Mark Duplass

Mark David Duplass (born December 7, 1976) is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and musician. He is the brother of filmmaker Jay Duplass, and together the brothers started the film production company Duplass Brothers Productions in 1996, and have written and directed the films The Puffy Chair (2005), Baghead (2008), Cyrus (2010), Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011), and The Do-Deca-Pentathlon (2012). Duplass played the role of Pete Eckhart in the FX television series The League (2009–2015). He was also one of the stars of Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) with Aubrey Plaza.

Mark Duplass
Duplass in October 2011
Born
Mark David Duplass

(1976-12-07) December 7, 1976
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Texas at Austin
City College of New York
Occupation
  • Filmmaker
  • actor
  • writer
  • musician
Years active1996–present
Spouse(s)
​
(m. 2006)​
Children2
RelativesJay Duplass (brother)

Duplass co-wrote the horror film Creep (2014) and its 2017 sequel, and starred in both films as Josef. He co-wrote and co-produced the television anthology series Room 104 (2017–present). Duplass has also appeared in Humpday (2009), Greenberg (2010), The Mindy Project (2012–2014), Tammy (2014), The One I Love (2014), The Lazarus Effect (2015), Togetherness (2015–2016), Blue Jay (2016), Tully (2018), Goliath (2018–2019), Paddleton (2019), and The Morning Show (2019–present).

For The Morning Show, he received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2020.[1]

In addition to filmmaking and acting, Duplass was also the singer and keyboardist of Volcano, I'm Still Excited!!, an indie rock band signed to Polyvinyl Record Co.

Early life

Duplass was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Cynthia (née Ernst) and Lawrence Duplass.[2][3][4] He was raised as a Roman Catholic,[5][6] and attended Jesuit High School, University of Texas at Austin, and City University of New York-City College. Duplass is of part Cajun ancestry.[7]

Career

Duplass 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[8] 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.[9] Their films Jeff, Who Lives at Home and The Do-Deca-Pentathlon were released in 2012.[10][11] In 2014, Mark co-wrote, produced and starred in the horror film Creep alongside Patrick Brice, appearing in the film as Josef. [12] In May 2016, it was announced that there would be a sequel to Creep. [13] 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.[14]

In 2018, Duplass was in a Wealthsimple commercial, he appeared in Tully and Duck Butter, and released his debut book Like Brothers alongside Jay Duplass.[15] 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,[16] in which he was also a co-writer and executive producer.

Duplass is a member of the Indie rock band Volcano, I'm Still Excited.

Personal life

Duplass is married to his The League and The Puffy Chair co-star, Katie Aselton.[17] They have two daughters, Ora (born 2007) and Molly (born 2012).[18] He was also the lead singer of the rock band Volcano, I'm Still Excited!![19]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Credited as
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
2012 Black Rock No Yes Executive
2014 Creep No Yes Yes
2016 Blue Jay No Yes No
2017 Table 19 No Yes No
Creep 2 No Yes No
2019 Paddleton No Yes Executive

Executive producer only

Television
Year Title Credited as Notes
Director Executive
Producer		 Writer
2015–16 Togetherness Yes Yes Yes
2016–18 Animals. No Yes No
2017–2020 Room 104 Yes Yes Yes Co-creator
2018 Evil Genius No Yes No Documentary series
Wild Wild Country No Yes No
2021 The Lady and the Dale No Yes No Documentary series

Short films
Year Film Credited as Notes
Director Producer Writer
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

Film
Year Title Role Notes
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[20] 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[21] 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

Television
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
2017–2019 Big Mouth Val Bilzerian / Clerk (voice) 6 episodes
2018–2019 Goliath Tom Wyatt 9 episodes
2019–present The Morning Show Charlie "Chip" Black 10 episodes
2020 When the Streetlights Go On Mr. Carpenter 1 episode
Room 104 Graham Husker Episode: "The Murderer"

Bibliography

Awards

References
  1. "2020 Primetime Emmy® Awards – Nomination Press Release" (PDF). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  2. "The Week Ahead; Low budget and brotherly". Los Angeles Times. July 3, 2006. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  3. King, Susan (July 6, 2006). "Puffy Chair carves out a living". Kansas City Star.
  4. "Mr. John Anthony Ernst, Jr. Obituary - Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemeteries". Stei-23818.tributes.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  5. Hood, Shannon (March 19, 2013). "SXSW Interview: 'Cyrus' Directors Mark and Jay Duplass". The Flickcast. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  6. "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.
  7. Lamble, David. "The Bay Area Reporter Online | Now playing & resonating". Ebar.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  8. Dargis, Manohla (June 17, 2010). "Mommy Dearest, You're Mine Forever". The New York Times.
  9. Needles, Tim. "5 Questions for the cast of the new film Cyrus". Short and Sweet NYC. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  10. Scott, A. O. (March 15, 2012). "Up From the Basement, Slacker Metaphysics". The New York Times.
  11. Holden, Stephen (July 5, 2012). "Too Old for Sibling Rivalry? Never, Brothers Say". The New York Times.
  12. Creep (2014), retrieved 2018-12-22
  13. Duplass, Mark (2016-05-23). "CREEP 2 discussions have officially begun". @MarkDuplass. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
  14. Holden, Stephen (July 5, 2012). "The Lazarus Effect". The New York Times.
  15. "Like Brothers". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
  16. 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.
  17. Freydkin, Donna (November 12, 2009). "Mark Duplass, Katie Aselton: In 'The League' and in love". USA Today. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
  18. 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.
  19. "I'm Still Excited Volcano - Volcano, I'm Still Excited!! LP". CD Universe. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  20. Rotten, Tomatoes (May 28, 2015). "Mars". Rotten Tomatoes.
  21. Miska, Brad (July 5, 2012). "'The Lazarus Effect' Trailer Resurrects…Hell?!". The New York Times.
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