Mark Harelik

Marcus Frank Harelik (born June 5, 1951) is an American television, film, and stage actor, and playwright.

Early life Harelik was born in Hamilton, Texas.

In 1909, Harelik's Russian Jewish grandfather, Haskell Harelik—upon whom Harelik's 1985 play, The Immigrant, is based—immigrated to Galveston, Texas.

Career In 1987, he moved to Los Angeles where he co-wrote, with Randal Myler, Hank Williams: Lost Highway. In 1990, he worked in the Howard Korder play Search and Destroy and the William Ball play Cherry Orchard.

Harelik has appeared in the films Election, Jurassic Park III, Eulogy, For Your Consideration, and 42. For animation; he was the voice of Queen Uberta's valet, Lord Rogers, in The Swan Princess. Harelik has played parts on the television series Seinfeld, Numbers, Wings, Grace Under Fire, Will & Grace, NCIS, Grey's Anatomy, Boy Meets World, Breaking Bad, Bones, Six Feet Under and five episodes of the first season of The Big Bang Theory as Dr. Eric Gablehauser. He also played Sara Tancredi's lawyer in Prison Break. He appeared on the series finale of Cheers, in a 2002 episode of Joss Whedon's Angel as Count Kurushu, and "Counterpoint" an episode of Star Trek: Voyager. He also appeared in five episodes of short-lived NBC series Awake. Harelik's play, The Immigrant, has been well-received, and was adapted into a musical of the same name.

In 1997, he released a sequel, The Legacy, changing it from a true story to fiction. He has appeared in several other plays including Temptation (1989), The Heidi Chronicles (1991), Elmer Gantry (1991), Tartuffe (1999), Old Money (2000), The Hollow Lands (2000), The Beard of Avon (2001), Cyrano de Bergerac (2004).

In 2015, Harelik co-starred as Jamie Thompson's father in This Isn't Funny, and in 2017, he played baseball player Hank Greenberg in the film Battle of the Sexes. In 2024, he was cast as Dr. Hiruluk from One Piece.

Personal life He is married to actress Spencer Kayden, who has acted in theatre productions alongside him. They have one child.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1990 A Gnome Named Gnorm Detective Kaminsky 1993 Barbarians at the Gate Peter Atkins 1994 The Swan Princess Lord Rogers Voice 1999 Election Dave Novotny 2001 Jurassic Park III Ben Hildebrand 2004 Eulogy Burt 2006 For Your Consideration Round Table Host 2007 Watching the Detectives Detective Barloe 2009 Timer Dr. Serious The Job Martin 2011 Meeting Spencer David Thiel 2013 42 Herb Pennock 2015 This Isn't Funny Joseph Thompson Trumbo Edward 'Ed' Muhl 2017 Battle of the Sexes Hank Greenberg

Television Year Title Role Notes 1993 Wings Davis Lynch 5 episodes Cheers Reed Manchester 1997 Seinfeld Milos 1998 Star Trek: Voyager Inspector Kashyk Episode: "Counterpoint" 1999 Boy Meets World Jedediah Lawrence 3 episodes 2004 Will & Grace Tim 3 episodes 2005 Gilmore Girls Stuart Wultz House Mr. Foster 2006 Grey's Anatomy Keith 1 episode Bones Dr. Peter Ogden 1 episode ER Husband of patient 1 episode 2007 Heroes DHS Agent Episode: "Out of Time" 2007–2008 The Big Bang Theory Dr. Eric Gablehauser 5 episodes 2008 Medium Publisher Elliot David 2009 Monk Mikhail Alvanov Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Badge" 2010 Breaking Bad Doctor Episode: "Kafkaesque" 2012 Awake Carl Kessel 6 episodes 2014 The Mentalist Kenyon Russell 1 episode 2015 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Julian Voorhees 1 episode The Leftovers Peter 1 episode 2016–2019 Preacher Mark Harelik/God 2017–2018 Imposters Arthur Bloom 5 episodes 2017–2019 Snowfall Arnold Tulfowitz 2 episodes 2018 Castle Rock Gordon 3 episodes 2019 The Morning Show Richard 2 episodes 2020 Perry Mason Lyle 2 episodes 2022 The Rookie William Bloomfield Episode: "Backstabbers" 2024 Presumed Innocent Liam Reynolds 2 episodes 2026 One Piece Hiriluk 2 episodes

Awards and nominations 2005 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical — The Immigrant (nominee) 2011 Lunt-Fontanne Fellow at Ten Chimneys Foundation

Publications The Immigrant The Legacy