Stephen Marcus

Stephen Marcus (born Stephen Mark Scott; 18 June 1962) is a British actor, best known for his role as Nick the Greek in the film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

Career

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.

After a few years working in theatre, commercials and supporting roles on television, Marcus joined the cast of fledgling comedy Birds of a Feather as Dave, the lover of Sharon (Pauline Quirke). He was originally in two episodes, but was brought back for the third series due to his popularity with viewers.^{[citation needed]}

A year of acting in commercials introduced Marcus to director Peter Chelsom. Chelsom cast him right away as Gordon in Hear My Song, opposite Ned Beatty. This was followed by roles on British television, in programmes such as The Hot Dog Wars, Dangerfield, Kavanagh QC and Our Friends in the North, opposite Malcolm McDowell and Daniel Craig.^{[citation needed]} Meanwhile, Marcus's movie career was also progressing, 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 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.

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels led to further movie roles. Marcus completed a small role in Alan Parker's Angela's Ashes; he played Bouchon in Quills, alongside Kate Winslet, Michael Caine, Joaquin Phoenix and Geoffrey Rush; for Richard Eyre, he played Iris opposite Judy Dench and acted in Complete Female Stage Beauty with Claire Danes; and he also attained the role of Ted Ray in The Greatest Game Ever Played, directed by Bill Paxton.

Alongside a very successful movie career, Marcus also starred in several American, Canadian and UK television series: 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, respectively; he starred in the two 20th anniversary episodes of “Casualty”; and Marcus also appeared in regular roles in Kingdom (with Stephen Fry) and Larkrise to Candleford. Marcus has also completed two films with the Warchowski Brothers: Speed Racer and Ninja Assassin.

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 plays the hitman Ben, alongside Snatch actor Alan Ford and Matt Di Angelo from BBC Hustle.^[1][2]

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.^[3] He also starred in Perry Bhandal's Interview with a Hitman (2012) as Traffikant, a Romanian Crime Boss, alongside Luke Goss.

Personal life

Marcus is married to Sarah and owns two small dogs, Fry and Ronnie. He has two main hobbies: golf and American Football, the latter of which he used to play and coach.

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.

Filmography

• IT’S A LOT as Mr. Hatherly
• Fast & Furious 6 as Davies
• AB Negative as Mr. Fines
• Gridiron UK as Eddie
• Interview with a Hitman as Traffikant
• Speed Racer
• Female Stage Beauty as Cockerill
• The Baby Juice Express as Lenny von something
• Don't Look Back (writer/Actor) as Uncle max
• Iris as (Taxi Driver)
• Londinium or Fourplay as Davy
• Redemption Road (Actor/Writer) as Joe
• Sorted as Rob
• Angela's Ashes as English Agent
• The Beautician and the Beast as Ivan
• Killer Tongue as Ralph
• Savage Hearts as Hector
• Hear My Song as Gordon
• Arrivederci Millwall as Mal
• My Beautiful Laundrette as Moose
• Cavegirl as Dad
• Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels as Nick the Greek
• Terry Pratchett's Hogfather as Banjo Cropper
• The Greatest Game Ever Played as Ted Ray
• Kinky Boots as Big Mike
• Starhunter as Rudolpho DeLuna
• Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic as Broadman
• Ninja Assassin as Kingpin
• Hear My Song as Gordon
• Quills as Bouchon
• Red Dwarf as Bear Strangler McGee
• Two Days in the Smoke as Ben
• Holby City as Jarvis Wells
• The Comic Strip "Five Go To Rehab" as Dirty Douglas
• Midsomer Murders as Silas Trout
• Little Dorrit as Jonson
• Sunshine as Big Alan
• Lark Rise to Candleford (series) as Mathew
• Kingdom as Hill
• Doctor Who as Jailer
• Casualty as Tommy Indler
• Without a Trace as Roger
• Dangerfield as Jay Butterfield
• Paul Merton in ....
• The Black Velvet Band as Nudge
• Our Friends in the North as Cyril Hellier
• Birds of a Feather (2 series) as Dave

References

External links

• Stephen Marcus at the Internet Movie Database
• Sussex Thunder American Football Team
• London Olympians American Football Team