Stephen Marcus

Stephen Marcus
Born	Stephen Mark Scott (1962-06-18) 18 June 1962 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1985–present
Spouse	Sarah

Stephen Marcus (born Stephen Mark Scott; 18 June 1962) is a British actor, best known for his role as Nick the Greek in the British gangster classic Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998).

Other credits include My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), Hear My Song (1991), The Beautician and the Beast (1997), Angela's Ashes (1999), Quills (2000), Kinky Boots (2005), The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005), Hogfather (2006), Kingdom (2007), Lark Rise to Candleford (2008), Ninja Assassin (2009), Interview with a Hitman (2012), Starhunter ReduX (2017), Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story (2017), and The Big Ugly (2020).

Early life

Marcus, who was born June 18, 1962 in Portsmouth, Hampshire. became an actor in 1984 after three years of training at ArtsEd Performing Arts School in Chiswick, London Borough of Hounslow.

Career

Marcus spent his early career touring throughout London's parks and schools in Robin Hood & The Tree Trick, securing his first film role as 'Moose' in the cult film My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), alongside Saeed Jaffrey and Daniel Day-Lewis. From 1989, Marcus played Dave, the lover of Sharon, (played by Pauline Quirke), in the comedy Birds of a Feather (1989-1991).

A year of acting in commercials introduced Marcus to director Peter Chelsom, who cast him as Gordon in Hear My Song (1991), opposite Ned Beatty. He starred opposite Timothy Dalton in The Beautician and the Beast (1997), and alongside 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, who offered Marcus the role of 'Nick the Greek', alongside Nick Moran, Vinnie Jones, Jason Statham and Matthew Vaughn, in British gangster comedy Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

Marcus appeared in Alan Parker's Angela's Ashes (1999); he played Bouchon in Quills (2000), alongside Kate Winslet, Michael Caine, Joaquin Phoenix and Geoffrey Rush; Kinky Boots (2005), he played Iris opposite Judi Dench, and portrayed golfer Ted Ray in the Bill Paxton directed The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005).

Marcus starred in the 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 Pratchett's Hogfather (2006), and Marcus also appeared with Stephen Fry in Kingdom (2007). Marcus has also completed two films with the Wachowskis: Speed Racer and Ninja Assassin (2009).

In April 2012, he completed filming for independent British gangster thriller Two Days in the Smoke, in which he played the hitman Ben, alongside Snatch star Alan Ford and Matt Di Angelo from BBC Hustle. Smoke director Ben Pickering cast him as the vengeful Max in his second feature, the British psychological thriller Welcome to Curiosity (2018). The same year, 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. He also starred in Perry Bhandal's Interview with a Hitman (2012) as Traffikant, a Romanian Crime Boss, alongside Luke Goss.

He was series regular Matthew Welby in Lark Rise to Candleford (2008), and as Rudolpho deLuna in Starhunter ReduX (2017). He starred Jack Whomes in the British gangster movie Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story (2017).

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1985	My Beautiful Laundrette	Moose
1991	Hear My Song	Gordon
1992	In Dreams	Policeman / Roman Guard	Television film
1995	Savage Hearts	Hector
1996	Killer Tongue	Ralph
1997	The Beautician and the Beast	Ivan
	Black Velvet Band	Nudge	Television film
1998	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	Nick the Greek
1999	Angela's Ashes	English Agent
2000	Secrets & Lines	Animal	Television film
	Sorted	Rob
	Quills	Bouchon
2001	Fourplay	Davey
	Iris	Taxi Driver
	Redemption Road	Joe
2002	AKA	Tommy
	Unconditional Love	Thug in Rain
2003	Don't Look Back	Uncle Max
2004	The Baby Juice Express	Lenny von Something
	Stage Beauty	Thomas Cockerell
2005	The Greatest Game Ever Played	Ted Ray
	Kinky Boots	Big Mike
2008	Speed Racer	Security Goon
2009	Ninja Assassin	Kingpin
2012	The Hot Potato	Freddie
	Interview with a Hitman	Traffikant
2013	Getting Back to Zero	Tommy
	Fast & Furious 6	Davies
	Justin and the Knights of Valour	Guards 1,2 & 3	Voice role
	It's a Lot	Mr. Hatherly
2014	AB Negative	Mr. Fines
	The Smoke	Ben
2016	The Pit and the Pendulum: A Study in Torture	The Prisoner	Short film
	Sanctuary	Joseph
	Gridiron UK	Eddie
	Eliminators	George
2017	The Rizen	The Executioner
	Fanged Up	Reeves
	Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story	Jack Whomes
2018	Walk like a Panther	'Gladiator' Glenn Higgins
	Welcome to Curiosity	Max
2019	The Rizen: Possession	The Executioner
2020	The Big Ugly	Big James
TBA	† The Last Ferry	Cockney	In Production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Hardwicke House	Joe	Episode: "Prize-giving"
	Brush Strokes	2nd Pub Customer	Episode: "Series 2, Episode 6"
1988	Rockliffe	Masked Spokesman	Episode: "Top Man"
1989	The Bill	Purkis	Episode: "Overspend"
	Boon	Curly Robinson	Episode: "Do Not Forsake Me"
1989-91	Birds of a Feather	Dave	Recurring role; 3 episodes
1990	ScreenPlay Firsts	Mal	Episode: "Arrivederci Millwall"
	Stay Lucky	Neil	Episode: "Bring Back My Barny to Me"
1991	Van der Valk	Burly Man	Episode: "Doctor Hoffmann's Children"
	Billy Webb's Amazing Stories	Chip Shop Man	Episode: "Part Three"
1992	Me, You and Him	Graham's Father	Episode: "On the Town"
	Gone to Seed	Customer	Episode: "Series 1, Episode 4"
1993	The Bill	Wayne Smith	Episode: "The Law in Their Hands"
	Paul Merton: The Series	Various	Episode: "Series 2, Episode 3"
	Red Dwarf	Bear Strangler McGee	Episode: "Gunmen of the Apocalypse"
	KYTV	Large Man	Episode: "Get Away with You"
	Between the Lines	Mortuary Assistant	Episode: "Some Must Watch"
1994	99-1	McCarthy's Man / Pursuer	Episode: "The Hard Sell"
	Frank Stubbs Promotes	Journalist	Episode: "Babies"
	Screen One	Newman	Episode: "Doggin' Around"
1995	The Bill	Ade Lester	Episode: "Water Wings"
	Crime Story	Gary Thompson	Episode: "Hot Dog Wars"
	The Glam Metal Detectives	Various	Recurring role; 5 episodes
	Rumble	Melvin	Series regular; 6 episodes
	Class Act	Geoff	Episode: "Series 2, Episode 2"
	The Thin Blue Line	Terry	Episode: "Honey Trap"
	Coogan's Run	Gerald the Sumo Magician	Episode: "Thursday Night Fever"
1996	Our Friends in the North	Cyril Hellyer	Episode: "1966"
	Kavanagh QC	Baxter	Episode: "A Stranger in the Family"
1997	The Detectives	Fat Reg	Episode: "The Curse of the Comanches"
	Paul Merton in Galton and Simpson's...	Thug	Episode: "The Wrong Man"
1998	The Bill	Tony Bladwell	Episode: "Heat and Light"
	Real Women	Van Driver	Episode: "The Hitch"
	Dangerfield	Jay Butterfield	Episode: "Double Helix"
1999	Adam's Family Tree	Bulgar the Bulgarian	Episode: "Here Comes the Hun"
	Roger Roger	Detective Sergeant Calderwood	Episode: "Love Rules the Heart, Money Takes the Soul"
2000-04	Starhunter	Rudolpho deLuna	Series regular; 44 episodes
2002	The Basil Brush Show	Santa Claus	Episode: "Molly Christmas"
	Cavegirl	Dad	Series regular; 18 episodes
2004	Mile High	Dave	Episode: "Series 2, Episode 3"
	The Lenny Henry Show		Episode: "Revival Pilot"
	Eyes Down	Bloke	Episode: "Thief"
2006	Without a Trace	Roger	Episode: "Check Your Head"
	Casualty	Tommy Indler	Episode: "Different Worlds"
	Terry Pratchett's Hogfather	Banjo Cropper	Miniseries; 2 episodes
2007	Doctor Who	Jailer	Episode: "The Shakespeare Code"
	Kingdom	Hill	Recurring role; 3 episodes
	The Bill	Cliff Taylor	Episode: "Crash Test"
2008	Lark Rise to Candleford	Matthew Welby	Series regular; 10 episodes
	Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic	Broadman	Miniseries; 1 episode
	Sunshine	Big Alan	Miniseries; 2 episodes
	Little Dorrit	Bath Attendant	Miniseries; 2 episodes
2011	Midsomer Murders	Silas Trout	Episode: "The Night of the Stag"
2012	The Comic Strip Presents...	Dirty Douglas	Episode: "Five Go to Rehab"
2013	Holby City	Jarvis Well	Episode: "The End of the Beginning"
2015	Man Down	Nightclub Bouncer	Episode: "Perfect Woman"
	EastEnders	Gordon Cook	Recurring role; 3 episodes
2016	Benidorm	Joe Luis	Episode: "Teetotal Geoff"
	Doctors	Dale Everly	Episode: "Home Help"
	The Coroner	Gobby Mitchell	Episode: "Those in Peril"
2017	Will	Henry Austen	Episode: "The Two Gentlemen"
	Starhunter Transformation	Rudolpho deLuna	Miniseries; 3 episodes
2017-18	Starhunter ReduX	Rudolpho deLuna	Series regular; 8 episodes
2019	NCIS: Los Angeles	Andy Green	Episode: "A Bloody Brilliant Plan"
2021	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Nearby Patron	Episode: "The Gang's Still in Ireland"

External links

• Stephen Marcus at IMDb
• Sussex Thunder American Football Team
• London Olympians American Football Team