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{{Short description|American actor (born 1954)}}
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| caption = Linn-Baker (left) as Larry with ] (right) as Balki on '']''
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| birth_name = Mark Linn Baker
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'''Mark Linn-Baker''' (born ], ]) is an ] ] and ] famous for his role as ] on the ] ], '']''. '''Mark Linn-Baker''' (born '''Mark Linn Baker'''; June 17, 1954) is an American ] and ] who played Benjy Stone in the film '']'' and ] in the ] ] '']''.


== Early life and education ==
==Biography==
Mark Linn-Baker was born with the ]s Mark Linn and the ] Baker in ], ]. He later changed his surname to a compound surname by hyphenating his middle name Linn with his surname Baker, producing Linn-Baker. His mother, Joan (née Sparks), of Jewish ancestry, was a dancer, and his father, William Nelson Baker, co-founded the Open Stage Theater in Hartford. His parents were both active in theatre and participated in civil rights activism.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.perfectstrangers.tv/menslook0887.htm |title=Perfect Strangers Online – Mark Linn-Baker Articles – Men's Look – 8/87 |publisher=Perfectstrangers.tv |access-date=2013-04-22 |archive-date=2013-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623182828/http://www.perfectstrangers.tv/menslook0887.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.perfectstrangers.tv/episodeguide05.htm |title=Perfect Strangers Online – Episode Guide – Episode 5: Check This |publisher=Perfectstrangers.tv |date=1986-04-22 |access-date=2013-04-22 |archive-date=2013-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623174037/http://www.perfectstrangers.tv/episodeguide05.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Patricia Seremet|author2=Courant Columnist|url=https://www.courant.com/1996/12/02/what-now-hartford-after-the-debate/|title=What Now, Hartford, After The Debate?|work=]|date=1996-12-02|access-date=2013-04-22|archive-date=2014-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423043232/http://articles.courant.com/1996-12-02/business/9611300036_1_presidential-debate-papermaster-bushnell-park|url-status=live}}</ref> He graduated from ] in ], in 1972, and from Yale University in 1976. He then attended the ], receiving a ] in ] in 1979, and following that, found most of his early roles on stage.
===Career===
Graduating from ] with an MFA in ] in 1979, Linn-Baker found most of his early roles on stage. Perhaps his best-known stage role was in the 1983 ] version of the '']'' ]. He also appeared in '']'' in 1993, the 1996 revival of '']'', the 1998 ] production of '']'', the 2003 musical '']'', and the 2006 comedy '']''.


== Career ==
Linn-Baker’s first movie role was a small part in ]’s 1979 film, '']''. Unfortunately for the young actor, most of his scenes were later cut from the film. Three years later, he would land a far more memorable film role as Benjy Stone in the ] comedy film, '']'', co-starring with ]. In a manner similar to his future role in ''Perfect Strangers'', Linn-Baker played the ] to O’Toole’s outrageous character, Alan Swann.
He developed and performed in a two-man comedy show, ''The Laundry Hour'', with ], in the early 1980s.


He appeared in the 1983 ] version of the '']'' ]. He appeared in '']'' in 1993; the 1996 revival of '']''; the 1998 ] production of '']''; the 2003 musical '']''; and the 2006 comedy '']''.
Having attained moderate success on stage and the big screen, Linn-Baker began to turn his sights toward television. In 1983, he appeared in an unsold detective show ] called ''O’Malley''. The following year saw a role on the television movie, ''The Ghost Writer'', and in the summer series, ''The Comedy Zone''. Soon Linn-Baker was appearing in several high-profile television shows. He guest-starred on a 1984 episode of '']'' as Bonzo Barry and portrayed hapless office worker Phil West on a 1985 episode of '']'' entitled “Atlas Belched”. Between parts, he would also appear in television commercials pitching products ranging from ] ] to ] ].


His film debut was a small part in ]'s 1979 film '']''. The majority of Linn-Baker's scenes were cut from the film. Three years later, he landed a far more memorable film role partly inspired by Allen himself, playing Benjy Stone in the ] comedy film '']'' alongside ]. In a manner similar to his future role in ''Perfect Strangers'', Linn-Baker played the ] to O'Toole's outrageous character, Alan Swann.
In 1986, Linn-Baker was paired with ] on the ] series, '']''. He played the role of ], a young man living on his own for the first time in ]. Larry’s world was disrupted when a distant cousin from the (fictional) ] ] of ], ] (Pinchot), showed up on his doorstep. Storylines revolved around Larry’s attempts to show Balki the ways of American culture, although the ] Larry frequently proved to be just as naive as Balki. The series was notable for its creative use of ] comedy, harking back to the style of comic duos like ]. ''Perfect Strangers'' became an immediate breakout hit and made Linn-Baker a star. The show ran for parts of eight seasons, airing for the final time in August 1993. During this period he appeared in the film '']''.


Having attained success on stage and the big screen, Linn-Baker began to turn his sights toward television. In 1983, he appeared in an unsold detective show ] called ''O'Malley''. The following year saw a role on the television movie, ''The Ghost Writer'', and in the summer series, ''The Comedy Zone''. Soon, Linn-Baker was appearing in several high-profile television shows. He guest-starred on a 1984 episode of '']'' as Bonzo Barry and portrayed hapless office worker Phil West on a 1985 episode of '']'' titled "Atlas Belched". Linn-Baker starred with ] in the 1985 CBS pilot ''The Recovery Room'', a sitcom about a bar located across from a major city hospital and its inhabitants. Airing as a special that summer, the pilot did not lead to a regular series. Between parts, Linn-Baker also appeared during this time in television commercials pitching products ranging from ] ] to ] ].
In 2005, he was a regular cast member on the ] sitcom, '']''. The show was cancelled after a single season.


Linn-Baker starred in the ] series '']'' as ], a young man living on his own for the first time in Chicago. Larry's world was disrupted when a distant cousin from the (fictional) ] island of Mypos, ] (]), showed up on his doorstep. Storylines revolved around Larry's attempts to show Balki the ways of American culture, although the ] Larry frequently proved to be just as naive as Balki. The series ran for eight seasons. Later, he appeared in ]'s 1992 film '']''.
===Guest appearances===
''Perfect Strangers'' was the original anchor of ]’s '']'' Friday night lineup during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Linn-Baker made appearances on other ''TGIF'' shows, although surprisingly never in the Larry Appleton character for which he was best known. On a 1992 episode of '']'', Linn-Baker played Dick Donaldson, the wealthy, snobbish cousin of ] (]). In 1997, he guested on '']'' as the abusive boss of ] (]). (Ironically, Linn-Baker’s Larry Appleton character had been Harriette’s co-worker for two seasons on ''Perfect Strangers''.) He also guested twice on ] as Larry Weeks. Also made appearance on Law & Order as a Girlie Bar Owner being muscled out by the mob.


In 2005, he was a regular cast member on the ] sitcom '']'', which was canceled after a single season. He also appeared in the 2010 film '']'' as Ron. In 2011, he starred in his sixth Broadway show ] in a one-act play by Woody Allen. He previously appeared opposite ] in '']''. In 2016 he appeared ] as Sir Peter Teazle in '']'' at the ].<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424175228/http://www.theasy.com/Reviews/2016/S/theschoolforscandal.php |date=2017-04-24 }} by Shani R. Friedman, ''Theatre Is Easy'', April 30, 2016</ref> As of 2017 he is playing the role of Carlton Miller, aide to ] (]) on the ] police procedural drama '']''.
In a 2003 episode of '']'', he guested as an insurance investigator<ref>{{imdb title|0629563|Law & Order: Criminal Intent "Probability" (2003)}}</ref> who displays strong ] traits. He gets a degree of empathy from ] and a number of behind-his-back snickers from Goren’s partner ]. His character made a return cameo appearance in the season 6 episode ], where it was revealed Goren has kept in touch with the character through correspondence.<ref>{{tvtome show|1061341|Law & Order: Criminal Intent: "Endgame"}}</ref>


In 2019, he played Mayor George Shinn in the ]'s production of '']'' opposite ] as Hill and ] as Marian. He reprised his role when he replaced ] in the 2022 Broadway revival, where he performed opposite ] as Hill and ] as Marian.
Linn-Baker also directed numerous episodes of '']'', '']'', and '']''.


=== Guest appearances ===
Linn-Baker’s wife, Adrianne, is the daughter of children’s book author ], best known for the ] series. Linn-Baker adapted his father-in-law’s stories into the Tony-nominated Broadway musical '']'', in which Linn-Baker played Toad.
On a 1992 episode of '']'', Linn-Baker played Dick Donaldson, the wealthy, snobbish cousin of ] (]). In 1997, he guest starred on '']'' as the abusive boss of ] (]). Linn-Baker guested three times on '']'' as Larry Weeks. Additionally, he appeared on an episode of '']'' as a strip club owner being extorted by the Mob. In a 1997 episode of '']'', he had a guest role as a veterinarian examining a sick—and invisible—Barkley.


Linn-Baker appeared as a spokesperson for ] ] in a series of ] in the late ] and ]. Linn-Baker also directed numerous episodes of ''Family Matters'', ''Hangin' with Mr. Cooper'', '']'' and '']''. He appeared as a spokesperson for ] ] in a series of ] in the late 1980s and 1990s.

He also appeared in a Christmas episode of '']'' as a man fired for seeing a unicorn.

On a 2003 episode of '']'', he guested as an insurance investigator named Wally Stevens who displays strong ] traits. He gets a degree of empathy from ] and a number of behind-his-back snickers from Goren's partner ]. His character made a return cameo appearance in the season 6 episode "]", where it was revealed Goren has kept in touch with the character through correspondence.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} In season 2, episode 14 ("Probability"), the last line spoken by Eames is "I'm sure he'd like a ]."

Linn-Baker provided the voice for one of a ] of ]s in the 2002 ] album '']''. The other three were voiced by ], ], and ].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fP_D-tX9-dQC |title=Philadelphia Chickens |date=14 October 2002 |publisher=Workman |isbn=9780761126362 |access-date=August 28, 2011 |archive-date=27 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827195457/https://books.google.com/books?id=fP_D-tX9-dQC |url-status=live }}</ref>

He joined his friend, fellow ] graduate and former sidekick ], on the audiobook version of Black's second book '']'' where he and Black recreate ''The Laundry Hour'', an act they did in New York City in the early 1980s. He guest-starred in several episodes of the children's TV show '']'' in February–March 2009 as "Uncle Sigmund Scrambler".{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}}

In 2009, he appeared in an episode of the U.S. version of '']'', playing a character who collected women's underwear that he later used for masturbation. In 2010, he appeared in an episode of '']'', "The Taxman Cometh", as Dr. Vincent Balicheck, a physician who used controversial therapies on cancer patients which resulted in their deaths.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/law-and-order/the-taxman-cometh/episode/1340447/summary.html |title=The Taxman Cometh |access-date=June 1, 2010 |archive-date=June 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601003442/http://www.tv.com/law-and-order/the-taxman-cometh/episode/1340447/summary.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Linn-Baker and '']'' are referenced in the HBO TV series '']'', which takes place after a fictional global event called the Sudden Departure, the inexplicable, simultaneous disappearance of 140 million people, 2% of the world's population. Within the show, the entire cast of ''Perfect Strangers'' has departed, except for Linn-Baker, who has faked his own departure and escaped to ].<ref>Sepinwall, Alan. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160511005634/http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/the-leftovers-co-creator-explains-crazy-season-2-opening-perfect-strangers-gag#I7be0j5OuMl03vkQ.99 |date=2016-05-11 }} HitFix (October 5, 2015).</ref> Linn-Baker appears, as a fictional version of himself, in the episodes "Axis Mundi"<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506140212/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3955000/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast |date=2017-05-06 }} directed by Mimi Lede; written by ] and Jacqueline Hoyt (aired October 4, 2015).</ref> and "Don't Be Ridiculous."<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623172501/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5337978/?ref_=ttep_ep2#cast |date=2017-06-23 }} directed by Keith Gordon; written by ] and ] (aired April 23, 2017).</ref>

In 2009, he had a recurring guest-starring role in the revival of '']'', and in 2017, he started a recurring role on the CBS drama '']'' as Deputy NYC mayor Carlton Miller. In 2019, he appeared as Josh's father Dave in the '']'' episode "Kimmy is in a Love Square!" Also in 2019, he appeared in Season 6 (Episode 7) of '']'' as entomologist Dr. Jonathan Nikkila.

== Personal life ==
In 1995, Linn-Baker married ], the daughter of children's book author ], best known for his '']'' series.<ref>{{cite news|author=Jane Holahan|date=April 11, 2013|title=Frog and Toad's long friendship turns musical|newspaper=Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era|url=http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/836887_Frog-and-Toad-s-long-friendship-turns-musical.html?page=1|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623051459/http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/836887_Frog-and-Toad-s-long-friendship-turns-musical.html?page=1|archive-date=June 23, 2013}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=April 2013}} They divorced after having one daughter.<ref name="shattuck1">{{cite news|last=Shattuck|first=Kathryn|title=Vows: Christa Justus and Mark Linn-Baker|work=The New York Times|date=11 January 2013 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/fashion/weddings/christa-justus-and-mark-linn-baker-vows.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|access-date=January 13, 2013|archive-date=January 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116204512/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/fashion/weddings/christa-justus-and-mark-linn-baker-vows.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|url-status=live}}</ref> Linn-Baker helped adapt his father-in-law's stories into the Tony-nominated Broadway musical '']'', in which Linn-Baker played Toad and Jay Goede played Frog. On December 29, 2012, Linn-Baker married actress Christa Justus.<ref name="shattuck1" />

== Filmography ==

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1978
|''All's Well That Ends Well''
|Bertram
|Television film
|-
|1982
|''Alice at the Palace''
|Various
|Television film
|-
|1983
|''O'Malley''
|Public Defender
|Television film
|-
|1984
|'']''
|Nathan Zuckerman
|1 episode
|-
|1984
|''Comedy Zone''
|Various
|2 episodes
|-
|1985
|'']''
|'Bonzo' Barry Gold
|1 episode
|-
|1985
|'']''
|Ronnie
|1 episode
|-
|1985
|]
|Phil West
|1 episode
|-
|1986–1993
|]
|Larry Appleton
|Lead role; 150 episodes
|-
|1989
|'']''
|Stan Forrest
|1 episode
|-
|1991
|'']''
|Gordon Perkins
|Television film
|-
|1992
|]
|Police Officer
|1 episode
|-
|1992
|'']''
|Dick Donaldson
|1 episode
|-
|1993
|''The General Motors Playwrights Theater''
|The Student
|1 episode
|-
|1994–1996
|'']''
|Larry Weeks /

Basketball Player with Glasses
|3 episodes (1 uncredited)
|-
|1997
|'']''
|Dr. Benjamin
|1 episode
|-
|1997
|'']''
|Mr. Benner
|1 episode
|-
|1997
|]
|Gumdrop
|1 episode
|-
|1998
|'']''
|Sheldon Maxwell
|1 episode
|-
|1999, 2010
|'']''
|Dr. Vincent Balicheck /

Tom Wilder
|2 episodes
|-
|2001
|]
|Val Skotsky
|Television film
|-
|2003, 2007
|'']''
|Wally Stevens
|2 episodes
|-
|2005–2006
|]
|Alan Arnold
|18 episodes
|-
|2009
|]
|Lincoln Hart
|1 episode
|-
|2009–2010
|]
|Sigmund Scrambler
|4 episodes
|-
|2012
|'']''
|Judge Don Linden
|1 episode
|-
|2015, 2017
|]
|Himself
|2 episodes
|-
|2016
|'']''
|Rabbi Ken
|4 episodes
|-
|2017
|'']''
|Judge Don Linden
|1 episode
|-
|2017–2018
|]
|Carlton Miller
|9 episodes
|-
|2019
|'']''
|Dave Hoffman
|1 episode
|-
|2019
|]
|Dr. Jonathan Nikkila
|1 episode
|-
|2019–2021
|]
|Maxim Pierce
|2 episodes
|-
|2020
|'']''
|Dr. Paul Capezio
|1 episode
|-
|2021
|'']''
|Clive Wexler
|1 episode
|-
|2021–present
|'']''
|Henry Farnsby
|4 episodes
|-
|2022
|'']''
|Morris Walters
|] series; 4 episodes
|}

=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1979
|]
|Shakespearean Actor
|Scenes deleted
|-
|1981
|''The End of August''
|Victor LeBrum
|
|-
|1982
|'']''
|Benjy Stone
|
|-
|1988
|'']''
|Him
|
|-
|1988
|''Going to the Chapel''
|Norman Brinkmann
|
|-
|1992
|]
|Tim Allgood
|
|-
|2005
|'']''
|Mr. Farmer
|
|-
|2009
|]
|Sam Klieber
|
|-
|2010
|'']''
|Ron
|
|-
|2018
|''Accommodations''
|Eugene Beltzer
|
|}

==Stage==
===As actor===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role(s)
!Venue
!Notes
!Ref.
|-
|1978
| ''Sganarelle: An Evening of Molière Farces''
| In '']'': Sganarelle<br>
In ''{{ill|The Forced Marriage|fr|Le Mariage forcé}}'': Marphurius, understudy Alcidas<br>
In '']'': Valère, understudy Sganarelle
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite web |last1=Savitt |first1=Jane |title=Yale Repertory Theatre program |url=https://issuu.com/yalerep/docs/yrt_sganarelle |access-date=14 January 2024 |page=12 |date=Spring 1978}}</ref>
|-
|1978
|'']''
| Bertram
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Berkvist |first1=Robert |title=All's WellWith Shakespeare in the Park |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/06/30/archives/alls-well-with-shakespeare-in-the-park-papps-23d-park-season-better.html |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=New York Times |date=30 June 1978}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=All's Well That Ends Well (TV Movie 1978) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077148/?ref_=tt_ch |website=Internet Movie Database |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1979
|'']''
| Othello's orderly
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Gussow |first1=Mel |title=Stage: Raul Julia Portrays Othello |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/09/archives/stage-raul-julia-portrays-othello-activated-by-vengeance.html |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=New York Times |date=9 August 1978}}</ref>
|-
|1980
|''Alice in Concert''
| performer
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Rich |first1=Frank |title=THE STAGE: MERYL STREEP SINGS IN 'ALICE IN CONCERT' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/08/theater/the-stage-meryl-streep-sings-in-alice-in-concert.html |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=New York Times |date=8 January 1981}}</ref>
|-
|1981
|''The Laundry Hour''
| performer
| ]
|
| <ref name="laundryhour">{{cite news |last1=Gussow |first1=Mel |title=THEATER: 'THE LAUNDRY HOUR,' A 2 MAN CABARET-TYPE SHOW |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/05/theater/theater-the-laundry-hour-a-2-man-cabaret-type-show.html |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=New York Times |date=5 August 1981}}</ref>
|-
|1982
|''Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong''
| performer
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Gussow |first1=Mel |title=THEATER: A REVUE BUILT FROM NEWMAN'S MUSIC |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/15/theater/theater-a-revue-built-from-newman-s-music.html |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=New York Times |date=15 March 1982}}</ref>
|-
|1982
|''The Death of von Richthofen as Witnessed From Earth''
| William Evans
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Rich |first1=Frank |title=MUSICAL: MCANUFF'S 'RICHTHOFEN' ARRIVES AT PUBLIC |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/30/theater/musical-mcanuff-s-richthofen-arrives-at-public.html |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=New York Times |date=30 July 1982}}</ref>
|-
|1982
|'']''
| Vladimir
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Waiting for Godot (1983) |url=https://americanrepertorytheater.org/shows-events/waiting-for-godot-1983/ |website=American Repertory Theater |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Grossman |first1=lev |title=I Was a Teenage Samuel Beckett: Or, My Literary Biography Problem |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2012/01/11/i-was-a-teenage-samuel-beckett-or-my-literary-biography-problem/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |magazine=Time |date=11 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
|1983
|'']''
| Mark
| ]
| Broadway debut
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Rich |first1=Frank |title=STAGE: 'DOONESBURY' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/22/theater/stage-doonesbury.html |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=New York Times |date=22 November 1983}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mark Linn-Baker – Broadway Cast & Staff |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/mark-linn-baker-30705 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1984
|'']''
| Delmount Williams
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Rich |first1=Frank |title=THEATER: 'FIRECRACKER,' A BETH HENLEY COMEDY |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/28/theater/theater-firecracker-a-beth-henley-comedy.html |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=New York Times |date=28 May 1984}}</ref>
|-
|1990
|''Signature''
| Maxwell T-Thorp
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Nemy |first1=Enid |title=On Stage |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/15/theater/on-stage.html |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=New York Times |date=15 June 1990}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Henley |first1=Beth |title=Signature |date=2002 |publisher=Dramatists Play Service |location=New York |isbn=9780822218760 |page=4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1U2Q9TzPXTIC |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1993
|'']''
| Bernard Sugarman
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Soloski |first1=Alexis |title=David Henry Hwang's 'M. Butterfly' Followup: 'M. Turkey' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/01/theater/face-value-david-henry-hwang-broadway.html |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=New York Times |date=4 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Face Value – Broadway Play – Original |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/face-value-1062#OpeningNightCast |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1993
|'']''
| Val
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Gerard |first1=Jeremy |title=Laughter on the 23rd Floor |url=https://variety.com/1993/legit/reviews/laughter-on-the-23rd-floor-1200434229/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=Variety |date=22 November 1993}}</ref>
|-
|1996
|'']''
| Hysterium
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Gerard |first1=Jeremy |title=A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |url=https://variety.com/1996/legit/reviews/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-forum-3-1200445603/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=Variety |date=19 April 1996}}</ref>
|-
|1998
|'']''
| Victor Chandebise, Dodo
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Simon |first1=John |title=In Brief: 'A Flea in Her Ear' |url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/theater/reviews/2357/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=New York Magazine |date=16 March 1998}}</ref>
|-
|1999
|'']''
| Touchstone
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite web |title=As You Like It - Williamstown Theatre Festival |url=https://wtfestival.org/main-events/as-you-like-it-2/ |website=Williamstown Theatre Festival |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Simonson |first1=Robert |title=Linn-Baker and Cumpsty Join Paltrow in WTF As You Like It, Aug. 4-15 |url=https://playbill.com/article/linn-baker-and-cumpsty-join-paltrow-in-wtf-as-you-like-it-aug-4-15-com-82808 |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=Playbill |date=28 June 1999}}</ref>
|-
|1999
|''Chesapeake''
| Kerr
| ]
| ] nomination
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Isherwood |first1=Charles |title=Chesapeake |url=https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/chesapeake-1200459479/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=Variety |date=18 October 1999}}</ref>
|-
|2002
|'']''
| Hines
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Brantley |first1=Ben |title=THEATER REVIEW; A Test of Love for Labor and Management |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/04/theater/theater-review-a-test-of-love-for-labor-and-management.html |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=New York Times |date=4 May 2002}}</ref>
|-
|2002
|'']''
| Toad
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Ritter |first1=Peter |title=A Year With Frog and Toad |url=https://variety.com/2002/legit/reviews/a-year-with-frog-and-toad-3-1200545856/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=Variety |date=26 September 2002}}</ref>
|-
|2003
|'']''
| Toad
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Brantley |first1=Ben |title=THEATER REVIEW; Woodland Creatures Sing, Act and Dress Well |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/14/theater/theater-review-woodland-creatures-sing-act-and-dress-well.html |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=New York Times |date=14 April 2003}}</ref>
|-
|2006
|'']''
| Tony
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Rooney |first1=David |title=Losing Louie |url=https://variety.com/2006/legit/reviews/losing-louie-1200512682/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=Variety |date=12 October 2006}}</ref>
|-
|2007
|''Romantic Poetry''
| Jilly Brilla, Carl
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Cotter |first1=James F. |title=Play review: 'Romantic Poetry' |url=https://www.recordonline.com/story/lifestyle/2007/07/25/play-review-romantic-poetry/52839732007/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=Times Herald-Record |date=25 July 2007}}</ref>
|-
|2008
|'']''
| In ''Waiting'': McMartin<br>
In ''Debate'': God Who Loves
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Brantley |first1=Ben |title=A World Right Around the Corner From Hell |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/theater/reviews/23brantley.html |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=New York TImes |date=23 Jan 2008}}</ref>
|-
|2008
|''Romantic Poetry''
| Carl
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Suskin |first1=Steven |title=Romantic Poetry |url=https://variety.com/2008/legit/reviews/romantic-poetry-1200471235/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=Variety |date=28 October 2008}}</ref>
|-
|2011
|''One Slight Hitch''
| Doc Coleman
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |title=Theater review: 'One Slight Hitch' a delightful farce |url=https://www.dailygazette.com/ticket/theater-review-one-slight-hitch-a-delightful-farce/article_cac15d37-7c76-5579-ba03-d1a26574a04a.html |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=The Daily Gazette |date=12 July 2011}}</ref>
|-
|2011
|'']''
| In ''Honeymoon Motel'': Sam Roth
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Isherwood |first1=Charles |title=Each Family, Tortured in Its Own Way |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/theater/reviews/relatively-speaking-at-brooks-atkinson-theater-review.html |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=New York Times |date=20 Oct 2011}}</ref>
|-
|2012
|''One Slight Hitch''
| Doc
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Gates |first1=Anita |title=Panic in Suburbia on a Daughter's Wedding Day |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/21/nyregion/a-review-of-one-slight-hitch-at-the-george-street-playhouse.html |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=New York Times |date=19 Oct 2012}}</ref>
|-
|2014
|'']''
| Paul Sycamore
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Stasio |first1=Marilyn |title=Broadway Review: 'You Can't Take It With You' with Rose Byrne, James Earl Jones |url=https://variety.com/2014/legit/reviews/broadway-review-you-cant-take-it-with-you-rose-byrne-james-earl-jones-1201315997/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=Variety |date=28 September 2014}}</ref>
|-
|2015
|'']''
| Oliver Webb
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Stasio |first1=Marilyn |title=Broadway Review: 'On the 20th Century' with Kristin Chenoweth, Peter Gallagher |url=https://variety.com/2015/legit/reviews/on-the-20th-century-review-kristin-chenoweth-peter-gallagher-broadway-1201452467/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=Variety |date=15 March 2015}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|'']''
| Sir Peter Teazle
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Shaw |first1=Helen |title=The School for Scandal |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/the-school-for-scandal |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=Time Out |date=25 April 2016}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|'']''
| Mayor Shinn
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Farmer |first1=Tina |title=Pleasing and familiar, 'The Music Man' entertains, though it feels a bit off key |url=https://kdhx.org/articles/theatre-reviews/189-pleasing-and-familiar-the-music-man-entertains-though-it-feels-a-bit-off-key |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=KDHX |date=2016}}</ref>
|-
|2017
|'']''
| Senex
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Przybylski |first1=Katy |title=The Muny's "Forum" is filled with hilarity—and surprises |url=https://www.stlmag.com/culture/theater/at-the-muny-forum-offers-smiles-and-surprises/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=St. Louis Magazine |date=7 July 2017}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|''Good For Otto''
| Timothy
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Reed |first1=Rex |title=Ed Harris Stars in 'Good For Otto,' a Long Play Where No One Is Named Otto |url=https://observer.com/2018/03/theater-review-david-rabe-ed-harris-disappoint-with-good-for-otto/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=The Observer |date=8 March 2018}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|'']''
| Mayor Shinn
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Marks |first1=Peter |title=Trouble? Ya got none in Kennedy Center's revival of 'The Music Man.' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/trouble-ya-got-none-in-the-kennedy-centers-revival-of-the-music-man/2019/02/08/3a972218-2b56-11e9-b011-d8500644dc98_story.html |access-date=14 January 2024 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=8 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|''Fern Hill''
| Billy
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Scheck |first1=Frank |title='Fern Hill': Theater Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/fern-hill-theater-review-1240766/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=19 September 2019}}</ref>
|-
|2022
|'']''
| Mayor Shinn
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite web |title=The Music Man – Broadway Musical – 2022 Revival |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-music-man-526102#Replacements |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref>
|}

===As director===
{| class="wikitable"
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!Year
!Title
!Venue
!Notes
!Ref.
|-
|1985
|'']''
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Bruckner |first1=D.J.R. |title=THE STAGE: 'LUNIN: THEATER OF DEATH' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/24/theater/the-stage-lunin-theater-of-death.html |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=New York Times |date=24 September 1985}}</ref>
|-
|1986
|''L.A. Freewheeling''
| Hartley House Theatre
|
| <ref>{{cite news |title=Theater: Off-Off Broadway |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1eYCAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22directed+by+mark+linn-baker%22&pg=PA154 |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=New York Magazine |date=9 June 1986 |page=154}}</ref>
|-
|1988
|''Zero Positive''
| ]
| direction by Kenneth Elliott, original direction by Mark Linn-Baker
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Rich |first1=Frank |title=Review/Theater; In 'Zero Positive,' Tragedy of AIDS Keeps Buckling Into Farce |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/02/theater/review-theater-in-zero-positive-tragedy-of-aids-keeps-buckling-into-farce.html |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=New York Times |date=2 June 1988}}</ref>
|-
|1998
|''Black Humor''
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Lefkowitz |first1=David |title=NYC's Black Humor To Stop Laughing, Mar. 8 |url=https://playbill.com/article/nycs-black-humor-to-stop-laughing-mar-8-com-73843 |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=Playbill |date=5 March 1998}}</ref>
|-
|2001
|'']''
| ]
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Hofler |first1=Robert |title=Once Around the City |url=https://variety.com/2001/legit/reviews/once-around-the-city-1200469165/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=Variety |date=11 July 2001}}</ref>
|}

===As author===
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American actor (born 1954)
Mark Linn-Baker
Linn-Baker at the 39th Primetime Emmy Awards buffet in 1987
BornMark Linn Baker
(1954-06-17) June 17, 1954 (age 70)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
EducationYale University (BA, MFA)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
Years active1978–present
Spouses
Adrianne Lobel ​ ​(m. 1995; div. 2009)​
Christa Justus ​(m. 2012)​
Children1

Mark Linn-Baker (born Mark Linn Baker; June 17, 1954) is an American actor and director who played Benjy Stone in the film My Favorite Year and Larry Appleton in the television sitcom Perfect Strangers.

Early life and education

Mark Linn-Baker was born with the given names Mark Linn and the surname Baker in St. Louis, Missouri. He later changed his surname to a compound surname by hyphenating his middle name Linn with his surname Baker, producing Linn-Baker. His mother, Joan (née Sparks), of Jewish ancestry, was a dancer, and his father, William Nelson Baker, co-founded the Open Stage Theater in Hartford. His parents were both active in theatre and participated in civil rights activism. He graduated from Wethersfield High School in Wethersfield, Connecticut, in 1972, and from Yale University in 1976. He then attended the Yale School of Drama, receiving a MFA in Drama in 1979, and following that, found most of his early roles on stage.

Career

He developed and performed in a two-man comedy show, The Laundry Hour, with Lewis Black, in the early 1980s.

He appeared in the 1983 Broadway version of the Doonesbury comic strip. He appeared in Laughter on the 23rd Floor in 1993; the 1996 revival of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; the 1998 Roundabout Theatre Company production of A Flea in Her Ear; the 2003 musical A Year with Frog and Toad; and the 2006 comedy Losing Louie.

His film debut was a small part in Woody Allen's 1979 film Manhattan. The majority of Linn-Baker's scenes were cut from the film. Three years later, he landed a far more memorable film role partly inspired by Allen himself, playing Benjy Stone in the 1982 comedy film My Favorite Year alongside Peter O'Toole. In a manner similar to his future role in Perfect Strangers, Linn-Baker played the straight man to O'Toole's outrageous character, Alan Swann.

Having attained success on stage and the big screen, Linn-Baker began to turn his sights toward television. In 1983, he appeared in an unsold detective show pilot called O'Malley. The following year saw a role on the television movie, The Ghost Writer, and in the summer series, The Comedy Zone. Soon, Linn-Baker was appearing in several high-profile television shows. He guest-starred on a 1984 episode of Miami Vice as Bonzo Barry and portrayed hapless office worker Phil West on a 1985 episode of Moonlighting titled "Atlas Belched". Linn-Baker starred with Charles Kimbrough in the 1985 CBS pilot The Recovery Room, a sitcom about a bar located across from a major city hospital and its inhabitants. Airing as a special that summer, the pilot did not lead to a regular series. Between parts, Linn-Baker also appeared during this time in television commercials pitching products ranging from Kellogg's Nutri-Grain to Kraft's Life Savers.

Linn-Baker starred in the ABC series Perfect Strangers as Larry Appleton, a young man living on his own for the first time in Chicago. Larry's world was disrupted when a distant cousin from the (fictional) Mediterranean island of Mypos, Balki Bartokomous (Bronson Pinchot), showed up on his doorstep. Storylines revolved around Larry's attempts to show Balki the ways of American culture, although the neurotic Larry frequently proved to be just as naive as Balki. The series ran for eight seasons. Later, he appeared in Peter Bogdanovich's 1992 film Noises Off.

In 2005, he was a regular cast member on the WB Network sitcom Twins, which was canceled after a single season. He also appeared in the 2010 film How Do You Know as Ron. In 2011, he starred in his sixth Broadway show Relatively Speaking in a one-act play by Woody Allen. He previously appeared opposite Nathan Lane in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. In 2016 he appeared off-Broadway as Sir Peter Teazle in The School for Scandal at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. As of 2017 he is playing the role of Carlton Miller, aide to Mayor Margaret Dutton (Lorraine Bracco) on the CBS police procedural drama Blue Bloods.

In 2019, he played Mayor George Shinn in the Kennedy Center's production of The Music Man opposite Norm Lewis as Hill and Jessie Mueller as Marian. He reprised his role when he replaced Jefferson Mays in the 2022 Broadway revival, where he performed opposite Hugh Jackman as Hill and Sutton Foster as Marian.

Guest appearances

On a 1992 episode of Full House, Linn-Baker played Dick Donaldson, the wealthy, snobbish cousin of Becky Donaldson Katsopolis (Lori Loughlin). In 1997, he guest starred on Family Matters as the abusive boss of Harriette Winslow (Jo Marie Payton). Linn-Baker guested three times on Hangin' with Mr. Cooper as Larry Weeks. Additionally, he appeared on an episode of Law & Order as a strip club owner being extorted by the Mob. In a 1997 episode of Sesame Street, he had a guest role as a veterinarian examining a sick—and invisible—Barkley.

Linn-Baker also directed numerous episodes of Family Matters, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Step By Step and The Trouble with Larry. He appeared as a spokesperson for Peter Pan peanut butter in a series of commercials in the late 1980s and 1990s.

He also appeared in a Christmas episode of Ally McBeal as a man fired for seeing a unicorn.

On a 2003 episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, he guested as an insurance investigator named Wally Stevens who displays strong Asperger's Syndrome traits. He gets a degree of empathy from Det. Robert Goren and a number of behind-his-back snickers from Goren's partner Alexandra Eames. His character made a return cameo appearance in the season 6 episode "Endgame", where it was revealed Goren has kept in touch with the character through correspondence. In season 2, episode 14 ("Probability"), the last line spoken by Eames is "I'm sure he'd like a pen pal."

Linn-Baker provided the voice for one of a quartet of aardvarks in the 2002 Sandra Boynton album Philadelphia Chickens. The other three were voiced by Joe Grifasi, Michael Gross, and Devin McEwan.

He joined his friend, fellow Yale Drama School graduate and former sidekick Lewis Black, on the audiobook version of Black's second book Me of Little Faith where he and Black recreate The Laundry Hour, an act they did in New York City in the early 1980s. He guest-starred in several episodes of the children's TV show The Electric Company in February–March 2009 as "Uncle Sigmund Scrambler".

In 2009, he appeared in an episode of the U.S. version of Life on Mars, playing a character who collected women's underwear that he later used for masturbation. In 2010, he appeared in an episode of Law & Order, "The Taxman Cometh", as Dr. Vincent Balicheck, a physician who used controversial therapies on cancer patients which resulted in their deaths.

Linn-Baker and Perfect Strangers are referenced in the HBO TV series The Leftovers, which takes place after a fictional global event called the Sudden Departure, the inexplicable, simultaneous disappearance of 140 million people, 2% of the world's population. Within the show, the entire cast of Perfect Strangers has departed, except for Linn-Baker, who has faked his own departure and escaped to Mexico. Linn-Baker appears, as a fictional version of himself, in the episodes "Axis Mundi" and "Don't Be Ridiculous."

In 2009, he had a recurring guest-starring role in the revival of The Electric Company, and in 2017, he started a recurring role on the CBS drama Blue Bloods as Deputy NYC mayor Carlton Miller. In 2019, he appeared as Josh's father Dave in the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt episode "Kimmy is in a Love Square!" Also in 2019, he appeared in Season 6 (Episode 7) of The Blacklist as entomologist Dr. Jonathan Nikkila.

Personal life

In 1995, Linn-Baker married Adrianne Lobel, the daughter of children's book author Arnold Lobel, best known for his Frog and Toad series. They divorced after having one daughter. Linn-Baker helped adapt his father-in-law's stories into the Tony-nominated Broadway musical A Year with Frog and Toad, in which Linn-Baker played Toad and Jay Goede played Frog. On December 29, 2012, Linn-Baker married actress Christa Justus.

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1978 All's Well That Ends Well Bertram Television film
1982 Alice at the Palace Various Television film
1983 O'Malley Public Defender Television film
1984 American Playhouse Nathan Zuckerman 1 episode
1984 Comedy Zone Various 2 episodes
1985 Miami Vice 'Bonzo' Barry Gold 1 episode
1985 The Equalizer Ronnie 1 episode
1985 Moonlighting Phil West 1 episode
1986–1993 Perfect Strangers Larry Appleton Lead role; 150 episodes
1989 The Hogan Family Stan Forrest 1 episode
1991 Bare Essentials Gordon Perkins Television film
1992 Ghostwriter Police Officer 1 episode
1992 Full House Dick Donaldson 1 episode
1993 The General Motors Playwrights Theater The Student 1 episode
1994–1996 Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Larry Weeks /

Basketball Player with Glasses

3 episodes (1 uncredited)
1997 Spin City Dr. Benjamin 1 episode
1997 Family Matters Mr. Benner 1 episode
1997 Soul Man Gumdrop 1 episode
1998 Ally McBeal Sheldon Maxwell 1 episode
1999, 2010 Law & Order Dr. Vincent Balicheck /

Tom Wilder

2 episodes
2001 Laughter on the 23rd Floor Val Skotsky Television film
2003, 2007 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Wally Stevens 2 episodes
2005–2006 Twins Alan Arnold 18 episodes
2009 Life on Mars Lincoln Hart 1 episode
2009–2010 The Electric Company Sigmund Scrambler 4 episodes
2012 The Good Wife Judge Don Linden 1 episode
2015, 2017 The Leftovers Himself 2 episodes
2016 Red Oaks Rabbi Ken 4 episodes
2017 The Good Fight Judge Don Linden 1 episode
2017–2018 Blue Bloods Carlton Miller 9 episodes
2019 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Dave Hoffman 1 episode
2019 The Blacklist Dr. Jonathan Nikkila 1 episode
2019–2021 Succession Maxim Pierce 2 episodes
2020 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Dr. Paul Capezio 1 episode
2021 Younger Clive Wexler 1 episode
2021–present Ghosts Henry Farnsby 4 episodes
2022 She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Morris Walters Disney+ series; 4 episodes

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1979 Manhattan Shakespearean Actor Scenes deleted
1981 The End of August Victor LeBrum
1982 My Favorite Year Benjy Stone
1988 Me and Him Him
1988 Going to the Chapel Norman Brinkmann
1992 Noises Off Tim Allgood
2005 12 and Holding Mr. Farmer
2009 Adam Sam Klieber
2010 How Do You Know Ron
2018 Accommodations Eugene Beltzer

Stage

As actor

Year Title Role(s) Venue Notes Ref.
1978 Sganarelle: An Evening of Molière Farces In The Flying Doctor: Sganarelle

In The Forced Marriage [fr]: Marphurius, understudy Alcidas
In Sganarelle: Valère, understudy Sganarelle

Yale Repertory Theatre
1978 All's Well That Ends Well Bertram New York Shakespeare Festival
1979 Othello Othello's orderly New York Shakespeare Festival
1980 Alice in Concert performer The Public Theater
1981 The Laundry Hour performer The Public Theater
1982 Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong performer Astor Place Theater
1982 The Death of von Richthofen as Witnessed From Earth William Evans The Public Theater
1982 Waiting for Godot Vladimir American Repertory Theater
1983 Doonesbury Mark Biltmore Theater Broadway debut
1984 The Miss Firecracker Contest Delmount Williams Manhattan Theater Club
1990 Signature Maxwell T-Thorp New York Stage and Film
1993 Face Value Bernard Sugarman Cort Theatre
1993 Laughter on the 23rd Floor Val Richard Rodgers Theater
1996 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Hysterium St. James Theater
1998 A Flea in Her Ear Victor Chandebise, Dodo Laura Pels Theater
1999 As You Like It Touchstone Williamstown Theatre Festival
1999 Chesapeake Kerr Second Stage Theater Drama Desk Award nomination
2002 The Pajama Game Hines New York City Center
2002 A Year with Frog and Toad Toad Children's Theatre Company
2003 A Year with Frog and Toad Toad Cort Theater
2006 Losing Louie Tony Biltmore Theater
2007 Romantic Poetry Jilly Brilla, Carl Wartel Theater
2008 Almost an Evening In Waiting: McMartin

In Debate: God Who Loves

Atlantic Stage 2
2008 Romantic Poetry Carl New York City Center
2011 One Slight Hitch Doc Coleman Williamstown Theatre Festival
2011 Relatively Speaking In Honeymoon Motel: Sam Roth Brooks Atkinson Theater
2012 One Slight Hitch Doc George Street Playhouse
2014 You Can't Take It With You Paul Sycamore Longacre Theater
2015 On the Twentieth Century Oliver Webb American Airlines Theatre
2016 The School for Scandal Sir Peter Teazle Lucille Lortel Theatre
2016 The Music Man Mayor Shinn The Muny
2017 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Senex The Muny
2018 Good For Otto Timothy Signature Theatre Company
2019 The Music Man Mayor Shinn Kennedy Center
2019 Fern Hill Billy 59E59 Theaters
2022 The Music Man Mayor Shinn Winter Garden Theatre

As director

Year Title Venue Notes Ref.
1985 Savage in Limbo 47th Street Theater
1986 L.A. Freewheeling Hartley House Theatre
1988 Zero Positive The Public Theater direction by Kenneth Elliott, original direction by Mark Linn-Baker
1998 Black Humor Cherry Lane Theatre
2001 Once Around the City Second Stage Theater

As author

  • The Laundry Hour (1981) - co-authored with Lewis Black, William Peters and Paul Schierhorn

References

  1. ^ Shattuck, Kathryn (11 January 2013). "Vows: Christa Justus and Mark Linn-Baker". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
  2. "Perfect Strangers Online – Mark Linn-Baker Articles – Men's Look – 8/87". Perfectstrangers.tv. Archived from the original on 2013-06-23. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
  3. "Perfect Strangers Online – Episode Guide – Episode 5: Check This". Perfectstrangers.tv. 1986-04-22. Archived from the original on 2013-06-23. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
  4. Patricia Seremet; Courant Columnist (1996-12-02). "What Now, Hartford, After The Debate?". Hartford Courant. Archived from the original on 2014-04-23. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
  5. The School for Scandal review Archived 2017-04-24 at the Wayback Machine by Shani R. Friedman, Theatre Is Easy, April 30, 2016
  6. Philadelphia Chickens. Workman. 14 October 2002. ISBN 9780761126362. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
  7. "The Taxman Cometh". Archived from the original on June 1, 2010. Retrieved June 1, 2010.
  8. Sepinwall, Alan. "The Leftovers co-creator explains crazy season 3 opening & Perfect Strangers gag: Why the TGIF show of all shows? And where did the idea come from for that prologue?" Archived 2016-05-11 at the Wayback Machine HitFix (October 5, 2015).
  9. "Axis Mundi" Archived 2017-05-06 at the Wayback Machine directed by Mimi Lede; written by Damon Lindelof and Jacqueline Hoyt (aired October 4, 2015).
  10. "Don't Be Ridiculous" Archived 2017-06-23 at the Wayback Machine directed by Keith Gordon; written by Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta (aired April 23, 2017).
  11. Jane Holahan (April 11, 2013). "Frog and Toad's long friendship turns musical". Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era. Archived from the original on June 23, 2013.
  12. Savitt, Jane (Spring 1978). "Yale Repertory Theatre program". p. 12. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  13. Berkvist, Robert (30 June 1978). "All's WellWith Shakespeare in the Park". New York Times. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
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