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Stephen Marcus (born Stephen Mark Scott; 18 June 1962) is a British actor, best known for his role as Nick the Greek in the film ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels''. ==Career== Marcus became an actor in 1984 after three years of training at Arts Educational Schools in London; he spent the first six months of his career touring throughout London's parks and schools in ''Robin Hood & The Tree Trick'', which was quickly followed by his first film role as Moose in the cult film ''My Beautiful Laundrette''. After a few years working in theatre, commercials and supporting roles on television, Marcus joined the cast of fledgling comedy ''Birds of a Feather'' as Dave, the lover of Sharon (Pauline Quirke). He was originally in two episodes, but was brought back for the third series due to his popularity with viewers. A year of acting in commercials introduced Marcus to director Peter Chelsom. Chelsom cast him right away as Gordon in ''Hear My Song'', opposite Ned Beatty. This was followed by roles on British television, in programmes such as ''The Hot Dog Wars'', ''Dangerfield'', ''Class Act'', ''Kavanagh QC'' and ''Our Friends in the North'', opposite Malcolm McDowell and Daniel Craig. Meanwhile, Marcus's movie career was also progressing, with roles opposite Timothy Dalton in ''The Beautician and the Beast'', Robert Englund in ''The Killer Tongue'' and Richard Harris in ''Savage Hearts''. In 1996 Marcus's agent arranged a meeting for a small low-budget movie with a then-unknown director named Guy Ritchie; Ritchie offered Marcus the role of Nick the Greek in ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'' alongside Nick Moran, Vinnie Jones, Jason Statham and Matthew Vaughn. Three years later, the film was released and garnered a high level of success. ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'' led to further movie roles. Marcus completed a small role in Alan Parker's ''Angela's Ashes''; he played Bouchon in ''Quills'', alongside Kate Winslet, Michael Caine, Joaquin Phoenix and Geoffrey Rush; for Richard Eyre, he played ''Iris'' opposite Judi Dench and acted in ''Complete Female Stage Beauty'' with Claire Danes; and he also attained the role of Ted Ray in ''The Greatest Game Ever Played'', directed by Bill Paxton. Alongside a very successful movie career, Marcus also starred in several American, Canadian and UK television series: ''Starhunter 2300'', in which he played Rudolpho De Luna; he played the co-lead in the BBC series ''Cavegirl''; he played Banjo and Broadman in the adaptations of Terry Pratchett’s ''Hogfather'' and ''The Colour of Magic'', respectively; he starred in the two 20th anniversary episodes of “Casualty”; and Marcus also appeared in regular roles in ''Kingdom'' (with Stephen Fry) and ''Larkrise to Candleford''. Marcus has also completed two films with the Wachowski Brothers: ''Speed Racer'' and ''Ninja Assassin''. In 2012 Marcus appeared in five feature films: ''It’s A Lot'', ''Two Days in the Smoke'', ''Gridiron UK'', ''AB Negative'' and ''Fast & Furious 6''. In April 2012, he completed filming for independent British gangster thriller ''Two Days in the Smoke'', in which he plays the hitman Ben, alongside ''Snatch'' actor Alan Ford and Matt Di Angelo from ''BBC Hustle''. In July 2012, Marcus launched a new Gangster London walking tour in association with Brit Movie Tours, in which he explores the dark history of London's East End. He also starred in Perry Bhandal's ''Interview with a Hitman'' (2012) as Traffikant, a Romanian Crime Boss, alongside Luke Goss. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stephen Marcus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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