Mark Metcalf

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Mark Metcalf as The Master in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Mark Metcalf (born March 11, 1946 in Findlay, Ohio, USA) is an American actor in both television and film. He is likely most known to two different generations for two notable roles. In the classic college comedy, National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), he played the sadistic ROTC leader "Doug Neidermeyer". He reprised this role, after a fashion, in the Twisted Sister music videos "We're Not Gonna Take It" (as the sadistic father) and "I Wanna Rock" (as a high school teacher). In each video he used his Animal House catchphrases, "A Twisted Sister pin?! On your uniform?!" and "You're all worthless and weak!" respectively.

In the 1997-2003 television show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and its spinoff Angel , Metcalf played the ancient vampire supervillain, "The Master". Coincidentally, he also played a character called "the Maestro" on two episodes of Seinfeld.

Metcalf and his wife, Libby, have one child. He currently lives in Milwaukee. He is currently a frequent guest on the Bob and Brian show, which airs on WHQG-FM (102.9).

He owns a restaurant named Libby Montana in Mequon, Wisconsin. In an odd coincidence, an after-graduation party for students at the University School of Milwaukee was held at Libby Montana on May 27, 2006, picked out especially for Metcalf's Animal House role. After some of the partygoers snuck in alcohol and brought in bedsheets, the celebration turned into a real-life and chaotic toga party, and the restaurant staff struggled to keep control of the event, ending up calling local police to restore order. 19 teenagers (some not from University School) were cited for underage drinking and resisting arrest. Metcalf and his staff were not charged, as the alcohol was provided by outside sources.