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Mark Boone Junior
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Boone Junior at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con
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Mark Heidrich
March 17, 1955 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
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| Years active | 1983–present |
Mark Boone Junior (born Mark Heidrich on March 17, 1955) is an American actor. He is known for playing many different kinds of characters. You might recognize him from TV shows like Sons of Anarchy, where he played Bobby Munson. He also appeared as Pat Brown in The Last Man on Earth. Mark Boone Junior has been in many movies too. Some of his famous film roles include Die Hard 2, Memento, 2 Fast 2 Furious, and Batman Begins.
Early Life and How He Started Acting
Mark Heidrich was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. His mom, Ginny, was a teacher, and his dad, Bob, worked as a construction consultant. Mark grew up near Chicago. He went to the University of Vermont and played soccer there. After college, he moved to New York City.
In New York, he began his acting journey. He started doing stand-up comedy with his friend, Steve Buscemi. Mark chose his stage name, Boone, from a war memorial in New York City. It became his nickname.
His Acting Career
Mark Boone Junior often plays characters like police officers or other people in charge. Sometimes these characters are not always good guys. For example, he played an FBI agent in the movie Seven. He was also Detective Flass, a detective who wasn't honest, in Batman Begins.
He has acted in over 70 movies. Some of these include 2 Fast 2 Furious, Get Carter, and Die Hard 2. He has also made guest appearances on popular TV shows. These include Law & Order, Seinfeld, and Curb Your Enthusiasm. He had a small part in the movie Armageddon. He also appeared in an episode of the HBO prison drama Oz.
In 1984, he acted in a film called The Way It Is or Eurydice in the Avenues. His friend Steve Buscemi was also in this movie. Mark Boone Junior has worked with Steve Buscemi on other projects too. He appeared in movies that Buscemi directed, like Trees Lounge and Lonesome Jim. In 2023, he played Dr. Eduard Gillespie in the movie Atrabilious.
Mark Boone Junior was a regular actor on the TV show Sons of Anarchy. He played a character named Bobby "Elvis" Munson. Years before, in an episode of Quantum Leap, he played a biker. This character was similar to his role in Sons of Anarchy. In 2011, he played Vincent Dooly's father in The Mother of Invention.
He has worked with director Christopher Nolan on two films. He played Burt, the front desk manager, in Memento. In Batman Begins, he was Detective Flass, who was the partner of James Gordon.
More About His Work
Mark Boone Junior has been in many films and TV shows. Here are some of them:
- Variety (1983)
- Born in Flames (1983)
- The Equalizer (1986, 1989)
- Above the Law (1988)
- New York Stories (1989)
- Slaves of New York (1989)
- Cookie (1989)
- Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
- Die Hard 2 (1990)
- Law & Order (1990)
- Quantum Leap (1990)
- Delirious (1991)
- In the Heat of the Night (1991)
- The Wonder Years (1991)
- Seinfeld (1992)
- Of Mice and Men (1992)
- Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)
- The Quick and the Dead (1995)
- Last of the Dogmen (1995)
- Seven (1995)
- Trees Lounge (1996)
- Rosewood (1997)
- The Game (1997)
- Vampires (1998)
- Armageddon (1998)
- I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
- The Thin Red Line (1998)
- The General's Daughter (1999)
- Animal Factory (2000)
- Memento (2000)
- Get Carter (2000)
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (2001)
- Shade (2003)
- 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
- Dead Birds (2004)
- Frankenfish (2004)
- Lonesome Jim (2005)
- Carnivàle (2005)
- Batman Begins (2005)
- The Legend of Lucy Keyes (2006)
- Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)
- Unknown (2006)
- 30 Days of Night (2007)
- Vice (2008)
- Frozen River (2008)
- In Plain Sight (2008)
- Sons of Anarchy (2008–2014)
- The Donner Party (2009)
- Halloween II (2009)
- The Mother of Invention (2010)
- Tron: Uprising (2012)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2014)
- Life of Crime (2014)
- Hell's Kitchen (2014)
- The Birth of a Nation (2016)
- Flaked (2016)
- The Last Man on Earth (2016–2017)
- Patriot (2017, 2018)
- American Satan (2017)
- Elementary (2017)
- Ghost House (2017)
- The Mandalorian (2019)
- Run with the Hunted (2019)
- The Gateway (2021)
- Ida Red (2021)
- Paradise City (2021)
- Hightown (2021–2024)
- A Little White Lie (2022)
- Dark Harvest (2023)
- O'Dessa (2025)
- Atrabilious (2025)
He also lent his voice to the video game Batman Begins in 2005, playing Detective Flass.
See also
In Spanish: Mark Boone Junior para niños
