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Mark Blum

Acting

Born May 14, 1950 · Newark, New Jersey, USA

Died March 26, 2020

Biography

Mark Blum (May 14, 1950 - March 26, 2020) was an American actor in movies, on television and stage. He found success with a lead role as Gary Glass in the 1985 film Desperately Seeking Susan, which he followed up the next year with a supporting role as Richard Mason in Crocodile Dundee. He had a regularly recurring role as Union Bob on the Amazon Prime series Mozart in the Jungle from 2014 to 2018. He was married to actress Janet Zarish from 2005 until his death in 2020 from COVID.

Filmography50+ titles

The Sopranos

1999as Randall Curtin

Succession

2018as Bill

The West Wing

1999as Katzenmoyer

Fringe

2008as Claus Penrose

You

2018as Mr. Mooney

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as David Arnoff

Billions

2016as Dr. Mark Rutenberg

CSI: Miami

2002as Jim Rennert

The Practice

1997as State Attorney Michael Scannel

Frasier

1993as John

Elementary

2012as Irvin Langstrom

The Good Wife

2009as Julius Kreutzer

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001as Larry Lewis

Getting to Know You

1999as Darrell

The Good Fight

2017as Julius Kreutzer

Mozart in the Jungle

2014as Union Bob

Miami Vice

1984as Sid Shenker

Almost Family

2019as Dr. Lewis

New York Undercover

1994as Dr. Vincent

Law & Order

1990as Frank Lazar

NYPD Blue

1993as Dr. Roland Sachs

Shattered Glass

2003as Lewis Estridge

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

1995as Wayne Satz

Step Up 3D

2010as NYU Professor

Wings

1990as Larry Mohr

Roseanne

1988

Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost

2011as Dr. Parkinson

Crocodile Dundee

1986as Richard Mason

Difficult People

2015as Rabbi Schecter

Desperately Seeking Susan

1985as Gary Glass

Blind Date

1987as Denny Gordon

You Can Thank Me Later

1998as Edward Cooperberg

The Presidio

1988as Arthur Peale

Lovesick

1983as Intern Murphy

St. Elsewhere

1982as Dr. Vogel

Human Capital

2019as Rex

Coin Heist

2017as Mr. Smerconish

The Green

2011as Stuart

The Low Life

1995as Matthew Greenberg

Sister of the Groom

2020as Nat

Miami Rhapsody

1995as Peter

Just Between Friends

1986as George Margolin

I Don't Know How She Does It

2011as Lew Reddy

Down to You

2000as The Interviewer

Stag

1997as Ben Marks

Love Is Blind

2019as Dr. Klienart

Search and Destroy

1995Associate Producer

The Judge

as Harry Hobbs

No Pay, Nudity

2016as Leon/Lester's Agent

How He Fell in Love

2015as Henry