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A London-born actor and noted [[Hey, It's That Guy!]], Mark Sheppard is mostly known for his television work. He's usually a single-episode guest star or a recurring bit player rather than a regular castmember, but his appearances are [[Ensemble Darkhorse|always memorable.]]
Sheppard's roles tend towards the villainous, or at least the mysterious and morally ambiguous. (When asked, he'll mention with some pride that he's never played a "bad guy".) If your favorite show featured a sinister and slightly creepy-looking Englishman for a couple episodes, it was probably him.
He also does the voice-over work for BBC America's promos, so it's also possible you'd recognize him from his voice alone. Funnily enough, at [[Doctor Who S 32 E 1 The Impossible Astronaut|one point,]] he was doing a voiceover (in his British accent) introducing a show he was starring (in an American accent.)
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He is the son of legendary sci-fi genre actor W. Morgan Sheppard.
Not to be confused with Brigadier General Mark Jamison Sheppard, the GDI supreme commander from [[Command
=== Notable "[[Hey, It's That Guy!]]" roles: ===
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* ''[[Firefly]]'': Badger, one of the crew's regular criminal contacts.
** Interestingly, he's playing a role originally meant for [[Joss Whedon]] himself.
* ''[[Sliders]]'': in ''Net Worth'' he plays a gang leader among the poor separated from the rich.
* ''[[The Middleman]]'': Manservant Neville, an environmentally-conscious electronics mogul who may or may not be evil. {{spoiler|He totally is.}}
* ''[[Burn Notice]]'': Tom Prescott, a bank robber who discovers that spies make bad hostages.
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