Mark Blum

ActorCrewProducerProduction May 14 (died age 69) Newark, New Jersey, USA 1982–2020 (38 year career)

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Biography

Mark Blum (May 14, 1950 - March 26, 2020) was an American actor in movies, on television and stage. He found success with a lead role as Gary Glass in the 1985 film Desperately Seeking Susan, which he followed up the next year with a supporting role as Richard Mason in Crocodile Dundee. He had a regularly recurring role as Union Bob on the Amazon Prime series Mozart in the Jungle from 2014 to 2018. He was married to actress Janet Zarish from 2005 until his death in 2020 from COVID.

Known For

Film

Step Up 3D

NYU Professor

Film

Crocodile Dundee

Richard Mason

Film

Shattered Glass

Lewis Estridge

Film

Desperately Seeking Susan

Gary Glass

Film

Blind Date

Denny Gordon

Film

The Presidio

Arthur Peale

Film

I Don't Know How She Does It

Lew Reddy

Film

Coin Heist

Mr. Smerconish

Filmography

Acting (73)

Movies (39)

Victor in Paradise

as Martin

Sister of the Groom

as Nat

Human Capital

as Rex

Love Is Blind

as Dr. Klienart

Coin Heist

as Mr. Smerconish

No Pay, Nudity

as Leon/Lester's Agent

How He Fell in Love

as Henry

Blumenthal

as Saul Blumenthal

A Wife Alone

as George

I Don't Know How She Does It

2011

as Lew Reddy

5.2

Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost

as Dr. Parkinson

The Green

as Stuart

Step Up 3D

as NYU Professor

Night Springs

as Dr. Barclay Colvin

The Warrior Class

2007

as Richardson

3.3

Life on the Ledge

2005

as Father

Shattered Glass

2003

as Lewis Estridge

7.0

Zen and the Art of Landscaping

as Richard Baxter

The Judge

as Harry Hobbs

Down to You

as The Interviewer

Getting to Know You

as Darrell

You Can Thank Me Later

1998

as Edward Cooperberg

5.1

The Defenders: Payback

as Jackson

Stag

as Ben Marks

Sudden Manhattan

as Louis

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

as Wayne Satz

Miami Rhapsody

as Peter

Denise Calls Up

as Obstretrician

The Low Life

as Matthew Greenberg

Emma and Elvis

as Ben

Condition: Critical

1992

as Dr. Howard Zuckerman

Worth Winning

as Ned Braudy

The Presidio

as Arthur Peale

Blind Date

as Denny Gordon

Crocodile Dundee

as Richard Mason

Just Between Friends

as George Margolin

Desperately Seeking Susan

1985

as Gary Glass

6.1

Things Are Looking Up

1984

as Ray Litertini

Lovesick

1983

as Intern Murphy

5.5

Television (34)

Almost Family

as Dr. Lewis

You

as Mr. Mooney

Succession

as Bill

The Good Fight

as Julius Kreutzer

Billions

as Dr. Mark Rutenberg

Difficult People

as Rabbi Schecter

Mozart in the Jungle

as Union Bob

Elementary

as Irvin Langstrom

The Good Wife

as Julius Kreutzer

Mercy

Fringe

as Claus Penrose

New Amsterdam

as Dr. Macvittie

CSI: Miami

as Jim Rennert

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Philip Oliver

The Judge

as Harry Hobbs

as Arnold Bancroft

Deadline

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as David Arnoff

The Sopranos

as Randall Curtin

The West Wing

as Katzenmoyer

Judging Amy

as Richard Kinrich

Family Law

as Russell Hollenback

8.2

The Practice

1997

as State Attorney Michael Scannel

Central Park West

New York Undercover

as Dr. Vincent

NYPD Blue

as Dr. Roland Sachs

Frasier

as John

Law & Order

as A.D.A. Frank Lazar

Wings

as Larry Mohr

Capital News

as Edison King

Roseanne

Sweet Surrender

Miami Vice

as Sid Shenker

St. Elsewhere

as Dr. Vogel

Crew (3)

Movies (3)

Sister of the Groom

In Memory Of

The Low Life

Executive Producer

Search and Destroy

Associate Producer