1. Mark Sheppard plays the character Willoughby Kipling on Doom Patrol.
20 Facts About Mark Sheppard
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Mark Andreas Sheppard was born in London, England, the son of actor W Morgan Sheppard and Regina Lisa Sheppard.
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Mark Sheppard became a drummer as a teenager, buying his first drum kit in 1976, and spent many years recording and touring with artists including Robyn Hitchcock, the Television Personalities, the Finnish rock band Hanoi Rocks, and the Irish group Light a Big Fire.
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In 1985, Mark Sheppard played drums on Light a Big Fire's second album, and was with them as the opening act for some stops on U2's 1987 The Joshua Tree Tour.
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Mark Sheppard had stepped away from music when his abuse of drugs and alcohol took over his life, and stayed away after he regained sobriety and his acting career began to flourish.
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Mark Sheppard played a demon named Arnon on an episode titled "Witches in Tights" on the TV series Charmed.
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Mark Sheppard played Badger, a semi-comical cockney-style crime boss in the short-lived Joss Whedon show Firefly and later cast again in another Whedon show, Dollhouse as Paul Ballard's dismissive FBI superior.
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Mark Sheppard appeared as a villain in season five of the Fox show 24 and as Patricia Arquette's reincarnated Jack the Ripper-style serial killer nemesis on Medium.
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Mark Sheppard appeared as Romo Lampkin in seasons three and four of Battlestar Galactica, and had a recurring role as Manservant Neville in ABC Family's short-lived The Middleman.
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Mark Sheppard has been seen as Anthony Anthros on Bionic Woman, as Sterling the nemesis character on Leverage, and as the King of Hell Crowley on Supernatural.
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Mark Sheppard appeared in the pilot episode of White Collar as a villainous master forger and as the Director of the Ring criminal organisation in Chuck.
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Mark Sheppard appeared in the SyFy series Warehouse 13 as Regent Benedict Valda.
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Mark Sheppard appears in the 2011 Doctor Who episodes "The Impossible Astronaut" and "Day of the Moon" playing the character Canton Everett Delaware III.
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In October 2013, Mark Sheppard returned to White Collar, reprising his 2009 role as master forger Curtis Hagen.
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The elder Mark Sheppard played the older version of his son's character in the aforementioned Doctor Who and NCIS episodes.
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Mark Sheppard voiced the role of protagonist Michael Ford in The Conduit, whose mentor, John Adams, was voiced by W Morgan Sheppard.
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Mark Sheppard was cast with his father as the same character on three occasions, each playing the character at different ages:.
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Since 2011, Mark Sheppard has been "The Voice" of BBC America promos and announcements.
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On 9 November 2015, Mark Sheppard married Australian heiress Sarah Louise Fudge.
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On 1 December 2023, Mark Sheppard suffered six heart attacks at his home in Los Angeles.