Logan Marshall-Green
{{short description|American actor (born 1976)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Logan Marshall-Green
| image = Logan-Marshall-Interview.jpg
| caption = Marshall-Green in 2018
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|11|1}}
| birth_place = Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
| education ={{ubl|University of Tennessee, Knoxville (BA)|New York University (MFA)}}
| occupation = Actor, filmmaker
| partner = Marisa Tomei
(2008–2012)
| spouse = {{marriage|Diane Gaeta|December 12, 2012|July 23, 2020|end=div}}
| children = 2
| yearsactive = 2003–present
}}
Logan Marshall-Green (born November 1, 1976) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his roles in the television series 24, The O.C., Traveler, Dark Blue and Quarry, as well as his roles in the films
Prometheus, {{sortname|The|Invitation|dab=2015 film}}, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Upgrade and When They See Us.
Early life
Marshall-Green was born in Charleston, South Carolina, to teacher parents. He was raised by his mother, Lowry Marshall, in Cranston, Rhode Island, while she taught theatre at Brown University.{{cite web|url=https://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/rising-stars_6282.html|title=Rising Stars|website=theatermania.com|first=Michael|last=Portantiere|date=July 7, 2005}} He has a twin brother named Taylor. They both attended Barrington High School in the early 1990s. He did his undergraduate studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he also wrote for the school newspaper, The Daily Beacon, as an entertainment writer covering the bar, music, and theater scene.{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}}
Becoming more interested in theatre, he attended the National Theater Institute in Waterford, Connecticut. He earned a Master's in Fine Arts from New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts.{{cite web|url=http://gradacting.tisch.nyu.edu/object/ga_alumbios.html|title=NYU Graduate Acting Alumni|year=2011|access-date=December 1, 2011}}
Career
Marshall-Green appeared in both Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2003 and Law & Order in 2004, before landing recurring roles on Fox's The O.C. and 24.{{cite web|url=http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/6282|title=Theater News Interview|publisher=Theatermania.com|date=July 7, 2005|access-date=June 11, 2012}} He received a Drama Desk Award for his performance in Neil LaBute's play The Distance from Here in 2004.{{cite web|url=http://www.dramadesk.org/awards?field_nomination_year_value%5Bvalue%5D%5Byear%5D=2004&field_nominee_full_name_value=&field_show_value=&field_award_value=All|title=Nominees and Recipients - Drama Desk - 2004|work=Drama Desk|access-date=October 7, 2016}}
In 2005, he performed in three separate productions: in June he played an anthropomorphic shark in Adam Bock's Swimming in the Shallows; in August he appeared as Bo Decker in a production of William Inge's classic Bus Stop; and in December he was Beethoven in the Peanuts spoof Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead (for which he received a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor nomination).{{cite web|url=http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/6260|title=Theater News Review of Swimming in the Shallows|publisher=Theatermania.com|date=June 29, 2005|access-date=June 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025075847/http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/6260|archive-date=October 25, 2008|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lortelaward.com/2006-nominees|title=2006 Nominees|website=lortelaward.com}}
He played the villainous Edmund in the Public Theater production of King Lear starring Kevin Kline in the title role and directed by James Lapine. For his performance in King Lear and Pig Farm,{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/28/theater/reviews/28pig.html|title='Pig Farm' Offers Louts and Buffoons, American Style|last=Isherwood|first=Charles|date=June 28, 2006|website=The New York Times}} he was nominated for a Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance.{{cite news|url=https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/2007-drama-league-award-winners-announced_10744.html|title=2007 Drama League Award Winners Announced|last=Lipton|first=Brian Scott|website=theatermania.com|date=May 11, 2007}}
In 2005, Marshall-Green appeared in the film Alchemy. That same year he also appeared in the Miramax film The Great Raid. Marshall-Green portrayed Tyler Fog in the 2007 ABC series Traveler. He appeared as Paco in the 2007 film Across the Universe. He featured as Dean Bendis, an undercover police officer, in a black ops group of the LAPD headed by Dylan McDermott in the TNT series Dark Blue. He played a young rookie cop the 2010 criminal drama Brooklyn's Finest directed by Antoine Fuqua and had a lead role in the horror film Devil.{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/38512/universal-debuts-one-devil-a-trailer|title=Universal Debuts One Devil of a Trailer|publisher=Dreadcentral.com|date=July 13, 2010|access-date=June 11, 2012}}
He appeared in the 2012 Ridley Scott film Prometheus as Holloway, a crew member aboard Prometheus.{{cite web|title=Prometheus Movie Image|website=Collider |url=https://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/prometheus-movie-image1.jpg}} He also portrayed Will in Karyn Kusama's 2015 horror-thriller The Invitation.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/sxsw-15-exclusive-photos-from-karyn-kusamas-the-invitation|title=The Invitation|magazine=Fangoria|date=March 10, 2015|access-date=August 1, 2015}}
In 2018, Marshall-Green starred as the lead in Leigh Whannell and Blumhouse's science fiction cyberpunk film Upgrade.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/prometheus-star-logan-marshall-green-stem-1201943796/|title='Prometheus' Actor Logan Marshall-Green to Star in Sci-Fi Movie 'Stem'|website=Variety|first=Dave|last=McNary|date=December 15, 2016|access-date=June 7, 2017}}
Marshall-Green made his directorial debut with the drama film Adopt a Highway, which was released in March 2019. The film starred Ethan Hawke and Betty Gabriel, and was produced by Jason Blum through Blumhouse Productions.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/adopt-a-highway-review-1203160864/|title=SXSW Film Review: 'Adopt a Highway'|last1=Harvey|first1=Dennis|date=March 12, 2019|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=August 27, 2019}} The actor appeared in an episode of When They See Us,{{Cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/05/you-cannot-look-away-from-when-they-see-us.html|title=You Cannot Look Away from the Masterful When They See Us|website=pastemagazine.com|language=en|access-date=August 27, 2019}} and starred in the video game Telling Lies, which was released in August 2019.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/08/16/narrative-title-telling-lies-releases-later-this-month|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819015221/https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/08/16/narrative-title-telling-lies-releases-later-this-month|url-status=live|archive-date=August 19, 2019|title=Narrative Title Telling Lies Releases Later This Month|last=Khan|first=Imran|magazine=Game Informer|language=en|access-date=August 27, 2019}}
Personal life
Between 2008 and 2012, Marshall-Green was in a relationship with actress Marisa Tomei.{{cite web|last2=Bromley|first2=Melanie|last1=Finn|first1=Natalie|title=Marisa Tomei Not Engaged to Prometheus Hunk Logan Marshall-Green|date=January 24, 2013|publisher=E!|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/381608/marisa-tomei-not-engaged-to-prometheus-hunk-logan-marshall-green|access-date=September 13, 2021}} He married actress Diane Gaeta in 2012.{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/tv/logan-marshall-green-wife-diane-gaeta-announces-divorce/|title=The O.C. Star Logan Marshall Green's Wife Denounces 'Cheating,' Announces She's Divorcing Him|magazine=People|first=Helen|last=Murphy|date=April 6, 2019|access-date=April 6, 2019}} The couple has a son (born 2014).{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/ca/news/531567/logan-marshall-green-welcomes-baby-boy-tennessee-see-pics-of-his-newborn-son|title=Logan Marshall-Green Welcomes Baby Boy Tennessee—See Pics of His Newborn Son!|publisher=eonline.com|date=April 14, 2014|access-date=September 26, 2016}} Marshall-Green is also a stepfather to his wife's daughter (born 2010), whose father was actor Johnny Lewis.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.lamag.com/longform/the-secret-life-of-johnny-lewis/|title=The Secret Life of Johnny Lewis|date=January 30, 2014|magazine=Los Angeles|access-date=August 13, 2018}} Gaeta filed for divorce from Marshall-Green on April 5, 2019. The divorce was finalized on July 23, 2020.{{cite magazine|last=Stone|first=Natalie|date=July 27, 2020|title=The O.C.{{'}}s Logan Marshall-Green and Diane Gaeta Finalize Divorce|url=https://people.com/tv/logan-marshall-green-and-diane-gaeta-finalize-divorce/|magazine=People|access-date=August 10, 2020}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film credits ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2004
| {{sortname|The|Kindness of Strangers|nolink=1}} | Ray | Short film |
| rowspan="2" | 2005
| Alchemy | Martin | |
| {{sortname|The|Great Raid}}
| Lt. Paul Colvin | |
| 2007
| Paco | |
| 2009
| Melvin Panton | |
| 2010
| Devil | Mechanic (Anthony "Tony" Janekowski) | |
| 2012
| Charlie Holloway | |
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| Jewel | |
| Cold Comes the Night
| Billy | |
| rowspan="2" | 2014
| The Marquis | |
| The Sound and the Fury
| Dalton Ames | |
| 2015
| {{sortname|The|Invitation|dab=2015 film}} | Will | Nominated {{ndash}} Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actor{{cite web|title=Never mind Oscar, here's the 2017 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards Nominees Ballot!|url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/never-mind-oscar-heres-the-2017-fangoria-chainsaw-awards-nominees-ballot/|website=FANGORIA®|access-date=February 14, 2017}} |
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| Snowden | Male Drone Pilot | |
| Black Dog, Red Dog
| Stephen | |
| rowspan="2" | 2017
| Sergeant Harper | |
| Spider-Man: Homecoming
| |
| 2018
|Grey Trace |Nominated {{ndash}} Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actor{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/movies/2019/01/22/fangoria-chainsaw-awards/ |title=Halloween, Hereditary, and A Quiet Place nominated for Best Movie...at Fangoria Awards |last=Collis |first=Clark |date=January 22, 2019 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=January 23, 2019}} |
| 2019
| {{n/a}} | Director and writer only |
| rowspan="2" | 2021
| Nate | |
| Intrusion
| Henry | |
| rowspan="3" | 2022
| Paul | |
| The Listener
|Michael (voice) | |
| Lou
| Philip | |
| 2023
|Ted | |
| 2024
| Carry-On | Agent Alcott | |
| 2026
| TBA | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Television credits ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2003
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Mitch Wilkens, aka Max Van Horn | Episode: "Soulless" |
| 2004
| Kyle Mellors | Episode: "Evil Breeds" |
| 2005
| 24 | 6 episodes |
| 2005
| {{sortname|The|O.C.}} | 9 episodes |
| 2007
| Traveler | Tyler Fog | Main cast; 8 episodes |
| 2009–2010
| Dean Bendis | Main cast; 20 episodes |
| 2016
| Quarry | Mac Conway | Main cast; 8 episodes |
| 2017–2018
|Creeley Turner |Main role; 10 episodes |
| 2019
|Roberts |Miniseries; Episode: "Part Four" |
| 2020
|Moritz McLaughlin |Main cast; 8 episodes |
| 2021–2022
|Travis Stone |Main cast (season 2) |
| 2025–present
|Adam |Main cast (season 3) |
=Other media=
References
{{reflist|30em}}
External links
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- {{IMDb name|1334869}}
- {{iobdb name|24439}}
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Category:21st-century American male actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male stage actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:Golden Joystick Award winners
Category:Male actors from Charleston, South Carolina
Category:Male actors from Rhode Island
Category:Actors from Charleston, South Carolina