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Logan Marshall-Green

b. 1976

American actor

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Born 1976. Logan Marshall-Green is an American television actor, film actor, stage actor, film director and actor.

Logan Marshall-Green (born November 1, 1976) is an American actor and filmmaker. His lead roles in and Upgrade (2018) earned him nominations for Best Actor at the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards. He won the Golden Joystick Award for Best Performer for his leading role in the 2019 video game Telling Lies.

He also acted in the films Devil (2010), Prometheus (2012), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), and The Odyssey (2026). He made his directorial debut with Adopt a Highway (2019). On television, he has had supporting roles in 24, The O.C. (both 2005), Traveler (2007), Dark Blue (2009-10), Quarry (2016), and stars as Pete Calvin in Marshals (2026-present). Early life Marshall-Green was born in Charleston, South Carolina, to teacher parents. He was raised by his mother, Lowry Marshall, in Cranston, Rhode Island, while she taught theatre at Brown University. He has a twin brother named Taylor. They both attended Barrington High School in the early 1990s. He did his undergraduate studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he also wrote for the school newspaper, The Daily Beacon, as an entertainment writer covering the bar, music, and theater scene.

Becoming more interested in theatre, he attended the National Theater Institute in Waterford, Connecticut. He earned a Master's in Fine Arts from New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts.

Career Marshall-Green appeared in both Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2003 and Law & Order in 2004, before landing recurring roles on Fox's The O.C. and 24. He received a Drama Desk Award for his performance in Neil LaBute's play The Distance from Here in 2004.

In 2005, he performed in three separate productions: in June he played an anthropomorphic shark in Adam Bock's Swimming in the Shallows; in August he appeared as Bo Decker in a production of William Inge's classic Bus Stop; and in December he was Beethoven in the Peanuts spoof Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead (for which he received a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor nomination).

He played the villainous Edmund in the Public Theater production of King Lear starring Kevin Kline in the title role and directed by James Lapine. For his performance in King Lear and Pig Farm, he was nominated for a Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance.

In 2005, Marshall-Green appeared in the film Alchemy. That same year he also appeared in the Miramax film The Great Raid. Marshall-Green portrayed Tyler Fog in the 2007 ABC series Traveler. He appeared as Paco in the 2007 film Across the Universe. He featured as Dean Bendis, an undercover police officer, in a black ops group of the LAPD headed by Dylan McDermott in the TNT series Dark Blue. He played a young rookie cop the 2010 criminal drama Brooklyn's Finest directed by Antoine Fuqua and had a lead role in the horror film Devil.

He appeared in the 2012 Ridley Scott film Prometheus as Holloway, a crew member aboard Prometheus. He also portrayed Will in Karyn Kusama's 2015 horror-thriller The Invitation.

In 2018, Marshall-Green starred as the lead in Leigh Whannell and Blumhouse's science fiction cyberpunk film Upgrade.

Marshall-Green made his directorial debut with the drama film Adopt a Highway, which was released in March 2019. The film starred Ethan Hawke and Betty Gabriel, and was produced by Jason Blum through Blumhouse Productions. The actor appeared in an episode of When They See Us, and starred in the video game Telling Lies, which was released in August 2019.

Personal life Between 2008 and 2012, Marshall-Green was in a relationship with actress Marisa Tomei. He married actress Diane Gaeta in 2012. The couple have a son (born 2014). Marshall-Green is also a stepfather to his ex-wife's daughter (born 2010), whose father was actor Johnny Lewis. Gaeta filed for divorce from Marshall-Green on April 5, 2019.

Filmography Film

Year Title Role Notes 2004 Ray Short film 2005 Alchemy Martin Lt. Paul Colvin 2007 Across the Universe Paco 2009 Brooklyn's Finest Melvin Panton 2010 Devil Anthony "Tony" Janekowski, Mechanic, Former Marine 2012 Prometheus Charlie Holloway 2013 As I Lay Dying Jewel Cold Comes the Night Billy 2014 Madame Bovary The Marquis The Sound and the Fury Dalton Ames 2015 Will Nominated Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actor 2016 Snowden Male Drone Pilot Black Dog, Red Dog Stephen 2017 Sand Castle Sergeant Harper Spider-Man: Homecoming Jackson Brice / Shocker #12018UpgradeGrey TraceNominated Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actor 2019 Adopt a Highway Director and writer only 2021 How It Ends Nate Intrusion Henry 2022 Redeeming Love Paul The ListenerMichael (voice) Lou Philip 2023 Reverse the Curse Ted 2024 Carry-On Agent Alcott 2026 Killing Castro Johnny Roselli The Odyssey Melanthius Brennan Malloy

Television Year Title Role Notes 2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Mitch Wilkens, aka Max Van Horn Episode: "Soulless" 2004 Law & Order Kyle Mellors Episode: "Evil Breeds" 2005 24 Richard Heller 6 episodes 2005 Trey Atwood 9 episodes 2007 Traveler Tyler Fog Main cast; 8 episodes 2009–10 Dark Blue Dean Bendis Main cast; 20 episodes 2016 Quarry Mac Conway Main cast; 8 episodes 2017–18 Damnation Creeley Turner Main role; 10 episodes 2019 When They See Us Roberts Miniseries; Episode: "Part Four" 2020 The Defeated Moritz McLaughlin Main cast; 8 episodes 2021–22 Big Sky Travis Stone Main cast (season 2) 2025 And Just Like That... Adam Main cast (season 3) 2026 Marshals Pete Calvin Main role

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University of Tennessee, New York University Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center

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Who is Logan Marshall-Green?

American actor

When was Logan Marshall-Green born?

Logan Marshall-Green was born on 1 November 1976 in Charleston.

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Logan Marshall-Green is a television actor, film actor, stage actor, film director and actor.

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Logan Marshall-Green is American.

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