Mark Sheppard is an English actor and musician whose world-famous reputation was brought by the role of Hell King Crowley in the popular TV series Supernatural. For her, he received the Best Villain Award in the SFX Awads Award.
Mark Sheppard: musician, actor, director and screenwriter
Mark Sheppard was born on May 30, 1964 in London, England. His father, W. Morgan Sheppard, is also a British actor. Mark Sheppard began his career as a musician. He became a professional when he was only 15 years old, worked as a touring artist with Robin Hitchcock, and the Television Personalities band, performing post-punk and indie pop. Subsequently, Mark moved to the United States to continue his career. In the United States, the work of a musician faded into the background, and Sheppard began to actively engage in acting. He got the opportunity to play in the play "An Imagineable Story" (Cock and Bull Story), the role was his first theatrical work. His performance in the play received positive reviews from critics and was noticed by agents. Since then, he began appearing in various films and television shows, including In the Name of the Father, The X-Files, The Soldiers of Fortune, Sliding, Dance with Me, Chinese Town, Man invisibility ", " Enchanted ", " Doctor Who "and others.
Mark Sheppard is a versatile person. He not only masterfully plays villains, but is also a director, producer and screenwriter. His first experience as the first assistant director was the comedy American Vampire. And in 2001, he worked on the film "Room 101", shot according to his script. In addition, Sheppard was the director and producer of the picture, and his father starred in the title role. In 2012, Sheppard's second directorial project, Adventures on a Mysterious Island, was released, in which Mark not only was a director, but also played the role of captain Nemo.
Awards
Mark Sheppard was nominated for various awards and won several of them. Among them is the Saturn Award for Best Guest Performance in the television series "Leverage". He has also been nominated for the TV Guide and SFX Awads in the Beloved Villain category for Supernatural. Mark won the LA Drama Critics' Circle Award and LA Weekly and Dramalogue awards for his role in the play "Cock and Bull Story".
