Jeff Marcus
{{short description|American actor (born 1960)}}
{{BLP sources|date=November 2024}}
{{infobox person
| birth_name = Jeffrey Marcus
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=y|1960|2|21}}
| birth_place = Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1980–present
| website = {{URL|https://jeffreymarcus.com}}
}}
Jeffrey Marcus (born February 21, 1960) is an American actor who stars on television, film and theater. Between 1980 and 1990, Marcus appeared on and off-Broadway in such plays as The Survivor and Almost an Eagle (starring James Whitmore).{{cite web |title=Almost an Eagle (Broadway, Longacre Theatre, 1982) |url=https://playbill.com/production/almost-an-eagle-longacre-theatre-vault-0000006881 |website=Playbill |access-date=14 November 2024}}{{cite web |title=The Survivor - Standbys, Understudies, and Swings |url=https://playbill.com/personlistpage/person-list?production=00000150-ae98-d936-a7fd-eefc62af0003&type=cp#cc |website=Playbill |access-date=14 November 2024}}
Biography
Marcus is known for his television role as Albert Einstein, the Tenctonese janitor of the L.A.P.D. precinct, in the cult science fiction television series Alien Nation.{{cite news |title=TELEVISION REVIEW;Some More Visitors From 'Alien Nation' |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2238111875 |work=New York Times |date=2 January 1996|id={{ProQuest|2238111875}} }} The show was canceled by the Fox Network after a single season,{{CN|date=November 2024}} but was later brought back as five television movies — Dark Horizon (1994),{{cite news |title=ALIEN NATION: DARK HORIZON |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/307799068 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=23 October 1994|id={{ProQuest|307799068}} }} Body and Soul (1995), Millennium (1996), The Enemy Within (1996), and The Udara Legacy (1997) — for which Marcus reprised his role.
Marcus's first feature film role was in the 1981 classic romance film Endless Love. His other films include The Chosen, Legal Deceit, Freaky Friday, Just Like Heaven, and Frozen.
Marcus has made guest appearances on TV shows such as JAG, NYPD Blue, Chicago Hope, and Tracey Takes On..., as well as television movies such as Our House, with Doris Roberts, and Senior Trip, which also starred his Alien Nation co-star Ron Fassler.
As Jeffrey Marcus he runs an acting class, and coaches actors, in Los Angeles.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0546122|name=Jeff Marcus}}
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Category:American male television actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male stage actors