Mark Sheppard (April 30, 1964) is an English actor and musician of an Irish-German background.Sheppard is the son of character actor William Morgan Sheppard. His first passion was being a musician, which lead him to play in multiple bands that performed in parts of the globe like France and Algeria. He initially preferred being a musician over following his father’s footsteps, believing that “he’s the actor and I’m the musician and that was when I was a kid, but then years later I discovered it was pretty much the same thing to me”.
Sheppard began pursuing acting as someone had “asked me to see if I could be in a play, and I was reluctant but I did it and I discovered it was something I love, it’s fun”.
He credits his father for teaching him “a certain sensibility about acting, as far as we are of the same belief that there is no such thing as a bad guy. They are people of a differing opinion. And are willing to do different things to get what it is that they want. But you should never play the guy as a bad guy.”
Sheppard’s career in acting has lead to many appearances in popular television shows, including 24 as Ivan Erwich, Firefly as Badger, Medium as Dr. Charles Walker, and Star Trek: Voyager in Child’s Play as Leucon. (Source: Battlestarwiki). Mark portrays Anthony Anthros in Bionic Woman. Anthony is the father of Will Anthros and is a genius in the field of Bionics. In the series premiere he escapes from a maximum security prison with ease.
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