1. Mark Metcalf was born on March 11,1946 and is an American television and film actor often playing the role of an antagonistic and aggrieved authority figure.
20 Facts About Mark Metcalf
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Mark Metcalf is best known for his role as sadistic ROTC officer Douglas C Neidermeyer in the 1978 American comedy film Animal House, a character he later emulated in the 1984 music videos for the songs "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock" by the heavy metal band Twisted Sister.
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Mark Metcalf is known for playing the role of The Maestro on two episodes of the sitcom Seinfeld as well as for his recurring role as The Master on the supernatural drama series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off series Angel.
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Mark Metcalf enrolled in the engineering program at the University of Michigan.
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In 1984, Mark Metcalf played characters similar to Neidermeyer in the Twisted Sister music videos for the songs "We're Not Gonna Take It", where he played an authoritarian father, and "I Wanna Rock", where he played an authoritarian high school teacher.
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Mark Metcalf played recurring roles on shows such as Hill Street Blues, Teen Angel, Star Trek: Voyager, Ally McBeal and JAG.
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Mark Metcalf reprised the role in an episode later that same season titled "The Doll".
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From 1997 to 2002, Mark Metcalf played the vampire known as The Master on several episodes of the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off series Angel.
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In 2000, Mark Metcalf left Los Angeles and moved to Bayside, Wisconsin with his then wife, Elizabeth "Libby" Wick and their son, Julius.
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Mark Metcalf had moved to Wisconsin to start a restaurant with his wife and with no intent on continuing with acting, due to raising a child with special needs.
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However, Mark Metcalf was approached by the director of First Stage Children's Theater in Milwaukee to act in one of their plays and Mark Metcalf went on to act in several of their productions.
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In conjunction with the Milwaukee Film Festival, Mark Metcalf produced a short film each year based on a screenplay written by a high school student enrolled in the Student Screenwriting Competition, a program developed by Mark Metcalf to teach the craft of screenwriting to young people.
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Mark Metcalf contributed articles about film as a correspondent for the online magazine OnMilwaukee.
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In 2009, Mark Metcalf played the role of Mayor Johnson on an episode of the third season of Mad Men titled "Souvenir".
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In 2019, Mark Metcalf played the role of Sheriff Roy in Tate Bunker's film The Field alongside Barry Bostwick and Veronica Cartwright.
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Mark Metcalf was the subject of Vera Brunner-Sung's documentary short Character that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2020.
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Mark Metcalf met Brunner-Sung through a mutual friend after moving to Columbus, Ohio.
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Mark Metcalf filed for divorce in 2003 and since 2006 Wick has been the sole owner of the restaurant.
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In 2013, Mark Metcalf moved to Missoula, Montana, to be closer to Julius, who was a student at the University of Montana.
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Mark Metcalf is a longtime advocate for Alzheimer's research and awareness raising.