Mark Sheppard
Mark Andreas Sheppard (born 30 May 1964) is an English actor and musician. He is often credited as Mark A. Sheppard. Sheppard is known for playing the demon/King of Hell Crowley on "Supernatural" and for his recurring roles as lawyer Romo Lampkin on the "Battlestar Galactica" reboot, Interpol investigator James Sterling on "Leverage", and small-time crime lord Badger on Joss Whedon's "Firefly". Career. Music. At 15, he became a professional musician and enjoyed many years as a recording and touring artist with bands including Robyn Hitchcock, the Television Personalities and the Irish group Light a  Big Fire. Mark played drums on Light a Big Fire's second album. As a session musician, he recorded albums for many groups throughout Europe, and eventually moved to Indonesia. Stage. Sheppard starred in the American production of the play "Cock and Bull Story" (directed by "Midnight Express" author Billy Hayes), for which he won numerous awards, including the 1992 L.A. Drama Critics' Circle award, and the "LA Weekly" and Dramalogue awards. Television. Sheppard's television work includes the following: the "Fire" episode of "The X-Files", a year on the Jerry Bruckheimer action series "Soldier of Fortune", guest-starring  and recurring roles on "The Practice", "The Invisible Man", "Special Unit 2", "JAG", "", "The Chronicle", "Monk", "Las Vegas", "", "Chuck," "" and "White Collar," among others. Mark played a demon named Arnon on an episode titled "Witches in Tights" on the TV series "Charmed". He played Badger, a semi-comical cockney-style crime boss in the short-lived Joss Whedon show "Firefly" and later cast again in another Joss Whedon show, "Dollhouse" as Paul Ballard's dismissive FBI superior. He has appeared as a villain in season five of the Fox show "24" and as Patricia Arquette's serial-killer nemesis on  Medium. He 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 cult hit "The Middleman". He has been seen as Anthony Anthros on "Bionic Woman", as Sterling the nemesis character on "Leverage", as the King of Hell Crowley on "Supernatural", and as bank robber Tom Prescott on an episode of "Burn Notice". He appeared in the pilot episode of the US series "White Collar" as a villainous master forger and in NBC's "Chuck" as the Director of the Ring criminal organisation. He  appeared in the SyFy series "Warehouse 13" as Regent Benedict Valda. He appears in the 2011 "Doctor Who" episodes "The Impossible Astronaut" and "Day of the Moon" playing the character Canton Everett Delaware III. This was the first time Sheppard had appeared in a British TV series. In October 2013, Sheppard returned to "White Collar", reprising his 2009 role as master forger Curtis Hagen. Film. His film credits include the Jim Sheridan film "In the Name of the Father", starring opposite Daniel Day-Lewis and Emma Thompson as Guildford Four member Patrick Armstrong; the romantic comedy "Lover's Knot"; the  Russian historical drama "Out of the Cold"; the thriller "Unstoppable"; and with Heather Graham and Jeremy Sisto in the dark independent, "Broken". He also starred in "Megalodon" and "New Alcatraz". Mark Sheppard directed his father W. Morgan Sheppard in the film "Room 101" and co-starred with him in the psychological thriller "Nether World", which the younger Sheppard also co-produced. His father also played the older version of Mark's character in the aforementioned "Doctor Who" and "NCIS" episodes. Video games. He voiced the role of protagonist Michael Ford in "The Conduit", whose mentor, John Adams, is voiced by  his father W. Morgan Sheppard. Double casting. Sheppard was cast with his father (who died in 2019) as the same character on three occasions, each playing the character at different ages: In the "Macgyver" reboot episode, "Cigar Cutter", which first aired 14 April 2017, he plays an assassin who assumes the identity of murder victim "Dr. Zito", a role his father played in the original series, except "Dr. Zito" was the name of the killer. Voice. Since 2011, Mark Sheppard has been "The Voice" of "BBC America" promos and announcements. Personal life. Sheppard is the son of actor W. Morgan  Sheppard. Sheppard married his first wife, Jessica, in 2004. They have two sons, Max and Will, and divorced in 2014. On 9 November 2015, Sheppard married Sarah Louise Fudge. They celebrated their union in a private ceremony a year later on 19 November 2016 in Malibu, California. On 1 March 2016, their daughter, Isabella Rose, was born.