Mark Duplass


Mark Duplass Biography

Mark David Duplass (born December 7, 1976) is an American film director, film producer, actor, musician, and screenwriter. He is the brother of director, writer, and actor Jay Duplass. Together, the brothers started the film production company Duplass Brothers Productions, and have directed films such as The Puffy Chair (2005), Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011), and The Do-Deca-Pentathlon (2012). Mark and Jay co-created the HBO television series Togetherness in 2015.

Personal life

Duplass was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Cynthia (ne Ernst) and Lawrence Duplass. He was raised as a Roman Catholic, and attended Jesuit High School, University of Texas at Austin, and City University of New York-City College. Duplass is of part Cajun ancestry.

Duplass is married to his The League and The Puffy Chair co-star, Katie Aselton. They have two daughters, Molly (born 2012) and Ora Duplass (born December 24, 2007). He was also the lead singer of the rock band Volcano, I'm Still Excited!!

Career

Duplass has written, directed, and produced several feature films with his brother Jay Duplass. In 2005, he wrote and produced The Puffy Chair with his brother, in addition to portraying one of the main characters.

The two brothers later wrote, directed, and produced the films Baghead (2008) and Cyrus (2010) together and have a unique style which consists of a great deal of ad-libbing off of the original script, shooting a number of takes, and editing scenes down 15 to 20 times. Their films Jeff, Who Lives at Home and The Do-Deca-Pentathlon were released in 2012. He stars in the FX comedy television series The League, with his wife, Katie Aselton. In 2015, the HBO series Togetherness debuted, which was created by and stars Duplass. That same year, Duplass co-starred with Evan Peters and Olivia Wilde in David Gelb's thriller film The Lazarus Effect.

Filmography

Filmography

Year Title Credited as
Director Producer Writer
1996 Connect 5 **
2005 The Puffy Chair Uncredited
2008 Baghead
2010 Cyrus
2010 Bass Ackwards *
2012 The Freebie *
2012 Lovers of Hate *
2011 Jeff, Who Lives at Home
2012 Your Sister's Sister *
2012 The Do-Deca-Pentathlon
2012 Safety Not Guaranteed *
2012 Black Rock *
2014 Creep **
2014 The One I Love *
2014 The Skeleton Twins *
2015 Togetherness *
2015 The Lazarus Effect *
2015 6 Years *
2016 Animals. *
2016 Blue Jay
2017 Table 19
2017 Creep 2

Independent and short film

Year Film Type Credited as
Director Producer Writer
2002 The New Brad Short film
2003 This Is John Short film
2004 Scrapple Short film
2005 The Intervention Short film
2011 Kevin Documentary short

As actor

Year Film Role Notes
2002 The New Brad Brad
2003 Brighter Days Jonathan
2004 Scrapple Todd
2005 The Puffy Chair Josh
2005 The Intervention Mark
2007 Hannah Takes the Stairs Mike
2009 Other People's Parties Doug Rhineau
2009 True Adolescents Sam
2009 Humpday Ben
2009-15 The League Pete Eckhart
2010 Greenberg Eric Beller
2010 Mars Charlie Brownsville
2011 Your Sister's Sister Jack
2012 Safety Not Guaranteed Kenneth Calloway
2012 Darling Companion Bryan Alexander
2012 People Like Us Ted
2012 Zero Dark Thirty Steve
2012-16 The Mindy Project Brendan Deslaurier
2013 Parkland Kenneth O'Donnell
2013 Maron Himself
2014 Tammy Bobby
2014 Convention Paul
2014 Creep Josef
2014 The One I Love Ethan
2014 Mercy Uncle Lanning
2015 The Lazarus Effect Frank Walton
2015-16 Togetherness Brett Pierson
2015 Comedy Bang! Bang! Himself
2016 Animals. Non-Earring (voice)
2016 Blue Jay Jim Henderson
2017 Creep 2 Josef Post-production
2017 Love Sonia Post-production
2018 Tully Post-production

Awards

  • Best Screenplay for The Puffy Chair at the BendFilm Festival



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