| Mark Lindsay Chapman | |
| Birth Date: | 8 September 1954 |
| Birth Place: | London, England |
| Education: | Guildford School of Acting |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Spouse: | Cheree Vandoren |
| Children: | 3 |
Mark Lindsay Chapman (born 8 September 1954) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Chief Officer Henry Wilde in the film Titanic (1997), as John Lennon in the film Chapter 27 (2007) and as Dr. Anton Arcane on the USA Network TV series Swamp Thing from 1990 to 1993.
He attended the Guildford School of Acting where he studied ballet, speech, drama, and fencing.
His television credits include: Max Headroom, Dallas (as Brett Lomax), Falcon Crest, Baywatch, Murder, She Wrote, , JAG, Charmed, The Young and the Restless, Swamp Thing,[1] and The Langoliers. He played Chief Officer Henry Tingle Wilde in the 1997 film Titanic. A Paramount internal memo dated from 1987 has revealed that Chapman was once considered for the part of Data in .[2]
The similarity between his name and that of John Lennon's murderer, Mark David Chapman, prevented him in 1985 from playing Lennon in , a biographical film produced by NBC; Yoko Ono had been deeply involved in the production and had herself been initially impressed with his audition and approved his casting prior to discovering his full name was Mark Lindsay Chapman. She then nixed his casting on the grounds it was "bad karma", and a great deal of press attention was given to his having almost got the role[3] (Chapman changed his name to Lindsay when he joined Equity, as there was already a Mark Chapman in the union). The role went instead to Mark McGann. Chapman's full name surfaced again when the story was published in Britain, and reporters began making inquiries about the actor, who was then working as a bricklayer with his father.
Eventually Lindsay did portray Lennon, in the 2007 film Chapter 27, which had Mark David Chapman as the lead character.[4]
Chapman was arrested in March 2018 for assaulting his then-girlfriend, Tara Pirnia, after she ended their five-year relationship. According to an affidavit obtained from the Travis County Sheriff's office, he flew into a "violent rage" after she asked him to delete intimate material of her on his cell phone. She filed a restraining order afterward.[5]
| 1995 | Separate Lives | Keno Sykes | ||
| 1997 | Titanic | Henry Tingle Wilde | ||
| 1998 | Legend of the Mummy | Daw | ||
| 2001 | Beethoven's 4th | Johnnie Simmons | ||
| 2007 | Chapter 27 | John Lennon | ||
| 2012 | Steve Jobs: iGenius | Narrator | ||
| 2013 | Abner, the Invisible Dog | Abner | Voice | |
| 2014 | Christmas in Palm Springs | Rees | ||
| 2015 | Futbol | Announcer |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | The Third Part of King Henry VI | Second Company | Television film |
| Macbeth | Murdered | ||
| 1986 | Assassin | Hotel Clerk | |
| 1987 | Max Headroom | Paddy Ashton | Episode: "Dream Thieves" |
| Throb | Chauffeur | Episode: "Last Night at the Fire Station: Part 1" | |
| 1987–1995 | Murder, She Wrote | Various roles | 5 episodes |
| 1987–2004 | Days of Our Lives | Agent Spector / Trevor Lodge | 24 episodes |
| 1988 | Dallas | Brett Lomax | 5 episodes |
| 1989 | Nightingales | Josh | 2 episodes |
| CBS Summer Playhouse | Jack Marlowe | Episode: "Shivers" | |
| Falcon Crest | Charley St. James | 8 episodes | |
| 1990 | Night Visions | Man | Television film |
| 1990–1993 | Swamp Thing | Anton Arcane | 72 episodes |
| 1993 | Baywatch | The Great Maroni | Episode: "Tower of Power" |
| 1994 | The Untouchables | Stadt | Episode: "Stadt" |
| Valley of the Dolls | Nick | Episode #1.10 | |
| Renegade | Michael Covington | Episode: "Teen Angel" | |
| 1995 | The Langoliers | Nick Hopewell | 2 episodes |
| 1995, 1996 | Silk Stalkings | Nigel Buckley / Steven Bolton | |
| 1996 | Weird Science | Willem | Episode: "Gary & Wyatt's Bloodsucking Adventure" |
| Jen Mai | 2 episodes | ||
| The Burning Zone | Henry Lefort | Episode: "Blood Covenant" | |
| 1997 | JAG | Vincent Hutchinson | Episode: "Trinity" |
| 1998 | Night Man | Andre Barzun | Episode: "Book of the Dead" |
| Air America | Harry Faversham | Episode: "Seller's Market" | |
| 1999 | Dr. Mordecai Church | 2 episodes | |
| Silk Hope | Ted Bass | Television film | |
| 1999, 2000 | Nash Bridges | Brennan / Andrew Storey Mark | 2 episodes |
| 2000 | Charmed | Finley Beck | Episode: "Chick Flick" |
| Walker, Texas Ranger | Frank | Episode: "Showdown at Casa Diablo: Part 2" | |
| 2002 | Trapped: Buried Alive | Reno Riley | Television film |
| 2006 | The Young and the Restless | Mystery Man / Roland Burke | 3 episodes |
| 2011 | Supah Ninjas | Sir Nigel Wicket | Episode: "Kickbutt" |
| Masters of the House | Robert Delaney | 6 episodes | |
| Holly's Holiday | Livingston | Television film | |
| 2012 | All About Christmas Eve | Gavin Jones | |
| 2015 | Kidnapped: The Hannah Anderson Story | Piers Morgan | |
| Ominous | The Stranger | ||
| A Prince for Christmas | Geoffrey | ||
| 2017 | The Twin | Dr. Rubin |