Stephen Marcus

About Stephen Marcus

Who is it?: Actor, Writer, Director
Birth Day: June 18, 1962
Birth Place:  Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Birth Sign: Cancer
Occupation: Actor
Years active: 1985–present
Spouse(s): Sarah

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Stephen Marcus was born on June 18, 1962 in  Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, is Actor, Writer, Director. Stephen became an actor in 1984 after 3 years of training at Arts Educational Schools in London; he spent the first 6 months of his career touring round London parks and schools in "Robin Hood & The Tree Trick" which was quickly followed by his first film role as Moose in the cult film "My Beautiful Laundrette".After a few years working in Theatre, Commercials and supporting roles on TV he joined the cast of fledgling comedy "Birds of a Feather" as Dave, the lover of Sharon (Pauline Quirke). He was originally in 2 episodes but made such an impact with the fans that he was bought back for the third series. When he met Peter Richardson in Sarah Stockbridge's garden Peter asked him if he was available to do a day's work on "The Glam Metal Detectives" for the Comic Strip", 1 day became 3 months and he played literally hundreds of characters.A year of commercials introduced him to director Peter Chelsom, Peter cast him right away as Gordon in "Hear my Song" opposite Ned Beatty. Then there were a couple of years getting great roles on British TV, in the likes of "The Hot Dog Wars", "Dangerfield" and "Kavanagh QC" and "Our Friends in the North" opposite Malcolm McDowell and Daniel Craig.His movie career was moving alongside this at quite a pace with roles opposite Timothy Dalton in "The Beautician and the Beast", Robert Englund in "The Killer Tongue" and Richard Harris in "Savage Hearts".In 1996 his agent set up a meeting on a small low budget movie with an unknown director named Guy Ritchie; Guy offered him the role of Nick the Greek in his movie "Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels". 3 years later the film it was released and became the biggest British movie in the last 20 years and launched the careers of Nick Moran, Vinnie Jones, Guy Ritchie, Jason Statham, and Mathew Vaughn."Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels" led on to more movies and Hollywood started knocking on the door. Alan Parker had him do a small role in "Angela's Ashes", Philip Kaufman asked him to play Bouchon in "Quills" alongside Kate Winslett, Michael Caine, Joaquin Phoenix and Geoffrey Rush. Richard Eyre called on him twice, for "Iris" opposite Judy Dench and in "Complete Female Stage Beauty" with Clare Danes. This was followed by the role of Ted Ray in "The Greatest Game Ever Played" directed by Bill Paxton, Bill had seen his work and after speaking to his agent he called Stephen from his car phone (very Hollywood) and offered him the part. Then the role of Big Mike in Kinky Boots came along.Alongside a very successful movie career he did several TV series for the USA, Canada and the UK. "Starhunter 2300" in which he played Rudolpho De Luna, he played the co-lead in the BBC series "Cavegirl". he played Banjo and Broadman in the adaptations of Terry Prachett's "Hogfather" and "The Colour of Magic" for Sky TV, plus the two 20th anniversary episodes of "Casualty" and regular roles in "Kingdom" (with Stephen Fry) and "Larkrise to Candleford". More recently he has done two films with the Warchowski Brothers - "Speed Racer" and "Ninja Assassin".He is married to the most beautiful woman in the world, Sarah and they have 2 small dogs, Fry and Ronnie. He has 2 main hobbies, he loves to play golf (at which he is terrible) and he loves to coach American Football (which he does for the London Olympians). He also runs a guided walking tour taking in gangster film and real life locations.
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Biography/Timeline

1984

Marcus became an actor in 1984 after three years of training at Arts Educational Schools in London; he spent the first six months of his career touring throughout London's parks and schools in Robin Hood & The Tree Trick, which was quickly followed by his first film role as Moose in the cult film My Beautiful Laundrette.

1996

In 1996 Marcus's agent arranged a meeting for a small low-budget movie with a then-unknown Director named Guy Ritchie; Ritchie offered Marcus the role of Nick the Greek in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels alongside Nick Moran, Vinnie Jones, Jason Statham and Matthew Vaughn. Three years later, the film was released and garnered a high level of success.

2007

Marcus played American football in the UK for the BAFL One team Sussex Thunder and retired at the end of the 2007 season. He was interviewed for Sky Sports' Sunday NFL coverage after the Thunder's 2007 fixture at the Ipswich Cardinals. The interview, which was broadcast on 21 October 2007, discussed his acting career, as well as American Football. Marcus has been an offensive line coach at the London Olympians and at Valley Trojans.

2012

In July 2012, Marcus launched a new Gangster London walking tour in association with Brit Movie Tours, in which he explores the dark history of London's East End. He also starred in Perry Bhandal's Interview with a Hitman (2012) as Traffikant, a Romanian Crime Boss, alongside Luke Goss.

2013

In May 2013, Marcus played the roles of Varney, Homeless man, Letting Agent & First Guard in a BBC radio adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere, adapted by Dirk Maggs.

2018

In 2012 Marcus appeared in five feature films: It’s A Lot, Two Days in the Smoke, Gridiron UK, AB Negative and Fast & Furious 6. In April 2012, he completed filming for independent British gangster thriller Two Days in the Smoke, in which he played the hitman Ben, alongside Snatch star Alan Ford and Matt Di Angelo from BBC Hustle. Smoke Director Ben Pickering cast him as the vengeful Max in his second feature, the British psychological thriller Welcome to Curiosity, due for release on 25 May 2018 in the USA and Canada.