
Birthday:
06-17-1954
(70 years)
Birthplace:
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Biography
Mark Linn-Baker is an American stage and screen actor and director. He is best known for his portrayal of Larry Appleton on the television sitcom "Perfect Strangers". He holds an MFA in Drama from the Yale School of Drama, New Haven, Connecticut.
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Adam
Act like Sam Klieber
event2009 star_border 6.8
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Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.
My Favorite Year
Act like Benjy Stone
event1982 star_border 6.7
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Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matinee idol Alan Swann, gets booked to appear on the variety show he writes for. But when Swann arrives, he fails to live up to his silver screen image. Instead, he's a drunken womanizer who suffers from stage fright. Benjy is assigned to look after him before the show, and it's all he can do to keep his former idol from going completely off the rails.
Noises Off...
Act like Tim Allgood
event1992 star_border 7.1
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Hired to helm an Americanized take on a British play, director Lloyd Fellowes does his best to control an eccentric group of stage actors. With a star actress quickly passing her prime, a male lead with no confidence, and a bit actor that's rarely sober, chaos ensues in the lead up to a Broadway premiere.
Laughter on the 23rd Floor
Act like Val Skotsky
event2001 star_border 5.8
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Inspired by Neil Simon's early career experience as a junior writer for Your Show of Shows, the play focuses on Sid Caesar/Jackie Gleason-like Max Prince, the star of a weekly comedy-variety show circa 1953, and his staff, including Simon's alter-ego Lucas Brickman, who maintains a running commentary on the writing, fighting, and wacky antics which take place in the writers' room
Bare Essentials
Act like Gordon
event1991 star_border 3.4
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A couple leaves for a vacation on a tropical island and finds happiness and love... just not with each-other.
Lincoln in the Bardo
Act like Reverend Everly
event2017
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In 1862, Abraham Lincoln's youngest son is laid to rest. That night, Lincoln visits his son's crypt, a chorus of ghosts narrating their brief reunion. Based on the bestselling novel by acclaimed author George Saunders.
The Ghost Writer
Act like Nathan Zuckerman
event1983
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Nathan Zuckerman, a budding 23 year old writer infatuated with the Great Books, discovers the contradictory claims of literature and experience while an overnight guest in the secluded New England farmhouse of his idol, E. I. Lonoff. Also staying is Amy Bellette, a young woman with a vague past.
Alice at the Palace
Act like White Knight / Mock Turtle / White Rabbit / March Hare
event1982 star_border 5.5
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Meryl Streep stars as Alice in this production of Elizabeth Swados' musical, which was adapted from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. Based on the acclaimed New York Shakespeare Festival production by Joseph Papp, Alice at the Palace follows Alice's surreal adventures with The Mad Hatter, The March Hare, The Queen of Hearts, and The Cheshire Cat, among many others.
Me and Him
Act like Him (voice)
event1988 star_border 3.3
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A man's enthusiastic penis starts talking to him, getting him into awkward situations and convincing everyone he tells that he's completely insane.
The End of August
Act like Victor LeBrum
event1981
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In the turn of the century South, a woman feels unfulfilled by marriage and motherhood and has an affair with a younger man. Later, the woman leaves her family and tries to start a new life alone.
How Do You Know
Act like Ron
event2010 star_border 5.3
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After being cut from the USA softball team and feeling a bit past her prime, Lisa finds herself evaluating her life and in the middle of a love triangle, as a corporate guy in crisis competes with her current, baseball-playing beau.
Manhattan
Act like Shakespearean Actor
event1979 star_border 7.7
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Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
Night of 100 Stars III
Act like Self
event1990 star_border 4
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A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
Going to the Chapel
Act like Norman Brinkmann
event1988 star_border 5
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As a couple (Valentine and Greene) prepare to get married all sorts of uninvited and unexpected guests arrive and secrets are revealed.
All's Well That Ends Well
Act like Bertram
event1978 star_border 5
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Video recording of a 1978 New York Shakespeare Festival performance. Directed for stage by Wilford Leach and videotaped by Jaime Caro.
There She Goes
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Molly and Advay meet again twenty five years after being high school sweethearts. They seemed destined to be together forever, but it all ended when she rose to stardom in Hollywood as a teenage actress.
Mickey's Audition
Act like Assistant Director #2
event1992 star_border 4
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A five-minute film for The Disney-MGM Studios combining live-action and animation. Mickey Mouse recalls his first big audition and subsequent filmmaking career.
Accommodations
Act like Eugene Beltzer
event2018 star_border 1
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Married with children and living in downtown Manhattan, a woman decides to quit accommodating everyone around her and goes on a creative journey to bring meaning to her life.
12 and Holding
Act like Mr. Farmer
event2006 star_border 6.9
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Three pre-adolescents with virginal and eager-of-signals naivety, hit headlong against monstrous and inhospitable loneliness, in the incandescent fire among the ashes of their own inocence.
Bereavement
Act like Gary
event2014
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A dark comedy about closure. Three cats. One dog. A cockatoo. Uncle Herman. Eternity.
The Recovery Room
Act like Steve
event1985
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A failed sitcom about a "Cheers"-type bar located across the street from a bustling urban hospital, which is owned by an ex-medical student, and an ex-nurse.
Perfect Strangers
Act like Larry Appleton (150 ep.)
event1986 star_border 6.7
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The chronicles of the rocky coexistence of midwestern American Larry Appleton and his distant cousin from eastern Mediterranean Europe, Balki Bartokomous.
Spin City
Act like Dr. Benjamin (1 ep.)
event1996 star_border 7
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Workaholic Mike Flaherty is the Deputy Mayor of New York City, serving as Mayor Randall Winston's key strategist and much-needed handler. Mike runs the city with the help of his oddball staff: an anxious and insecure press secretary; a sexist, boorish chief of staff; an impeccably groomed gay activist running minority affairs; a sharp and efficient, man-crazy accountant; and an idealistic young speechwriter. Like Mike, they are all professionally capable but personally challenged.
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1972 star_border 5.3
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A much cherished annual tradition since 1972, the show includes special musical performances, reports on New Year’s celebrations from around the globe and the traditional countdown to midnight along with the iconic Times Square ball drop.
Moonlighting
Act like Phil West (1 ep.)
event1985 star_border 7.5
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After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various cases, while getting comfortable with each other.
Twins
Act like Alan Arnold (18 ep.)
event2005 star_border 6.3
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Twins is an American situation comedy series that first aired on The WB in the United States and on CTV in Canada in September 2005. The series is produced by KoMut Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Television. The show was cancelled on May 18, 2006 due to the merger of the WB and UPN that created the new network The CW.
Family Matters
(1 ep.)
event1989 star_border 6.7
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A long-running dramedy centering on the Winslow family, a middle-class African American family living in Chicago, and their pesky next-door neighbor, ultra-nerd Steve Urkel. A spin-off of Perfect Strangers.
The Equalizer
Act like Ronnie (1 ep.)
event1985 star_border 7.1
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Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.
Full House
(1 ep.)
event1987 star_border 7.5
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After the death of his wife, Danny enlists his best friend and his brother-in-law to help raise his three daughters, D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Act like Wally Stevens (2 ep.)
event2001 star_border 7.6
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The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
American Playhouse
(1 ep.)
event1982 star_border 6
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American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
Younger
Act like Clive Wexler (1 ep.)
event2015 star_border 6.8
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Liza Miller, a suddenly single stay-at-home mother, tries to get back into the working world, only to find it’s nearly impossible to start at the bottom at 40-year old. When a chance encounter convinces her she looks younger than she is, Liza tries to pass herself off as 26 and lands a job as an assistant at Empirical Press. Now she just has to make sure no one finds out the secret only she and her best friend Maggie share.
Ghosts
Act like Henry Farnsby (4 ep.)
event2021 star_border 7.8
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Samantha and Jay throw caution to the wind when they convert their recently inherited country estate into a bed-and-breakfast. Call it mislaid plans. Not only is the place falling apart, but it’s also inhabited by spirits of previous residents -- whom only Samantha can see and hear.
Red Oaks
Act like Rabbi Ken (4 ep.)
event2014 star_border 7.3
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A coming-of-age comedy set in the "go-go" 80s that is equal parts hijinks and heartfelt about a college student enjoying a last hurrah before summer comes to an end--and the future begins.
David Myers, an assistant tennis pro at the Red Oaks Country Club in suburban New Jersey in 1985, is both reeling from his father's heart attack and conflicted about what major to declare in the fall. While there, he meets a colorful cast of misfit co-workers and wealthy club members including an alluring art student named Skye and her corporate raider father Getty.
Law & Order
Act like Vincent Balicheck (1 ep.)
event1990 star_border 7.4
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In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
The Good Fight
Act like Judge Don Linden (1 ep.)
event2017 star_border 7.6
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Picking up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of "The Good Wife", an enormous financial scam has destroyed the reputation of a young lawyer, Maia Rindell, while simultaneously wiping out her mentor and godmother Diane Lockhart's savings. Forced out of her law firm, now called "Lockhart, Deckler, Gussman, Lee, Lyman, Gilbert, Lurie, Kagan, Tannebaum & Associates", they join Lucca Quinn at one of Chicago's preeminent law firms.
Tony Awards
Act like Self - Performer (1 ep.)
event1956 star_border 4.6
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The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.
Blue Bloods
Act like Carlton Miller (2 ep.)
event2010 star_border 7.8
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A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics that plagued his unapologetically bold father, Henry, during his stint as Chief.
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
Act like Morris Walters (4 ep.)
event2022 star_border 6.2
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Jennifer Walters navigates the complicated life of a single, 30-something attorney who also happens to be a green 6-foot-7-inch superpowered hulk.
Life on Mars
Act like Lincoln Hart (1 ep.)
event2008 star_border 6.5
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After a car crash, police detective Sam Tyler mysteriously finds himself transported back to 1973 and still working as a detective.
Succession
Act like Maxim Pierce (4 ep.)
event2018 star_border 8.3
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Follow the lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father begins to step back from the media and entertainment conglomerate they control.
The Blacklist
Act like Dr. Jonathan Nikkila (1 ep.)
event2013 star_border 7.6
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Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists that matter the most but the FBI cannot find because it does not know they exist. Reddington calls this "The Blacklist". Reddington will co-operate, but insists that he will speak only to Elizabeth Keen, a rookie FBI profiler.
The Leftovers
Act like Mark Linn-Baker (2 ep.)
event2014 star_border 7.6
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When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. This is the story of the people who didn't make the cut.
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Act like Dave Hoffman (1 ep.)
event2015 star_border 7.1
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When a woman is rescued from a doomsday cult and lands in New York City, she must navigate a world she didn’t think even existed anymore.
Miami Vice
Act like 'Bonzo' Barry Gold (1 ep.)
event1984 star_border 7.4
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The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Act like Dr. Paul Capezio (1 ep.)
event1999 star_border 7.9
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In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
Ally McBeal
Act like Sheldon Maxwell (1 ep.)
event1997 star_border 6.6
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Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!
The Good Wife
Act like Judge Don Linden (1 ep.)
event2009 star_border 7.6
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Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail.
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Act like Larry Weeks (2 ep.)
event1992 star_border 6.5
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Hangin' with Mr. Cooper is an American television sitcom that originally aired on ABC from 1992 to 1997, starring Mark Curry and Holly Robinson. The show took place in Curry's hometown of Oakland, California. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper was produced by Jeff Franklin Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television, and also became produced by Bickley-Warren Productions by the third season.
The show originally aired on Tuesdays in prime time after sister series Full House. The show found its niche as an addition to the already successful TGIF Friday night lineup on ABC, and was part of the lineup from September 1993 to May 1996, before moving to Saturdays for its fifth and final season.
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