Mark Blum

Mark Blum
Born (1950-05-14) May 14, 1950
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Years active 1976?-present
Spouse(s) Janet Zarish

Mark Blum (born May 14, 1950) is an American actor in movies, on television and stage.

Career

Blum started acting on stage in the 1970s. Beginning in the 1980s as an actor in movies like Lovesick (1983), Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), Just Between Friends (1986), Crocodile Dundee (1986), Blind Date (1987) and The Presidio (1988).[1]

On television he appeared on the half-season run of the (1990) ABC newsroom drama Capital News. In (2014 - present) television series Mozart in the Jungle.[1]

Blum won an Obie Award for his performance as Al in the Playwrights Horizons production of Albert Innaurato's play Gus and Al in the 1988–1989 season.[2]

Blum currently is on the faculty of HB Studio in New York City. In 2013, Blum appeared as Max in the Primary Stages production of The Model Apartment.

Personal life

Blum was born in Newark, New Jersey. He is married to actress Janet Zarish, who appeared in 1981 as Natalie Bannon on As the World Turns and from 1986-87 as Lee Halpern on One Life to Live.

Blum co-starred on the short-lived TV series Sweet Surrender in 1987 and Capital News in 1990.[3] He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.

References

  1. 1 2 Mark Blum at the Internet Movie Database
  2. 1988–1989 Obie Awards. InformationPlease.com; retrieved March 23, 2016.
  3. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. pp. 1159, 188. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.

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