Life and career

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

Mark Harelik was born in Hamilton, Texas. 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 Kroder play Search and Destroy and the William Ball play Cherry Orchard.

He has appeared in the films Election, Jurassic Park III, Eulogy and For Your Consideration; He was the voice of Rogers in The Swan Princess, and he has played parts on the television sitcoms Seinfeld, Wings, Grace Under Fire, Will & Grace, NCIS, Boy Meets World, Breaking Bad, Bones and The Big Bang Theory. He also played Sara Tancredi's lawyer in Prison Break. He also 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, playing Kashyk, a Devore inspector. He also appeared in five episodes of short-lived NBC series Awake.

Harelik appeared in the Broadway musical The Light in the Piazza. 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), Be Aggressive, The Beard of Avon (2001), Cyrano de Bergerac (2004). Harelik also played Dr. Paul Stickley in HBO's series Getting On, an American adaptation of the British sitcom of the same name.

In 2015 Harelik played Jamie Thompson's father in This Isn't Funny.

Personal life

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

Awards and nominations

• 2005 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical — The Immigrant (nominee)
• 2003 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical — Hank Williams: Lost Highway (nominee)
• 2011 Lunt-Fontanne Fellow at Ten Chimneys Foundation

Publications

• The Immigrant
• The Legacy

[ Source: Wikipedia ]