Markus Flanagan

Markus Flanagan
Born Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Years active 1988–present

Markus Flanagan is an American actor.

Career

In 1990, he starred in the short-lived ABC police drama Sunset Beat.[1]alongside George Clooney, Michael Deluise and Erik King.

He was a series regular again on NBC's Nurses for season two playing Luke the rebel nurse.

He co-starred in the Nickelodeon series Unfabulous as Jeff Singer, the father of Emma Roberts' character, from 2004 to 2007. His other television credits include CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, Judging Amy, and Northern Exposure. Flanagan also played perhaps Phoebe's most memorable boyfriend in the television sitcom Friends in the third season where she broke up with him because his man equipment kept falling out of his shorts. He also had a recurring role as Harry Dean on Fox's Melrose Place.

He is a recurring character on the Peabody award winning show Better Things.

He's done over 125 episodes of TV with roles on; CSI, CSI Miami, NCIS, Major Crimes, Bones, Agents of Shield, Will and Grace, Seinfeld, Veronica's Closet, and many others.

His film roles include Biloxi Blues directed by Mike Nichols, Blue Steel directed by Katherine Bigelow, Born on the 4th of July directed by Oliver Stone, The Kingdom directed by Peter Berg among others.

Flanagan studied with Sanford Meisner in the last class taught by Meisner at Neighborhood Playhouse Acting School in New York City.

He is the Author of One Less Bitter Actor-the new actors survival guide a staple among actors and required reading at many University theater programs.

Markus created the play series; The LA Cafe Plays. This one-day play format creates 5 one act plays in a single day. The plays are written, rehearsed and performed in the same day. This series has been running monthly for over 13 years in Santa Monica.

References

  1. ↑ Terrace, Vincent. Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007 (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2008), pp.1468-9.


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