Mark Blum

Acting · Production

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

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.

Filmography

• 2020Human Capital — Rex
• 2020Sister of the Groom — Nat, In Memory Of
• 2020Victor in Paradise — Martin
• Almost Family — Dr. Lewis
• 2019Fault — Warren
• 2019Love Is Blind — Dr. Klienart
• Succession — Bill
• You — Mr. Mooney
• 2017Coin Heist — Mr. Smerconish
• The Good Fight — Julius Kreutzer
• Billions — Dr. Mark Rutenberg
• 2016No Pay, Nudity — Leon/Lester's Agent
• Difficult People — Rabbi Schecter
• 2015How He Fell in Love — Henry
• Mozart in the Jungle — Union Bob
• 2013Blumenthal — Saul Blumenthal
• 2012A Wife Alone — George
• Elementary — Irvin Langstrom
• 2011I Don't Know How She Does It — Lew Reddy
• 2011Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost — Dr. Parkinson
• 2011The Green — Stuart
• 2010Night Springs — Dr. Barclay Colvin
• 2010Step Up 3D — NYU Professor
• Mercy
• The Good Wife — Julius Kreutzer
• Fringe — Claus Penrose
• New Amsterdam — Dr. Macvittie
• 2007The Warrior Class — Richardson
• 2005Life on the Ledge — Father
• 2003Shattered Glass — Lewis Estridge
• CSI: Miami — Jim Rennert
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Philip Oliver, Larry Lewis
• 2001The Judge — Harry Hobbs
• The Judge — Harry Hobbs
• 2001Zen and the Art of Landscaping — Richard Baxter
• Deadline
• 2000Down to You — The Interviewer
• Ed — Arnold Bancroft
• Family Law — Russell Hollenback
• 1999Getting to Know You — Darrell
• Judging Amy — Richard Kinrich
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — David Arnoff
• The Sopranos — Randall Curtin
• The West Wing — Katzenmoyer
• 1998You Can Thank Me Later — Edward Cooperberg
• 1997Stag — Ben Marks
• 1997The Defenders: Payback — Jackson
• The Practice — State Attorney Michael Scannel
• 1996Sudden Manhattan — Louis
• Central Park West
• 1995Denise Calls Up — Obstretrician
• 1995Indictment: The McMartin Trial — Wayne Satz
• 1995Miami Rhapsody — Peter
• 1995Search and Destroy — Associate Producer
• 1995The Low Life — Matthew Greenberg, Executive Producer
• New York Undercover — Dr. Vincent
• Frasier — John
• NYPD Blue — Dr. Roland Sachs
• 1992Condition: Critical — Dr. Howard Zuckerman
• 1992Emma and Elvis — Ben
• Capital News — Edison King
• Law & Order — A.D.A. Frank Lazar, Doctor, Defense Attorney Michael Aronson
• Wings — Larry Mohr
• 1989Worth Winning — Ned Braudy
• Roseanne
• 1988The Presidio — Arthur Peale
• 1987Blind Date — Denny Gordon
• Sweet Surrender
• 1986Crocodile Dundee — Richard Mason
• 1986Just Between Friends — George Margolin
• 1985Desperately Seeking Susan — Gary Glass
• Miami Vice — Sid Shenker
• 1984Things Are Looking Up — Ray Litertini
• 1983Lovesick — Intern Murphy
• St. Elsewhere — Dr. Vogel