Mark Duplass


Mark David Duplass is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and musician. He is the brother of filmmaker Jay Duplass, and together the brothers started the film production company Duplass Brothers Productions in 1996, and have written and directed the films The Puffy Chair, Baghead, Cyrus, Jeff, Who Lives at Home, and The Do-Deca-Pentathlon. Duplass played the role of Pete Eckhart in the FX television series The League.
Duplass co-wrote the horror film Creep and its 2017 sequel, and starred in both films as Josef. He co-wrote and co-produced the television anthology series Room 104. Duplass has also appeared in Humpday, The Mindy Project, Tammy, The Lazarus Effect, Togetherness, Goliath, Paddleton, and The Morning Show. For The Morning Show, he received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2020.
In addition to filmmaking and acting, Duplass was also the singer and keyboardist of Volcano, I'm Still Excited!!, an indie rock band signed to Polyvinyl Record Co.

Early life

Duplass was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Cynthia and Lawrence Duplass. He was raised as a Roman Catholic, and attended Jesuit High School, University of Texas at Austin, and City University of New York-City College. Duplass is of part Cajun ancestry.

Career

Duplass has written, directed, and produced several feature films with his brother Jay Duplass. In 2005, he wrote and produced The Puffy Chair with his brother, in addition to portraying one of the main characters.
The two brothers later wrote, directed, and produced the films Baghead and Cyrus together and have a unique style which consists of a great deal of ad-libbing off of the original script, shooting a number of takes, and editing scenes down 15 to 20 times. Their films Jeff, Who Lives at Home and The Do-Deca-Pentathlon were released in 2012. In 2014, Mark co-wrote, produced and starred in the horror film Creep alongside Patrick Brice, appearing in the film as Josef. In May 2016, it was announced that there would be a sequel to Creep. Creep 2 was released in October 2017 which Duplass again co-wrote and starred in.
Duplass starred in the FX comedy television series The League, with his wife, Katie Aselton. In 2015, the HBO series Togetherness debuted, which was created by and stars Duplass. That same year, Duplass co-starred with Evan Peters and Olivia Wilde in David Gelb's thriller film The Lazarus Effect.
In 2018, Duplass was in a Wealthsimple commercial, he appeared in Tully and Duck Butter, and released his debut book Like Brothers alongside Jay Duplass. He also starred as real estate developer Tom Wyatt in Season 2 of the Amazon Video series Goliath.
In 2019, Duplass starred in the Netflix comedy film, Paddleton.
Duplass is a member of the Indie rock band Volcano, I'm Still Excited.

Personal life

Duplass is married to his The League and The Puffy Chair co-star, Katie Aselton. They have two daughters, Ora and Molly. He was also the lead singer of the rock band Volcano, I'm Still Excited!!

Filmography

Film

Executive Producer only

Short films

Acting roles

Film

Television

Awards