Brian Markinson
American actor
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Brian Markinson |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | New York City, U.S. |
| occupation | Actor |
| years active | 1990–present |
| spouse | Nancy Kerr |
| children | 2 |
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| name = Brian Markinson | image = | birth_date = | birth_place = New York City, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actor | years active = 1990–present | spouse = Nancy Kerr | children = 2
Brian Markinson (born ) is an American actor who has appeared in a wide variety of films and television shows. Some of Markinson's best known roles include a U.S. Attorney General in Shooter, an unscrupulous industrialist in Godzilla, and a supporting role in Angels in America.
Personal life
Markinson was born into a Jewish family in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Markinson trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and subsequently graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1983. He married Canadian Nancy Kerr, and their sons Isaac and Evan were both born in Los Angeles in the late 1990s. In 1999 the family moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where they have resided since.
Career
Throughout his career, Markinson has appeared in many American and Canadian film and television projects. He frequently plays either an authority figure or a calculating or menacing villain. One of his most prominent roles was as Police Chief Bill Jacobs on Da Vinci's Inquest and Da Vinci's City Hall. Arctic Air, Traveler, NCIS, NYPD Blue, Psych, Supernatural, Touching Evil, Taken, Dark Angel, UC: Undercover, Stargate SG-1, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, the TV film Lucky 7.
Markinson had appeared in three straight Woody Allen films in supporting character roles: Sweet and Lowdown in 1999, Small Time Crooks in 2000 and The Curse of the Jade Scorpion in 2001. Markinson was also a favorite of Mike Nichols, having appeared in more than six of the late director's projects, including the film Charlie Wilson's War. Markinson is also a stage actor, having performed both on Broadway, Off-Broadway and in regional theatres across Canada; On Broadway, he replaced Kevin Spacey in Lost In Yonkers and in 2016, he led the revival of Tony Kushner's Angels in America at the Arts Club Theatre Company in Vancouver.
Filmography
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | China Beach | Del | Episode: "The Call" |
| 1991 | Equal Justice | Dr. Christopher Ruttenberg | 1 credited episode, 1 uncredited |
| 1991 | The Doctor | Michael | |
| 1991 | Murphy Brown | Mr. Praskin | Episode: "Be it Ever So Humboldt" |
| 1992 | Jake and the Fatman | Stewart's attorney | Episode: "Stormy Weather" |
| 1992 | Tequila and Bonetti | Lenny | Episode: "Language of the Heart" |
| 1992 | A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story | colleague | TV movie |
| 1992 | L.A. Law | Steve Gerard | Episode: "Double Breasted Suit" |
| 1992 | Nails | Calley | TV movie |
| 1992 | Sinatra | Sonny Werblin | Miniseries |
| 1993 | Law & Order | Unknown | Episode: "Extended Family" |
| 1994 | Wolf | Detective Kevin Wade | |
| 1994 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Vorin | Episode: "Homeward" |
| 1994–1998 | The X-Files | Tony Fiore / Gary Lambert | Episodes: "Born Again" and "Folie à Deux" |
| 1995 | Apollo 13 | Pad Rat | |
| 1995 | Star Trek: Voyager | Peter Durst / Sulan | Episodes: "Cathexis" and "Faces" |
| 1996 | Millennium | Detective Teeple | Episodes: "The Judge", "Blood Relatives" and "Sacrament" |
| 1996 | Alien Nation: Millennium | Jason Webster | TV movie |
| 1997 | Star Trek Deep Space Nine | Dr. Elias Giger | Episode: "In the Cards" |
| 1997 | NYPD Blue | Steve Egan | Episodes: "Lost Israel: Part 1" and "Lost Israel: Part 2" |
| 1998 | Enemy of the State | Brian Blake, Attorney | |
| 1999 | Sweet and Lowdown | Bill Shields | |
| 2000 | Small Time Crooks | The Cop | |
| 2000 | Stargate SG-1 | Lotan | Episode: "Scorched Earth" |
| 2001 | The Curse of the Jade Scorpion | Al | |
| 2002 | Liberty Stands Still | Rex Perry | |
| 2003 | Angels in America | Martin Heller | Miniseries |
| 2004 | Da Vinci's Inquest | Police Chief Bill Jacobs | Recurring role (seasons 6–7), Main cast (season 8) |
| 2004 | Touching Evil | Agent Charles Bernal | Main cast |
| 2004 | The Survivors Club | David Price | TV movie |
| 2005–2006 | Da Vinci's City Hall | Police Chief Bill Jacobs | Main cast |
| 2005 | Knights of the South Bronx | Arnie | TV movie |
| 2005 | Lucky 7 | Bernie Myer | TV movie |
| 2005, 2012 | Supernatural | Jerry Panowski, Stan Thompson | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | The Dead Zone | The Collector / Masked Man | Episode: "The Collector" |
| 2005 | Plague City: SARS in Toronto | Unknown | TV movie |
| 2006 | Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone | Scott Clark | TV movie |
| 2006 | Saved | Peter | Episode: "Crossroads" |
| 2006 | Psych | Hiltz Kooler | Episode: "Shawn vs. the Red Phantom" |
| 2006 | Murder on Pleasant Drive | Bob Hilland | |
| 2006 | RV | Garry Moiphine | |
| 2006 | North of Hope | Al | |
| 2006 | Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story | Jimmie Gardiner | Miniseries |
| 2007–2009 | The L Word | Aaron Kornbluth | Recurring role (seasons 4–6) |
| 2007 | Charlie Wilson's War | Paul Brown | |
| 2007 | Bionic Woman | Vincent Aldridge | Episode: "Shawn vs. the Red Phantom" |
| 2007 | Traveler | Ellington | 2 episodes |
| 2007 | Shooter | Attorney General Russert | |
| 2007 | NCIS | Marine EOD Sergeant Dan Trask | Episode: "Skeletons" |
| 2008 | Personal Effects | Finneran | |
| 2008 | The Quality of Life | Police Chief Bill Jacobs | TV movie |
| 2008 | Mayerthorpe | James Roszko | TV movie |
| 2009 | Playing for Keeps | Daryl | TV movie |
| 2009 | Frankie & Alice | Dr. Warren Backman | |
| 2009 | Nora Roberts' High Noon | Captain David McVee | TV movie |
| 2009 | Flashpoint | Dale Murray | Episode: "Never Let You Down" |
| 2009–2010 | Caprica | Jordan Duram | Main cast |
| 2010 | Shattered | Dr. Ryan DiSilvio | Main cast |
| 2010 | Triple Dog | Principal Scalco | |
| 2011 | Sanctuary | Greg Addison | Recurring role (season 4) |
| 2011 | The Killing Game | Detective Robert Spiro / Dom / Kevin Shaw | TV movie |
| 2012 | Arrow | Adam Hunt | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Saving Hope | Sergeant Jimmy Howard | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | The Killing | Gil Sloane, Retired Police Officer & Holder's Narcotics Anonymous Sponsor | Recurring role (seasons 1–2) |
| 2012–2013 | Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome | Galactica Commander Silas Nash | Main cast (& repackaged as TV movie) |
| 2012–2014 | Arctic Air | Ronnie Dearman | Recurring role (seasons 1–3) |
| 2012–2015 | Continuum | Vancouver Police Department Inspector Dillon | Main cast (seasons 1–3), recurring role (season 4) |
| 2013 | Mad Men | Dr. Arnold Rosen | Recurring role (seasons 6–7) |
| 2013 | Down River | Otto | |
| 2013 | 12 Rounds 2: Reloaded | Heller | |
| 2014 | Godzilla | Whelan | |
| 2014 | Fargo | Max Gold | 2 episodes |
| 2015–2017 | Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce | Albert | Recurring role |
| 2015 | iZombie | Dr. Holland | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | The Romeo Section | Norman | Main cast (season 2) |
| 2017 | Salvation | Randall Calhoun | Recurring role (season 1) |
| 2018 | Backstabbing for Beginners | Rasnetsov | |
| 2018 | Take Two | Deacon | 3 episodes |
| 2019 | A Dog's Way Home | Günter Beckenbauer | |
| 2019 | The Magicians | Everett | Recurring role (season 4) |
| 2019 | Unspeakable | Roger Perreault | Miniseries |
| 2020 | Tribal | Buke | Main cast |
| 2020 | Away | George Lane | Recurring role |
| 2024 | Allegiance | TBA | |
| 2025 | Alert: Missing Persons Unit | Walter Evans | Episode: "April" |
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References
References
- Monk, Katherine. (1999-12-23). "Invisible Man Makes Good". [[The Vancouver Sun]].
- (September 17, 2015). "Mad Moen actor gets theatre legs back at Belfry". [[Victoria Times-Colonist]].
- (October 2025). "Home | the National Post Home Page | National Post}}{{dead link".
- (15 April 2013). "North Vancouver actor Brian Markinson kept Mad Men role quiet".
- "Brian Markinson: Celebrity". [[TV Guide]].
- "Boss Man: Interview with Continuum's Brian Markinson".
- "Brian Markinson, Biography".
- (1 November 2016). "Brian Markinson Talks The Romeo Section + A Preview of "Incendiary" - The Televixen".
- (2014-02-10). "The L Word". Wayne State University Press.
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