Marc Singer is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

-born American actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 best known for his roles in the Beastmaster

The Beastmaster (film)

The Beastmaster is 1982 fantasy film directed by Don Coscarelli that starred Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, John Amos and Rip Torn. The film was marketed with the tagline "Born with the courage of an eagle, the strength of a black tiger, and the power of a god."-Summary:The Beastmaster tells the story...

film series and as Mike Donovan in the original 1980s TV series V.

Personal life

Singer was born in Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

 into a family of performers. His father, Jacques Singer

Jacques Singer

Jacques Singer was an American conductor. His father was the symphony conductor Mark Eli , his mother Rachela “Rose” .-Education:...

, was a symphony conductor, and his mother, Leslie, a concert pianist

Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...

. Singer's sister, Lori

Lori Singer

Lori Singer is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Ariel Moore, the female lead in the 1984 feature film Footloose, and as Julie Miller in the television series Fame.-Film and television career:...

, is also an actress (Ariel in Footloose). His cousin, Bryan

Bryan Singer

Bryan Singer is an American film director and film producer. Singer won critical acclaim for his work on The Usual Suspects, and is especially well-known among fans of the science fiction and superhero genres for his work on the X-Men films and Superman Returns.-Early life:Singer was born in New...

, is a noted film producer/director. Marc was raised in Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas. The county seat of Nueces County, it also extends into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties. The MSA population in 2008 was 416,376. The population was 305,215 at the 2010 census making it the...

. He is married to actress Haunani Minn.

Career

Singer has appeared in several fantasy adventure films and series, such as The Beastmaster

The Beastmaster (film)

The Beastmaster is 1982 fantasy film directed by Don Coscarelli that starred Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, John Amos and Rip Torn. The film was marketed with the tagline "Born with the courage of an eagle, the strength of a black tiger, and the power of a god."-Summary:The Beastmaster tells the story...

and its sequels, in which he played the title role, and as Mike Donovan in the 1983 mini-series V, the 1984 sequel V: The Final Battle, and the TV series V: The Series.

Other roles include the 1982

1982 in film

-Events:* March 26 = I Ought to Be in Pictures, starring Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret and Dinah Manoff is released. Manoff would not appear in another movie until 1987's Backfire.* June = PG-rated film E.T...

 film If You Could See What I Hear

If You Could See What I Hear

If You Could See What I Hear is a 1982 biography/drama movie about blind musician Tom Sullivan, starring Marc Singer and Shari Belafonte, directed by Eric Till.Tagline: The true story of a born winner!-Plot summary:...

(where he portrayed blind musician Tom Sullivan

Tom Sullivan (singer)

Tom Sullivan is an American performer, author, and motivational speaker.-Personal life:Sullivan was born and raised in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, the son of Marie C. and Thomas J. Sullivan, who owned a saloon. His premature birth caused him to need oxygen treatment while in an incubator...

), Body Chemistry, Something for Joey

Something for Joey

Something for Joey was a 1977 made-for-TV movie about the relationship between college football player John Cappelletti , and his younger brother Joey . Other cast members included Linda Kelsey and Steve Guttenberg...

(as football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 star John Cappelletti

John Cappelletti

John Cappelletti is a former professional American football running back for the NFL's Los Angeles Rams and the San Diego Chargers. Prior to his professional career, he attended the Pennsylvania State University, where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1973. He was inducted into the College Football...

), Watchers II

Watchers II

Watchers II is the 1990 sequel to the Canadian horror film Watchers. Starring Marc Singer and Tracy Scoggins, the film is loosely based on the novel Watchers by Dean Koontz.-Plot:...

, High Desert Kill, The Fighter, Go Tell the Spartans

Go Tell the Spartans

Go Tell the Spartans is a 1978 American war film based on Daniel Ford's 1967 novel Incident at Muc Wa, about U.S. Army military advisors during the early part of the Vietnam War in 1964, a time when Ford was a correspondent in Vietnam for The Nation.The film's title is from Simonides's epitaph to...

and Dead Space

Dead Space (film)

Dead Space is a 1991 science-fiction film involving the actions of the crew members of a space station on Saturn when they are confronted with a killer virus.It is unrelated to the Dead Space franchise....

, as well as General Klaus Von Kraut in A Man Called Sarge

A Man Called Sarge

A Man Called Sarge is a 1990 American parody film, written and directed by Stuart Gillard, starring Gary Kroeger, Marc Singer, Gretchen German and introducing a young Natasha Lyonne...

.

Singer voiced the character of Man-Bat

Man-Bat

Man-Bat is a fictional comic book character appearing in books published by DC Comics, usually as a supervillain and adversary of Batman, though occasionally depicted as a heroic character. He first appeared in Detective Comics #400 and was created by Frank Robbins and Neal Adams...

 on Batman: The Animated Series

Batman: The Animated Series

Batman: The Animated Series is an American animated series based on the DC Comics character Batman. The series featured an ensemble cast of many voice-actors including Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Arleen Sorkin, and Loren Lester. The series won four Emmy Awards and was nominated...

. He has guest-starred on television series, such as Dallas

Dallas (TV series)

Dallas is an American serial drama/prime time soap opera that revolves around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries. Throughout the series, Larry Hagman stars as greedy, scheming oil baron J. R. Ewing...

, The Twilight Zone, The Hitchhiker, Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,...

, The Young and the Restless

The Young and the Restless

The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...

, The Ray Bradbury Theater

The Ray Bradbury Theater

The Ray Bradbury Theater is an anthology series that ran for two seasons on HBO, three episodes per season from 1985 to 1986, and four additional seasons on USA Network from 1988 to 1992. It was later shown in reruns on the Sci Fi Channel...

and Highlander: The Series

Highlander: The Series

Highlander: The Series is a fantasy-adventure television series featuring Duncan MacLeod of the Scottish Clan MacLeod, as the Highlander. It was an offshoot and another alternate sequel of the 1986 feature film with a twist: Connor MacLeod did not win the prize and Immortals still exist post-1985...

.

Singer is active in theater and played Petruchio

Petruchio

Petruchio is the male romantic lead in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew . Petruchio is a fortune seeker who enters into a marriage with a strong-willed young woman named Kate and then proceeds to "tame" her temperamental spirit...

 in the American Conservatory Theatre (A.C.T.) production of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, as well as Christian in Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac (play)

Cyrano de Bergerac is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand. Although there was a real Cyrano de Bergerac, the play bears very scant resemblance to his life....

. Both Taming of the Shrew and Cyrano were filmed.

Singer is currently teaching children inter-disciplinary tactics at the Heifetz International Music Institute, in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire

Wolfeboro, New Hampshire

Wolfeboro is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 6,269 at the 2010 census. A venerable resort area situated beside Lake Winnipesaukee, Wolfeboro includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls...

. In Seattle, he met his future wife, Hawaiian-born actress Haunani Minn. They live a California casual lifestyle, and Marc enjoys running, sailing, martial arts (he is a black belt in Kung fu), boxing, skiing, and motorcycling in his spare time, as well as playing some Western classical piano every day.

Singer was the first choice for the role of Connor MacLeod

Connor MacLeod

Connor MacLeod, also known as The Highlander, is a fictional character in the Highlander film series, as well as the television programs Highlander: The Series, and Highlander: The Animated Series...

 in Highlander

Highlander (film)

Highlander is a 1986 fantasy action film directed by Russell Mulcahy and based on a story by Gregory Widen. It stars Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown, and Roxanne Hart. The film depicts the climax of an ages-old battle between immortal warriors, depicted through interwoven past and...

, but he turned it down because of his commitment on V: The Series.

Singer appeared in the last episode of Season 2 of the new version of V, airing on March 15, 2011, however instead of reprising his role of Mike Donovan he plays a new character called Lars Tremont.

Television series

• V
  V (2009 TV series)
  V is an American science fiction television series that ran for two seasons on ABC, from November 3, 2009 to March 15, 2011. A remake of the 1983 miniseries created by Kenneth Johnson, the new series chronicles the arrival on Earth of a technologically advanced alien species which ostensibly comes...
  
  (TV) (2011) - Lars Tremont
• The Saga of 'The Beastmaster (TV) (2005) - (behind the scenes footage)
• The Saga of 'The Beastmaster (TV) (2005) - Himself
• Snowman's Pass (2004) - Curt Seaver... aka What Lies Above - (USA)
• UnConventional (2004) - Himself
• The Daily Show (TV) (2003) - Himself (7 October 2003)
• Angel Blade
  Angel Blade (2002 film)
  Angel Blade is a 2002 film starring David Heavener, Marc Singer and Amanda Righetti, directed by David Heavener....
  
  (2002) - Dr. Martin Gites
• L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve (2001) - Sam Steele
• Determination of Death (2001) - Reese Williams
• BeastMaster
  BeastMaster (TV series)
  BeastMaster is a Canadian television series that aired from 1999 to 2002. It was loosely based on a 1982 MGM movie The Beastmaster. The series aired for three complete seasons...
  
  (TV Series) (1999) - Dartanus (2001–2002)
• Savate (1997) - Ziegfield Von Trotta... aka The Fighter
• Lancelot: Guardian of Time (1997) - Lancelot du Lac
• Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (TV) (1997) - Bob in episode: "Honey, It's Doomsday" - in episode: # 2.3) 10 October 1998)
• Street Corner Justice (1996) - Mike Justus
• Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus
  Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus
  Beastmaster 3: The Eye of Braxas is the 1996 sequel to the 1991 cult classic film Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time, starring Marc Singer.-Plot:...
  
  (TV) (1996) - Dar... aka Beastmaster III
• The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (TV) (1996) - (voice) Mitchell Stramm — in episode: # 1.15 - "AMOK" - 13 September 1996
• The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest" (TV) (1996) - (voice) Montague — in episode: # 1.12 - "The Alchemist" - 10 September 1996
• Droid Gunner (1995) - Jack Ford... aka Cyberzone - (USA: video title) ... aka Phoenix 2 - (UK)
• Victim of Desire (1995) - Peter Starky... aka Implicated
• Animated Stories from the Bible: Music Video — Volume 1 (1994) - (voice) Adam
• Silk Degrees (1994) - Baker... aka Target Witness - (USA: longer version)
• Sirens" (TV) (1994) - Bruce Waller — in episode: "Gun Play: Part 2"in episode: # 2.2) 29 September 1994)
• Sirens" (TV) (1994) - Bruce Waller — in episode # 2.1: "Gun Play: Part 1" - 22 September 1994)
• The Sea Wolf (TV) (1993) - Johnson
• The Berlin Conspiracy (1992) - Harry Spangler
• Sweet Justice (1992) - Steve Colton... aka Killer Instincts - (Europe: English title: video title)
• Ultimate Desires (1992) - Jonathan Sullivan... aka Beyond the Silhouette
• Batman" (TV) (1992) - (voice) Dr. Kirk Langstrom/Man-Bat — in episode: # 1.37 - "Terror in the Sky" - 12 November 1992
• Highlander (TV) (1992) - Caleb Cole — in episode: # 1.7 - "Mountain Men") 9 November 1992)
• Batman" (TV) (1992) - (voice) Dr. Kirk Langstrom/Man-Bat — in episode: # 1.30 - "Tyger Tyger" - 30 October 1992
• The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV) (1992) - Commander Trask — in episode: # 6.6 - "The Long Rain" - 19 September 1992
• Batman (TV) (1992) - (voice) Dr. Kirk Langstrom/Man-Bat — in episode: # 1.2 - "On Leather Wings" - 6 September 1992
• Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
  Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
  Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time is the 1991 sequel to the 1982 cult classic film The Beastmaster, starring Marc Singer.-Plot:...
  
  (1991) - Dar
• Deadly Game (TV) (1991) - Jake Kellogg
• In the Cold of the Night (1991) - Ken Strom
• Dead Space
  Dead Space (film)
  Dead Space is a 1991 science-fiction film involving the actions of the crew members of a space station on Saturn when they are confronted with a killer virus.It is unrelated to the Dead Space franchise....
  
  (1991) - Krieger
• The Making of 'Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
  Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
  Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time is the 1991 sequel to the 1982 cult classic film The Beastmaster, starring Marc Singer.-Plot:...
  
  ' (1991) - Himself/Dar
• Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective
  Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective
  Dan Turner, also known as the Hollywood Detective, was a fictional private detective created by Robert Leslie Bellem. His first appearance was in the second issue of the pulp magazine Spicy Detective, dated June 1934, and he continued to appear regularly in that magazine until its demise in...
  
  (TV) (1990) - Dan Turner... aka The Raven Red Kiss-Off
• Body Chemistry (1990) - Tom Redding
• A Man Called Sarge
  A Man Called Sarge
  A Man Called Sarge is a 1990 American parody film, written and directed by Stuart Gillard, starring Gary Kroeger, Marc Singer, Gretchen German and introducing a young Natasha Lyonne...
  
  (feature film) (1990) - General Klaus Von Kraut
• Watchers II
  Watchers II
  Watchers II is the 1990 sequel to the Canadian horror film Watchers. Starring Marc Singer and Tracy Scoggins, the film is loosely based on the novel Watchers by Dean Koontz.-Plot:...
  
  (1990) - Paul Ferguson
• High ù Desert Kill (TV) (1989) - Brad Mueller
• The Hitchhiker (TV) (1989) - Robert Lewis — in episode 5.8: "Code Liz" - 21 July 1989)
• Murder, She Wrote (TV) (1989) - Rick Barton — in episode: # 5.11 - "The Search for Peter Kerry" - 5 February 1989
• Born to Race
  Born to Race
  Born to Race is a 1988 film directed by James Fargo. It stars Joseph Bottoms and Marla Heasley.-Cast:*Joseph Bottoms as Al Pagura*Marla Heasley as Andrea Lombardo*Robert Logan as Theo Jennings*George Kennedy as Vincent Duplain...
  
  (1988) - Kenny Landruff
• The Quest for Power TV-Series (1988)
• Simon & Simon" (TV) (1988) - Ray McGuinness — in episode: # 8.6 - "Love Song of Abigail Marsh" - 12 November 1988
• The Twilight Zone (TV) (1988) - Monty Hanks — in episode: # 3.2 - "Extra Innings" - 1 October 1988
• Shades of Love: Indigo Autumn (TV) (1987) - Bruce
• Hotel (TV) (1987) - Lt. Cmdr. Tom Hardison — in episode: # 4.21 - "Past Tense" - 27 May 1987
• V TV-Series (1984) - Mike Donovan - (1984–1985)... aka V: The Series
• V: The Final Battle (mini) TV-Series (1984) - Mike Donovan
• Her Life as a Man (TV) (1984) - Mark Rogers
• Battle of the Network Stars
  Battle of the Network Stars
  Battle of the Network Stars is the name of 19 US television specials featuring competitions among teams of popular television performers representing the three major broadcast networks at that time: ABC, CBS, and NBC.- History :...
  
   XVII (TV) (1984) - Himself
• The Love Boat (TV) (1984) - John Neary — in episode: # 8.12 - "My Mother, My Chaperone/Present, The/Death and Life of Sir Alfred Demerest, The/Welcome Aboard: Part 2" - 24 November 1984
• The Love Boat (TV) (1984) - John Neary — in episode: # 8.11- "My Mother, My Chaperone/Present, The/Death and Life of Sir Alfred Demerest, The/Welcome Aboard: Part 1) 24 November 1984
• V (TV) (1983) - Mike Donovan — aka V: The Original Mini Series - (USA: DVD title)
• The Beastmaster
  The Beastmaster (film)
  The Beastmaster is 1982 fantasy film directed by Don Coscarelli that starred Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, John Amos and Rip Torn. The film was marketed with the tagline "Born with the courage of an eagle, the strength of a black tiger, and the power of a god."-Summary:The Beastmaster tells the story...
  
  (1982) - Dar... aka Beastmaster — Der Befreier - (West Germany)
• Paper Dolls (TV) (1982) - Wesley Miles
• If You Could See What I Hear (1982) - Tom Sullivan... aka Au-delˆ du regard - (Canada: French title)
• The Contender (mini) TV-Series (1980) - Johnny Captor
• The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan (TV) (1979) - David Reynolds
• Roots: The Next Generations (mini) TV-Series (1979) - Andy Warner
• Dallas TV-Series (1978) - Matt Cantrell - (1986)
• Sergeant Matlovich Vs. the U.S. Air Force (TV) (1978) - Jason Cole
• Tell the Spartans (1978) - Capt. Olivetti
• Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue (mini) TV-Series (1977) - Ross Savitch
• Never Con a Killer (TV) (1977) - Tim Donahue... aka The Feather & Father Gang
• Something for Joey (TV) (1977) - John Cappelletti
• The Taming of the Shrew (TV) (1976) - Petruchio
• The Rookies (TV) (1976) - Blair — in episode: # 4.23 - "Journey to Oblivion" - 30 March
• Jigsaw John (TV) (1976) - in episode: "Eclipse" 29 March 1976)
• Journey from Darkness (TV) (1975) - David Hartman
• Barnaby Jones (TV) (1975) - Tally Morgan — in episode: # 4.4 - "The Price of Terror" - 10 October 1975
• Hawaii Five-O (TV) (1975) - Jeff Heywood — in episode: # 8.5 - "Target? The Lady" - 3 October 1975
• Barnaby Jones (TV) (1975) - Feather Tanner — in episode: # 3.14 - "Trap Play) 7 January 1975
• Things in Their Season (TV) (1974) - Andy Gerlach
• Nakia (TV) (1974) - in episode: # 1.5 - "No Place to Hide" - 19 October 1974
• Hawaii Five-O" (TV) (1974) - Randy — in episode: # 7.5 - "Bomb, Bomb, Who's Got the Bomb?" - 8 October 1974
• Planet of the Apes (TV) (1974) - Dalton — in episode: # 1.2 - "The Gladiators" - 20 September 1974)
• The Young and the Restless TV-Series (1973) - Chet
• Columbo: Double Shock (TV) (1973) - (uncredited) Young TV Doctor
• Cyrano de Bergerac (TV) (1972) - Christian de Neuvillette
• For Ladies Only (TV) - (1981) - Stan Novak
• Visions (TV) - in episode: # 3.2 - "Escape" - 16 October 1978

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