (June 16, 2015). "Duplass Brothers Ink Overall Deal with HBO". Variety. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
- ^ "Like Brothers". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
- ^ Nordine, Michael (February 21, 2018). "The Duplass Brothers Shot a Secret Movie With Ray Romano as Part of a Four-Picture Deal With Netflix". Indiewire. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
- ^ "Emmy-Winning Producer, Actor Mark Duplass Named Sinatra Artist-in-Residence". July 22, 2022. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
- ^ "I'm Still Excited Volcano - Volcano, I'm Still Excited!! LP". CD Universe. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
- ^ Ryan, Patrick. "Mark and Jay Duplass explain their 'Togetherness' in fun new memoir, 'Like Brothers'". USA TODAY. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
- ^ "Like Brothers by Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass: 9781101967737 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
- ^ Freydkin, Donna (November 12, 2009). "Mark Duplass, Katie Aselton: In 'The League' and in love". USA Today. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
- ^ D'Addario, Daniel (March 14, 2012). "Mark and Jay, Who Live in L.A.: The Post-Mumblecore Duplass Brothers Grow Up". The New York Observer.
- ^ Rotten, Tomatoes (May 28, 2015). "Mars". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^ Miska, Brad (July 5, 2012). "'The Lazarus Effect' Trailer Resurrects…Hell?!". BLOODYDISGUSTING.
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