Mark Andreas Sheppard, is the actor who portrayed the demon Crowley in Supernatural.
He was a guest star during seasons 5 to 9, and then promoted to a series regular for season 10 until his departure at the end of 12.
History[]
Mark was born to W. Morgan Sheppard and his wife on the 30th of May, 1964 in England. He is also known for being doubled casted with his father as they play the younger and older versions of the same character on several movies.
Born in London, England, Mark is of an Irish-German background. At the age of 15, he was interested in music and became a professional musician. He toured with bands like Television personalities and Light a Big Fire and reacted several songs. After moving into the United States, Sheppard auditioned for the production of Cock and Bull Story and won the 1992 L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award as well as the LA Weekly and Dramalogue Awards for his role there.
For television, he has starred in The X-Files, Soldier of Fortune and has had recurring roles in shows like The Invisible Man, The Practice, Special unit 2, The Chronicle, JAG, Star Trek: Voyager, Monk, White Collar, CSI, Leverage, and Chuck among many others. The TV series Charmed has starred him as well. His other appearances include acting as an FBI agent on Joss Whedon's show Dollhouse, and, ironically, a notorious criminal on Whedon's show Firefly. He has also appeared as a villain on 24 and on Medium. His other television appearances include acting in The Middleman, Bionic Woman, Doctor Who and Battlestar Galactica. He started acting as demon Crowley on Supernatural since 2005 and has been doing so until Season 12. His film credits include acting for In the Name of the Father, Unstoppable, Broken, New Alcatraz and Megalodon. He has also directed Mysterious Island.
As far as his personal life is concerned, Mark is currently married to Sarah Louise Fudge. Previously, he had been married to Jessica. Mark and Jessica married on the 6th of March, 2004. After having two children named Max and William together, the couple had marital problems and thus got divorced in 2014. Following his divorce, he started a relationship with Sarah Louise Fudge. Sarah, an Australian mining heiress who met him at a Supernatural convention. Mark and Sarah became engaged on August 20, 2015. They announced that they were expecting their first child on September 26, 2015. Following this announcement, the couple got married on 9th November, 2015 in Denver, Colorado. Their baby girl, Isabella Rose Sheppard, was born on March 1, 2016.
Appearances[]
Filmography[]
Film[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | In the Name of the Father | Paddy Armstrong | |
| 1996 | Lover's Knot | Nigel Bowles | |
| 1997 | Nether World | "California" | |
| 1999 | Out of the Cold | "Fang" | |
| 2000 | Farewell, My Love | M.J. | |
| 2001 | Lady in the Box | Doug Sweeney | |
| 2001 | New Alcatraz | Yuri Breshcov | |
| 2002 | Megalodon | Mitchell Parks | Direct-to-video |
| 2004 | Evil Eyes | Peter | |
| 2004 | Unstoppable | Leitch | |
| 2006 | Broken | Malcolm | |
| 2010 | Xtinction: Predator X | Dr. Charles LeBlanc | |
| 2012 | Jules Verne's Mysterious Island | Young Captain Nemo | Also director |
| 2012 | War of the Worlds: Goliath | Sean O'Brien | Voice role |
| 2013 | Sons of Liberty | Ackley |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992-93 | Silk Stalkings | Eric/Eddie Bryce | 2 episodes |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Bob/Cecil L'Ively | 1 episode |
| 1995 | M.A.N.T.I.S. | C. Flayton Ruell | 1 episode |
| 1997 | Soldier of Fortune | Christopher "C.J." Yates | Television film |
| 1997-98 | Soldier of Fortune, Inc. | Christopher "C.J." Yates | 20 episodes |
| 1998 | Sliders | Jack | 1 episode |
| 1999 | Martial Law | Clay Sullivan | 1 episode |
| 1999 | The Practice | Eddie Wicks | 1 episode |
| 2000 | Star Trek: Voyager | Leucon | 1 episode |
| 2000 | JAG | Deputy Director of Air Operations/Young General Parker | 2 episodes |
| 2001 | The Invisible Man | Yuri Gregorov | 1 episode |
| 2001 | The Chronicle | "Nitro" | 1 episode |
| 2001 | Special Unit 2 | "The Chameleon" | 1 episode |
| 2001 | Lost Voyage | Ian Fields | Television film |
| 2001-02 | V.I.P. | Nero | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | UC: Undercover | Mitchell Reeves | 1 episode |
| 2002 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Rod Darling | 1 episode |
| 2002 | Charmed | Arnon | 1 episode |
| 2002 | Firefly | "Badger" | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Fastlane | Ronan Dennehy | 1 episode |
| 2003 | Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle | Man In Car | Television film |
| 2003 | Deep Shock | Chomsky | Television film |
| 2003 | Jake 2.0 | Hartman | 1 episode |
| 2004 | Las Vegas | George Beckwahr | 1 episode |
| 2004 | Monk | Chris Downey | 1 episode |
| 2005 | CSI: NY | Kevin Hannigan | 1 episode |
| 2005-06 | Medium | Dr. Charles Walker | 3 episodes |
| 2006 | 24 | Ivan Erwich | 6 episodes |
| 2006 | Without a Trace | Ioannis "Johnny" Patani | 1 episode |
| 2007-09 | Battlestar Galactica | Romo Lampkin | 7 episodes |
| 2007 | Bionic Woman | Anthony Anthros | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | Shark | Rupert Stone | 1 episode |
| 2008 | In Plain Sight | Russell | 1 episode |
| 2008 | The Middleman | Neville, The Manservant | 2 episodes |
| 2008-12 | Leverage | Jim Sterling | 10 episodes |
| 2009 | NCIS | Young Marcin Jerek | 1 episode |
| 2009 | Burn Notice | Tom Prescott | 1 episode |
| 2009 | Dollhouse | Tanaka | 3 episodes |
| 2009-14 | White Collar | Curtis Hagen | 6 episodes |
| 2009 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Dimitri Sadesky | 1 episode |
| 2009-14 | Warehouse 13 | Benedict Valda | 6 episodes |
| 2009-17 | Supernatural | Crowley | 70 episodes |
| 2010 | Chuck | Ring Director | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Docotor Who | Canton Everett Delaware III | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Prime Suspect | "Blackjack" Mullins | 1 episode |
| 2017 | MacGyver | Fake Dr. Zito/Jason Tennant | 1 episode |
| 2019-23 | Doom Patrol | Willoughby Kipling | 12 episodes |
| 2022-23 | Walker: Independence | Nathaniel Hagan | 5 episodes |
Video games[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | The Conduit | Michael Ford | |
| 2021 | Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | Roman "Knight" Grey | DLC |
Music[]
Mark Sheppard has played the drums in several bands.
With Television Personalities[]
- ...And Don't The Kids Just Love It (1981), 14 credits.
- Cross Current: Rough Trade's Greatest Hits Volume One (1983), under the Various designation and the name TV Personalities. Credited on the track I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives.
- Mummy Your Not Watching Me (1990), under the name TV Personalities. 3 credits.
- They Could Have Been Bigger Than The Beatles (1990), 5 credits.
- Singles 1978-1987 (2007).
- Some Kind Of Happening Singles 1978-1989 (2019), 3 credits.
With Nikki Sudden[]
- Beau Geste (1983), credited on the track Waiting For The Siege.
- Waiting On Egypt / The Bible Belt (2001).
- The Last Bandits In The World (2018), collaboration album with Johnny Fean and Simon Carmody. Credited on the track Christmas Morning.
With The Barracudas[]
- Stolen Heart (1984), under the name Barracudas. 2 credits.
- Live In Madrid (1986).
- Time Will Show The Wiser - The Bucketfull Of Brains Collection (1989), under the Various designation. Credited on the track Very Last Day.
With Other Bands[]
- Light A Big Fire (1986) by Surveillance.
- Christmas Morning (1986) by The Last Bandits. Credited on the track Christmas Morning.
- Light In The Darkness (2003) by The Offering (3).
- Robyn Hitchcock & His LA Squires (2018) by Robyn Hitchcock.
Award Nominations[]
- Saturn Award - Best Guest Performance in a Television Series for Leverage (2013)
- SFX Award - Best Villain for Supernatural (2013)
- TV Guide Award - Favorite Villain for Supernatural (2014)
Trivia[]
- Mark is sometimes credited as Mark A. Sheppard.
- He became a United States citizen in 2015.
- In response to a fan's question, Mark said he was a "Dean-girl".
- Mark coincidentally shares his birthday with co-star Jensen Ackles' daughter, J.J.
- Mark's son Max Sheppard made an uncredited appearance as a demon in season 10 episode "Soul Survivor".
- Mark expressed displeasure over Crowley's death in Season 12, believing he deserved better.
- Mark's second son William was born on June 16th, 2005. Mark refers to him as "mysterious middle child". He is also a T1D and a celiac advocate.
- Coincidentally Mark already had portrayed a demon before. It was the demon Arnon in TV series Charmed.
- Both of Mark's demon characters Arnon and Crowley used a boy named Kevin to get what they want, Arnon used Kevin to try to gain the power of an Elder Whitelighter, and Crowley used Kevin Tran to decipher the demon tablet after kidnapping him. Both Kevins also preferred working with the good guys after the good guys helped them escape from the demon holding them.
- In addition to Mark, Misha Collins, Sebastian Roché, James Immekus and Jensen Ackles' wife, Danneel Harris-Ackles, also starred in this series at various times.
See Also[]
External Link[]
Mark Sheppard at the Internet Movie Database- Mark Sheppard at Wikipedia
- Mark Sheppard on Twitter
- Mark Sheppard on Instagram